April, 2016

• 23 April

  UAE completes US$1.2mn water project in Pakistan

  

    Islamabad / WAM The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE PAP) announced the completion and delivery of 12 water projects, costing more than US$1.2 million, for the provision of clean drinking water to people living in 12 villages in Mohmand Agency and North Waziristan. This is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

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• 23 April

  dnata exceeds 1mn tonnes of cargo

    Dubai / WAM dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has reached a key milestone in its operation at Dubai World Central (DWC), handling over one million tonnes of air freight since its first full year of operation in 2011. In just five years dnata has seen a staggering 90 per cent increase in freight volume, recording 170,260 ...

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• 23 April

  Dubai International Spine confab kicks off

    Dubai / WAM More than 400 spine surgeons and specialists from Europe, North America, and the Middle East gathered in Dubai for the 17th Dubai Spine Conference 2016 to share state-of-the-art technology and techniques to clinicians in an effort to improve patient outcomes and to present the latest surgical techniques, research, and management strategies. In addition to presentation by thought ...

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• 23 April

  Construction sector to put focus on fire safety

  

    Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Emphasising on the fire safety codes for buildings and testing protocols for construction, the regulators of the construction industry would discuss significance of using innovative materials and systems such as ventilated facades and metal faced sandwich panels that would contribute to achieving fire safety in the UAE at the 6th Annual Fire Safety Technology ...

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• 23 April

  Al Khoory Hotels to open 1,100 rooms in Dubai

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The mid-market hospitality sector is set to grow significantly in the UAE, over the next few years, primarily due to the upcoming Expo2020 envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Other contributing factors for the growth are rise in ...

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• 23 April

  Etisalat to offer 60% discount on smartphones

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A mega promotion by Etisalat offers both post-paid and prepaid mobile customers up to 60 percent discount on a wide range of smartphones. Starting April 24, the ‘Etisalat Smartphone Sale’ is a limited time offer on mobile devices across Etisalat’s select Business Centres and key retail outlets in the UAE. Brands available for customers ...

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• 23 April

  Expo 2020 Dubai delegation participates in Think Science Fair

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business Expo 2020 Dubai participated in this year’s edition of Think Science, a nation-wide initiative under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The three-day event took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre during April 17-19, and engaged hundreds of UAE youth to develop, design and build science-based innovations that respond ...

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• 23 April

  3 years on, Rana Plaza replay looms

  

    Dhaka / AFP As they jostle for space on the floor, with the door to their fire escape padlocked, the seamstresses cannot help but recall the carnage when another of Bangladesh’s garment factories collapsed three years ago. “We always worry what will happen if a blaze breaks out or the building caves in,” one woman worker said on condition ...

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• 23 April

  Mitsubishi to pay owners of fuel-cheating cars

  

    Tokyo / AFP Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors plans to compensate customers in a bid to limit the fallout from a fuel-efficiency cheating scandal, the Nikkei reported on Saturday. Authorities raided the company’s office on Thursday after the company admitted it had falsified efficiency data for hundreds of thousands of vehicles. Mitsubishi Motors shares plunged more than 40 percent in ...

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• 23 April

  Reliance profit climbs to highest

    Mumbai / Bloomberg Reliance Industries Ltd.’s fourth-quarter profit climbed 17 percent to the highest in more than eight years as oil’s collapse improved margins from turning crude into fuels and petrochemicals. Net income at the operator of the world’s biggest refining complex increased to $1.1bn in the three months ended March 31 from 62.4 billion rupees a year earlier, ...

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