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UAE congratulates Cote d’ivaoire President on Independence Day

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ...

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Dubai Municipality wins award

  Dubai / WAM Khalid Mohamed Sharif Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Food Safety Department at Dubai Municipality, has won the International Leadership Award for Food Protection 2016. He was honoured in St. Louis, Missouri, US, at the annual conference, in the presence of over 2, 000 participants, including food experts. The conference has been hosted by the Assembly for ...

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India’s epic tax reform shows democracy isn’t dead

  Can messy, polarized democracies ever get anything done? Could real reformist laws ever be passed by legislatures obsessed with partisan point-scoring? Across the liberal-democratic world, it seems that obstructing legislation by any means necessary is now part of politics as usual. Partisan gamesmanship, increasingly, looks like a genuine threat to the legitimacy of legislatures — and of democracy itself. ...

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