Gujarat / WAM     Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the C295 aircraft manufacturing facility – the first aircraft manufacturing facility in India’s private sector. Asian News International quoted the Indian Prime Minister as saying that India is becoming a big manufacturing hub for the world. “Transport aircraft will give strength to our forces, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM  The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) launched a mechanism for refunding value added tax (VAT) incurred on building and operating mosques on the FTA’s e-Services portal, in light of cabinet decision No. (82) of 2022 in that regard, which came into force on October 29, covering all mosques in the UAE, provided that the refund applications are ...

Manila / WAM As the global community will gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the COP27 climate conference, on November 6, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it will launch several flagship initiatives at the key decision-making forum of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change and ...