ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, a symbol of Islam that embodies the message of peace, tolerance and diversity, welcomed 4,480,000 visitors from 249 nationalities in the first half the Year of Tolerance, according to the half-yearly statistics released by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre (SZGMC). According to the statistics, there were 967,150 worshippers among the ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), announced that it has been awarded the British Standard for governance (BS 13500) Certification, becoming the first organisation in the GCC region to receive it in 2019. Dewa received certification after thorough auditing process by British Standards Institute (BSI) to ensure authority’s pro-cesses are in line with highest effective governance ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s successful development model, which has seen it become one of the world’s most prominent cities in the last few decades, has always had inclusive growth and social well-being at its centre. Nowhere is its focus on human welfare more evident than its investment in improving the lives of people with special needs. At the launch of ...