DUBAI / Emirates Businesss Dubai’s Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) issued its annual report for 2015, recording a 19% growth in revenue to hit AED172 million compared with AED144 million in 2014. Over the past year, the Foundation has emerged as a global model for endowment development and nurturing of minors. In 2015, AMAF’s five endowment accounts – …

  Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Industry regulators would take stock of the standards of fire safety in the UAE construction sector at the 6th Annual Fire Safety Technology Forum in Dubai on April 27. Panelists will also discuss the significance of using innovative materials and systems such as ventilated facades and importance of metal-faced sandwich panels that could contribute …

  NEW YORK / WAM The UAE joined 175 countries to sign the Paris Climate Agreement during the high-level signing ceremony, convened by the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, in New York. The ceremony marked the first step in implementing the Paris Agreement, which was adopted in December 2015. Signing on behalf of the UAE government was Dr …