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India’s economy plunges by record 23.9% in Q1

Bloomberg India’s economy contracted by the most on record last quarter as the world’s biggest lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic brought key industries to a halt and rendered millions of people jobless. Gross domestic product shrinks 23.9% in the three months to June from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a report on Monday. That’s the sharpest ...

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Abu Dhabi continues to support private sector firms, workforce

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis & Disasters Committee for the Covid-19 Pandemic, in collaboration with the Department of Economic Development (DED) has allocated teams to communicate with private companies in Abu Dhabi to discuss their needs and obligations towards their expatriate employees. The move follows the leadership’s directives regarding the protection of workers and their rights, ...

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Abu Dhabi issues 4,200 medical licences

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Healthcare Professionals Licensing Department at the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has issued 4,200 medical licences in 10 weeks, the same amount of time required previously to issue 1,200 licences, to doctors, nurses, and workers in support services. This comes as part of a series of initiatives and programmes launched by DoH, in ...

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