April, 2016

• 5 April

  Al Adil Trading opens 31st Indian foods outlet in Deira

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dr. Dhananjay (Jay) Datar, Chairman & Managing Director Al Adil Trading Co LLC, UAE’s leading name for Indian food stuff, reinforced his expansion commitment by opening their 31st outlet in the GCC. The newly opened outlet of Al Adil Trading is situated in the heart of Al Ras, Deira, “We have set in place a very ...

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• 5 April

  Analysing the future of retail banking in ME

  

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Market disruption in financial sectors, branch transformation,enhanced user experience and digitalisation of banking services are some of the main challenges haunting Middle East retail bankers. One of the key questions that remains unanswered about next generation of bank consumers in the region is — will it be mobile, online or branches? This and many other ...

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• 5 April

  UAE drivers save AED1mn via job app

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Lack of transparency and hidden charges have been one of the biggest setbacks that the UAE drivers over the years. The recently launched car insurance comparison portal asserts that comparing and buying policies could help UAE drivers not only save money but also buy an informed policy. According to the recently launched car insurance comparison portal, ...

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• 5 April

  EA launches ‘Misr Auction’ in Egypt

  DUBAI / Emirates Business In line with its move to become a leading global company, Emirates Auction (EA) has revealed the launch of its first subsidiary company in Egypt, ‘Misr Auction’. The move falls in line with the company’s expansion strategy, which aims to tap into newer regional and international markets with enormous growth opportunities and promising investment prospects, in ...

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• 5 April

  Al Forsan Village to launch ‘lease-to-own’ concept

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Al Forsan Real Estate; the property arm of Al Forsan Holding, stated that Al Forsan Village will launch the ‘Lease to own’ concept during Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2016. The group will be unveiling a portfolio of health focused luxury mixed-use developments at the Cityscape exhibition at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre at stand ‘AA10’ from ...

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• 5 April

  Hundreds flee IS fight in Mosul

  

  Iraq / AP Fighting between Iraqi forces and militants affiliated with the IS group close to Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, has displaced over 2,000 people in the past week. On one recent night, around a hundred people arrived on the outskirts of the town of Makhmour, in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region, having fled violence. The journey ended in ...

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• 5 April

  47 Indian police get life for killing Sikh pilgrims

  India / AFP A special court in India has sentenced 47 policemen to life in prison for killing a group of Sikh pilgrims in 1991 whom they had claimed were militants, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. The officers were convicted of shooting dead the pilgrims to try and earn promotions in Uttar Pradesh state which at the time was hit ...

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• 5 April

  Merkel to open new Syrian refugee centre in Turkey: PM

  Ankara / AFP German Chancellor Angela Merkel will next week inaugurate a new centre for Syrian refugees in the southeastern Turkish city of Kilis built with EU funds, Turkey’s prime minister said on Tuesday. “We are going to inaugurate a school and a hospital built in Kilis thanks to EU financing with European leaders led by Mrs Merkel,” said Turkish ...

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• 5 April

  World splurges on military weapons

  

  Kabul / AFP Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the US began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Defense budgets rose 1 percent to $1.68 trillion in 2015, making up about 2.3 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, Sipri ...

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• 5 April

  Turkey to take in 200 more migrants from Greece today

  Turkey / AFP Turkey is to receive around 200 more migrants from Greece on Wednesday under a controversial deal with the EU after taking in a similar number at the start of this week, a Turkish official said. The new wave of around 200 migrants would be shipped from the Greek island of Lesbos into the Turkish harbour town of ...

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