Jean-Claude Elias / TNS Once again robots are making the headlines. Whether it is Amazon’s robotic arms sorting out the stock of goods, packing the clients orders and dispatching them, or Google’s self-driving car, robots are on us, and for good. Beyond the extraordinary prototypes that always manage to impress the crowd like Honda’s celebrated Asimo, robots working hard …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced that all construction facilities with a 500 plus workforce must appoint at least one local occupational health and safety officer from 2017. Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation explained, “We will stop granting facilities with over 500 workers any further work permits, …

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Rental Disputes Center (RDC), the judicial arm of the Dubai Land Department (DLD), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, in order to facilitate prompt information exchanges between the RDC and banks operating in the UAE for Rental Disputes. Furthermore, an electronic framework of cooperation will …