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RIO DE JANIERO / WAM United Arab Emirates’ shooters Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum and Saif bin Fetais will be participating in the skeet shooting contest in Rio Olympics, where the duo will be vying for a second Olympic medal in Rio after the UAE’s judoka Sergiu Toma took the bronze in U81 kg judo contest. They will also try to add ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded a construction contract for the development of the 132/11 kilovolt (kV) substation at Warsan 2, with total cost of AED 74.6 million. The substation will be connected to the current electricity network, to enhance capacity, efficiency, credibility, and availability. “In adherence with the directives of our wise leadership to ...

  RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM A delegation from Ma’din Academy (Ma’dinu Ssaquafathil Islamiyya) of Kerala, India, have extended condolences to the family of Emirati firefighter Jassim Eisa Al Baloushi, who was martyred while trying to rescue the passengers of an Emirates Airline aircraft which was involved in an incident at Dubai International Airport recently. The delegation also conveyed condolences from ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business A delegation from ‘Ministry of Infrastructure Development’ visited ‘The Sustainable City’ (TSC), the region’s first fully integrated and operational sustainable community, in Dubai on Saturday. Engineer Faris Saeed, the CEO and Co-Founder of Diamond Developers, received the delegations during their visit to The Sustainable City and took them through the innovative project, while reviewing its ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business More students than ever before will collect their Cambridge International Examination results today, as entries for Cambridge qualifications continue to grow in UAE and around the world. Demand for Cambridge qualifications in UAE has soared this year with more than 100 schools making around 50,000 entries for Cambridge qualifications. In particular, Cambridge A Levels have ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) launched its ‘Business Intelligence System’ – a smart scheme that aims at fully boosting the chamber’s digital transformation process for all its transactions and inquiries, in a move to exploit digital and technical technologies providing cutting-edge support to administration decisions and corporate reports’ preparations within inspiring a new ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s master developer Nakheel announced that it has awarded an AED1.5 billion construction contract for its Al Khail Avenue mall, and said it plans to add a 252-room hotel to the retail hub. The contract to build the billion retail, dining and entertainment complex in Dubai’s Jumeirah Village district was awarded to the UAE-based Dhabi Contracting LLC, ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Health on Saturday stressed that Panadol Baby & Infant Suspension is safe and said that no warning about the medicine was issued by it or by the manufacturing company. It was responding to claims circulating on social media that the product was not safe. In a statement, the ministry urged the public to not ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), headed a high-level delegation from DEWA in an official visit to Spain, to enhance mutual relationships and exchange best experiences. The delegation gained insight into the achievements of Spanish companies, the best international practices in sustainable energy, the diversification of energy resources. The ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In a first in the United Arab Emirates, a team of doctors at Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi succeeded in removing 15 cancerous tumours from the lungs of a young man in an eight-hour surgery that followed chemotherapy for several weeks. The size of the eradicated tumours ranged between 0.8 cm and 8 cm. Doctors did ...