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  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai reviewed the designs of Hope Probe, as part of the Emirates Mars Mission. The project will send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 marking the UAE’s 50th National Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid gave ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Education, in cooperation and coordination with the Ministry of Energy, has introduced into 10th grade curricula some subjects on the rationalisation of energy. Such subjects also contribute to strengthening of oil-related culture and help students to relate to key issues such as the importance of energy sources and means of rationalising their consumption, ...

  Al Ain / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative of the Eastern Region, the third National Traditional Handicrafts Festival opened to the public on Wednesday in Souq Al Qattara, in Al Ain city. The opening ceremony was inaugurated by HE Saif Saeed Ghobash, TCA Abu Dhabi Director General, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Maritime professionals attending Seatrade Maritime Middle East 2016 (SMME), have been discussing the ramifications of the new International Maritime Organization (IMO) 0.5% sulphur cap which comes into force in 2020 and could push the price of fuel used to operate ships (bunker prices), by more than US$200 a tonne – a 70% increase. Essentially from ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group is celebrating a double success after being honoured at both The Maritime Standard Awards 2016 and the Seatrade Maritime Awards 2016 for the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. GAC was named the Ship Agent of the Year at The Maritime Standard Awards 2016, recognising it as ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business A state-of-the-art Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner touched down in Johannesburg on Tuesday after its inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi. Etihad Airways flight EY604 took off from Abu Dhabi at 10.15am and arrived on schedule at 4.45pm local time. The return flight EY603 departed Johannesburg at 7.50pm, touching down Abu Dhabi on schedule at ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business UNIKAI Foods PJSC, one of the largest dairy food companies in the Arabian Peninsula, entered into an exclusive three-year partnership with Etihad Airways. Valued at AED14.4 million, the agreement makes UNIKAI the sole supplier of long-life juices across the airline’s premier guest lounges and all flight classes. Speaking on the synergy, Neeraj Vohra, CEO, UNIKAI ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business HIMSS Analytics has announced that Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare providers, has achieved the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (EMRAMSM) Stage 7, an international benchmark for the use of advanced IT to improve patient care. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is the first UAE healthcare facility, and ...

  Bloomberg Egypt delayed the introduction of a capital gains tax on equities for three more years, as it tries to attract investors to help ease a hard currency crunch that’s hurting growth. Stocks rose. The postponement was included in a group of tax exemptions decreed by the Supreme Investment Council, the Presidency said in an e-mailed statement late on ...

  AFP Qatar said it expects “100 percent compliance” from businesses by the end of 2016 on a labour reform introduced to ensure the country’s vast migrant workforce receive their salaries on time. Government figures released in Doha on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the Wage Protection System (WPS) show that 1.8 million — around ...