April, 2016

• 30 April

  UAE, India to discuss coop

    NEW DELHI / WAM A joint delegation from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, National Qualification Authority (NQA) and the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, visited India to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the areas of labour skills development, accreditation of professional qualifications, endorsement of training centres and evaluation of manpower.

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• 30 April

  Bank of Sharjah Q1 result

    Sharjah / WAM Bank of Sharjah on Saturday announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. During the period, the Bank continued to grow its loan book while maintaining the solid structure of the balance sheet, with high levels of both liquidity and capital. Total Assets reached AED 27,651 million, an increase of 6% over ...

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• 30 April

  EBS bags AED51mn Riyadh Metro contract

    Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Dubai Investments, the leading, diversified investments corporation listed on the Dubai Financial Market, announced that its subsidiary Emirates Building Systems (EBS) – part of Dubai Investments Industries (DII) has been endowed with a contract to provide steel structures for the second phase of the Riyadh Metro Project. Elaborating on the importance of the achievement, ...

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• 30 April

  UAE Pavilion design for Expo 2020 out

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Media Council, NMC, on Saturday said it has selected architect Santiago Calatrava’s design for the UAE Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai. The design was approved by a jury including representatives from the NMC, Expo 2020 Dubai team, Masdar and Emaar. Spaniard Santiago Calatrava’s proposal was formally selected following a seven-month design competition managed ...

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• 30 April

  DSOA head approves 2021 Strategy

  

    DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis, the integrated free zone technology park, approved the DSOA 2021 Strategy, which is based on UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Plan 2021 that provide an enabling operational framework for government entities in Dubai and ...

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• 30 April

  UAE, India sign pact on human resources

  

    NEW DELHI / WAM A joint delegation from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, National Qualification Authority (NQA) and the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, visited India to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the areas of labour skills development, accreditation of professional qualifications, endorsement of training centres and evaluation of manpower. The visit is part of ...

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• 30 April

  10, 000 workers observe Int’l Workers’ Day in Abu Dhabi

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, has stressed that the ministry’s celebration of the International Workers’ Day, which falls on May 1 each year, is a recognition of the role that labourers played in the comprehensive development being experienced by the UAE, led by its wise leadership. He added ...

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• 30 April

  At SCRF, children learn the art of making sound effects

  

    Sharjah / Emirates Business From plastic bottles, pipes, cans, straws, balloons, rubber, wood, grains and even an X-ray sheet children visiting the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) were taught how to create sound effects that could be used for animation and theater. These skills were part of a workshop titled ‘Exploring Foley and Sounds’ given by Jose Angel Soto ...

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• 30 April

  UAE makes tremendous efforts to contain crises

  

      Beijing / WAM The United Arab Emirates made tremendous efforts to contain crises and hot spots in many countries of the world and provide much needed humanitarian assistance to refugees in conflict zones through bilateral, regional and international co-operation, Dr Maytha bint Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State, told the Fifth Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ...

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• 30 April

  UAE to reduce dependence on oil exports: FNC speaker

    Brussels / WAM Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC) met Manfred Weber, Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP Group) in the European Parliament, at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Zaabi, Second Deputy Speaker of FNC, and FNC members attended the meeting. Weber welcomed Al Qubaisi and her accompanying ...

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