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Japan abetting illegal ivory trade, say conservationists

  Tokyo / AFP Conservation activists on Thursday showed undercover video they say suggests that a “huge loophole” in Japanese law enforcement is hindering efforts to rein in illegal ivory trading. Experts say most illegal ivory heads for China, where it is seen as a status symbol. By some estimates the country accounts for as much as 70 percent of ...

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UAE ranks 61 in peace index

  LONDON / EMIRATES BUSINESS United Arab Emirates is ranked as the 61st country in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 released on Wednesday, and is ranked third out of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. The tenth edition of the GPI highlights a stark and growing inequality in global levels of peacefulness as the ...

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Julphar launchs CME project

  RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM Julphar, Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, has launched its latest Continuous Medical Education, CME, programme for pharmacists, “JUMP” (Julphar Updates on Modern Pharmacy) at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. The launch event was attended by over 200 pharmacists from the UAE and was an opportunity for to address the audience on pharmacists’ responsibility in the art ...

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Mohamed exchanges Ramadan greetings with Kuwait CP, Sheik Al Azhar

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, exchanged greetings over the phone with His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, and the Grand Imam Dr Ahmed Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, on the occasion ...

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RTA bags int’l award at Smart Cities Summit

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) scooped the ‘Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution towards Building Smart Cities Award’. Abdullah Ali Al Madani, CEO of RTA’s Corporate Technology Support Services Sector, received the award in recognition of his outstanding performance and strenuous efforts towards transforming Dubai into the smartest city worldwide within three years. An announcement ...

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UAE makes great strides on digital path

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Digital transformation has been the success mantra for many enterprises in the Emirates. With the region’s digital economy set to surge twice over the next three years, data security and the continuous emergence of digital innovations are predicted to play a remarkable role in the UAE’s efforts to drive its digital economic growth. According ...

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Life coaching gains ground in country

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Although, as a term and an occupation, ‘life coaching’ is not a very old profession, but today it is a multi-million dollar industry with an estimated 100,000 life coaches working professionally across the world. Interestingly, it is the second fastest growing industry in the world after Information Technology. As UAE is one of the ...

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DLD real estate initiative to connect to India

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced the launch of the Dubai Global Initiative Real Estate Connect programme, a scheme from the Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) — the educational arm of the government department. The programme will begin with a visit to Delhi and Bangalore, India from August 12-17. The inception of the programme will ...

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Cyber-attack biggest worry for global enterprises

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Nearly 48 percent companies globally consider cyber-attack the major impediment in the smooth flow of their operations. It is closely followed by confidential data breach (41 percent) and unplanned IT and telecom outage (35 percent) that could hamper the day-to-day working of the enterprise. These startling facts have been revealed in the findings of ...

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MIST’s new tool to boost solar power technology

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) faculty discovered a novel way to significantly increase the amount of sunlight that a solar absorber can convert into heat. By converting more of the solar energy that reaches the Earth’s surface into heat in a low-cost way, the solar absorber can help make sustainable technologies that ...

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