New Delhi / WAM India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, in exercise of powers under the country’s Disaster Management Act, has extended the countrywide restrictions to contain Covid-19 until September 30. In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all states and Administrators of union territories, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote that “the overall pandemic situation at the national level now appears ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Saturday announced the extension of its trading hours to from four hours to five hours daily as of October 3 in line with directions of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and in coordination with various stakeholders. Hassan Al Serkal, CEO of the DFM said: “The new initiative will further strengthen leading ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met on Saturday with HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the sisterly State of Qatar, on the sidelines of the “Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership”, held in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. HH Sheikh ...