ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta on Wednesday encountered severe and unexpected turbulence about 45 minutes prior to arrival at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. According to the statement issued by Etihad Airways, “The flight landed safely and passengers were met by medical assistance teams as they disembarked the aircraft.” It added a ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality, ADM, has organised an event marking International Workers’ Day at Mohamed bin Zayed City Park in collaboration with the Community Services Division and the Technical Division at Musaffah Municipal Centre. The event featured the participation of Asa’ad Al Sha’ab Volunteer Team, an affiliate of the Women’s Union in Sharjah, and ...

  DUBAI / WAM The National Media Council (NMC) participated in the 13th Arab Media Forum in Kuwait, which saw the attendance of a large number of Arab journalists and academics. The two-day event was organised under theme ‘Media Basic Components and Challenges’. During the forum, a number of Arab media and cultural figures were honoured, among those were Mohammad ...

  Houston / WAM ADNOC & Group Companies are making their presence felt at the Offshore Technology Conference and Exhibition (OTC 2016) which opened in Houston, Texas, USA. A high level delegation, from ADNOC and its diverse group of 21 subsidiaries is taking part in this global foremost event for the development of offshore resources. The company is exhibiting in ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Talented Emiratis with disabilities were the target for Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) at the third Ajman Career Fair, which concluded on Tuesday, at the Emirates Hospitality Centre, Ajman. The authority used its presence at the fair to attract Emiratis living with physical challenges to join its growing workforce, in line with its strategy to ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) won a major award at the 2016 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, until May 6 with the participation of representatives from countries all over the world. The award was handed to HE Eng. Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, TRA Deputy Director General and head ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) concluded its 26th edition with a record 272,320 visitors and having generated sales of AED25 million. The fair was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and organised by the ...

  Cairo / WAM The UAE reiterates its deep concern over the escalation of attacks on civilians in Syria, especially in the city of Aleppo, including the government air force raids on hospitals and essential medical services in an unethical way, amid inhumane and dire conditions caused by the siege. The world community should move quickly to stop this bloodshed in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Noor Dubai Foundation (NDF), a Dubai based non-governmental organization (NGO) active in prevention of avoidable causes of blindness, and Dubai Islamic Humanitarian Foundation (DIHF) extended their partnership by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the sixth consecutive year. DIHF has helped sponsor eye treatment and surgeries in Asia and Africa and will now extend ...

  Mumbai / Bloomberg Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. will sell its 1,000-megawatt generator in central India to JSW Energy Ltd. as the company kicks off a restructuring plan to boost finances. Mumbai-based JSW will pay at least 40 billion rupees ($600 million), excluding net current assets, according to an exchange filing. Jindal Steel will be paid an additional 25 ...