ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, launched a national campaign entitled: ‘Cohesive Family 2021’, to strengthen family ties and endorse the family’s core role in preserving the identity and culture of society. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid pointed …

  Ghazni / AFP At least 73 people were killed on Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan, health officials said, in one of the worst road accidents in the war-battered nation. Many of the dead, including women and children, were burned beyond recognition and dozens of others …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE and the Republic of Latvia on Sunday signed an economic cooperation agreement to strengthen economic, trade and technical cooperation between the two countries. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, and Arvils Aseradens, Minister for Economics and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, signed the agreement in the presence of Eng. …

  DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and WaterAuthority (DEWA) received a delegation from engineering firm ASEA Brown Boveri, ABB. The delegation included Claudio Facchin, President of the Power Grids division and Member of the Group Executive Committee, Noaman Amjad, Group Senior Vice President, Global Head of Marketing and Sales and Global Head of …

Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has received three prestigious awards during the annual Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Supply Management Awards held at The Address Dubai Marina recently. ENOC was recognised as the “Overall Winner” for 2016 in addition to two team categories called “Best People Development” and “Best Supplier Relationship Management”. The …

  ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS After beacons and self-automated kiosks, robotics is the next innovative kid on the block that is all set to bombard the world of smart airports in the coming months. Aviation experts maintain that an investment of upto $5 billion is expected to be made in the sector of aviation robotics in next three years. …

  DUBAI / WAM A complete overhaul of Dubai’s building classification is currently underway, led by Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Technical Affairs Department. The DLD’s state-of-the-art Building Classification System (BCS) has so far enabled the surveying of 20,000 plots of land, and more than 120,000 units including apartments, offices, retail, schools, and public amenities. This was done via a bespoke …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Amanat Holdings PJSC (“Amanat”), the region’s largest integrated healthcare and education company, on Sunday announced a net profit of AED 9.5 million for the first quarter of 2016, compared to AED 1.5 million reported for Q1 2015. Amanat’s total revenue for the three months was AED 16.6 million, more than double that for the corresponding …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched a national campaign entitled: ‘Cohesive Family 2021’, to strengthen family ties and endorse the family’s core role in preserving the identity and culture of society. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Three new UAE Ambassadors to friendly countries have been sworn in before Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Those who took the oath of office were UAE Ambassadors-designate Mohammed Omar Abdullah Belfaqeeh, to the Republic of Singapore, Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al Ka’abi, to the …