ABU DHABI / WAM Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) initiated the Labour Force Survey fieldwork in Abu Dhabi emirate under the slogan “The future of jobs begins with you”. This national project is part of Abu Dhabi’s statistical plan to provide holistic and accurate data for developing programmes that support the national and non-national workforce in the labour market. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business AquaChemie Middle East — a leading chemical sales and services company and part of the UAE-based AquaChemie Group — on Monday broke ground on its strategic,world-class petrochemical terminal in DP World’s flagship, Jebel Ali Port, Dubai. The AED 150mn ($40 million) project will serve as a vital gateway, facilitating and boosting the growing petrochemical trade between ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Dubai Blood Donation Centre has launched the 9th edition of the ‘Dami Le Watani’ (My Blood, for My Country) blood donation campaign. The campaign, which was created in 2012, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive ...

DUBAI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said that the latest oil discoveries in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will drive economic growth in the UAE and strengthen its position as a credible energy supplier. The Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC), announced the discovery of substantial recoverable unconventional oil resources located onshore, estimated at 22 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Tadweer, the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre, has launched a marine waste vessel in Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. The first of its kind facility in the emirate of Abu Dhabi will be used to transfer different types of solid waste from Dalma Island in Al Dhafra Region to Ruwais landfill on a regular basis. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Nawah Energy Company, Nawah, the joint venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), recently celebrated the graduation of the first UAE National leaders from its Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Management Certification program. Nawah has designed the program to develop UAE National leaders in managing ...

DUBAI / WAM Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced its collaboration with IBM to launch IBM Power Systems as a cloud service for the first time in Dubai. The new cloud service will enable organisations to benefit from improved performance and high data processing speeds, while reducing operating ...

Bloomberg The UK energy regulator is proposing an increase to its energy price cap to help utilities cope with additional costs from customer bad debts brought on by the pandemic. Workers have lost jobs, been furloughed, or are working from home, increasing domestic energy use and some customers are struggling to pay their bills, Ofgem said in a consultation document. ...

Is India opening the door for big businesses to take over its banking industry? A working group set up by the Reserve Bank (RBI), the regulator, has suggestions for what to do with ownership of private-sector banks. Large industrial houses may be permitted to own controlling stakes, it says, but only after strengthening regulation and supervision to deal with the ...

Less than a month ago, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) said hospitals could use remdesivir, a drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences, to treat patients with Covid-19. Remdesivir, sold under the brand name Veklury, was said to shorten recovery times and reduce the need for ventilators to facilitate breathing. Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) hit the brakes: It recommended that ...