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  Dubai / WAM dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has reached a key milestone in its operation at Dubai World Central (DWC), handling over one million tonnes of air freight since its first full year of operation in 2011. In just five years dnata has seen a staggering 90per cent increase in freight volume, recording 170,260 ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Businesss Dubai’s Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) issued its annual report for 2015, recording a 19% growth in revenue to hit AED172 million compared with AED144 million in 2014. Over the past year, the Foundation has emerged as a global model for endowment development and nurturing of minors. In 2015, AMAF’s five endowment accounts – ...

  Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Industry regulators would take stock of the standards of fire safety in the UAE construction sector at the 6th Annual Fire Safety Technology Forum in Dubai on April 27. Panelists will also discuss the significance of using innovative materials and systems such as ventilated facades and importance of metal-faced sandwich panels that could contribute ...

  NEW YORK / WAM The UAE joined 175 countries to sign the Paris Climate Agreement during the high-level signing ceremony, convened by the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, in New York. The ceremony marked the first step in implementing the Paris Agreement, which was adopted in December 2015. Signing on behalf of the UAE government was Dr ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Held under the patronage of Chairperson of Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA) HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Growth and Development Summit at the Ritz Carlton, DIFC. The Summit, which highlighted the importance of ...

  NEW YORK / WAM The UAE has reaffirmed its strong commitment to effectively address the global drug problem, confirming its success in reducing drug use within its territories by record levels. In a statement during a United Nations General Assembly meeting on the world drug problem, Colonel Saeed Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Anti-Narcotics Federal Directorate-General at the ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the flagship company of Malabar Group – a leading business conglomerate, launched an exclusive exhibition named ‘Artistry- Branded Jewellery Show’ from April 21 to April 30 at their retail outlet in Hamdan Street, Abu Dhabi. ‘Artistry’ – the branded jewellery show, provides the customers a great opportunity to witness the ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, on Saturday announced it hosted a symposium titled “Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Building Technology – Made in Germany.” The event, held at Masdar Institute, was part of a series of symposiums in Dubai and Abu ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) together with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratistion (MOHRE) have started taking necessary arrangements enabling workers to sign job offers back home through Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation service centers to issue entry work visas. This came following a presentation Saqr Ghobash, Minister of ...

  Islamabad / WAM The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE PAP) announced the completion and delivery of 12 water projects, costing more than US$1.2 million, for the provision of clean drinking water to people living in 12 villages in Mohmand Agency and North Waziristan. This is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...