September, 2022

• 30 September

  Covid-19: SPEA eases curbs in all institutions

    Sharjah / WAM Based on National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority’s (NCEMA) statement on easing Covid-19 restrictions, Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) announced reducing Covid -19 restrictions in all its educational institutions. The announcement includes that wearing masks is optional in closed and opened areas, updating the Green Pass in Al Hosn app, and other decisions that have ...

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• 30 September

  Dubai ranked fifth globally in UN e-government survey 2022

  

    Dubai / WAM Dubai has achieved outstanding results in the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) 2022 issued by the United Nations as part of its bi-annual E-Government Survey, with the city being included in the list of the world’s best-performing digital governments that received a ‘Very High’ rating. Dubai was ranked fifth globally and first in the Arab world ...

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• 30 September

  Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure launches ‘UAE Maritime Network’

  

    Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) announced the launch of the “UAE Maritime Network” initiative, which aims to support international maritime organisations and promote the UAE as a global maritime hub and an ideal environment for maritime investments. The initiative supports the ministry’s efforts to enhance the position of the UAE’s maritime sector globally. The ...

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• 30 September

  Noor Dubai resumes its humanitarian activities in Nepal

  

    Dubai / WAM Noor Dubai has resumed its humanitarian activities in Nepal by conducting an eye camp to screen and treat eye diseases, primarily Cataract. The UAE-based NGO launched the seven-day eye camp on in partnership with the Nepal Netra Joyti Sang hospital. According to the available data, Nepal was one of the first countries to conduct a nationwide ...

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• 30 September

  India’s Haryana state to study UAE’s safari parks

  

    NEW DELHI / WAM Hoping to learn from the UAE’s experience in jungle and desert safaris, Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Haryana, is in the northern emirates on a two-day visit. He will visit Dubai Safari Park and Sharjah Safari with a team of high-level officials from Haryana’s Tourism and Wildlife Department, officials in ...

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• 30 September

  Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launches its new services to Ankara

    ABU DHABI / Gulf Time Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, has launched its latest routes to Turkey’s capital and the second most populous city in the country, Ankara. This step reaffirms the airline’s commitment to provide travellers with the opportunity to explore numerous experiences across many destinations within its network. The new routes ...

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• 30 September

  The UK’s cryptic £40 billion bailout for energy traders

  

  The £40 billion ($43 billion) plan announced in the first days of Liz Truss’s government to bolster energy traders remains a black box. Who benefits, at what cost and under what conditions is a mystery the Treasury and the Bank of England have yet to explain — with three weeks to go until the fund is formally launched. The Energy ...

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• 30 September

  Look! who succeeds Jope as Unilever CEO

  

  In 2016, Alan Jope did an energetic workout with the host of the “Spartan UP!” motivational podcast series, at one point even doing burpees. But the longtime Unilever Plc executive turned out to be less of a corporate action man. The maker of Marmite and Magnum ice cream said that Jope would retire at the end of next year. The ...

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• 30 September

  The detroit of Asia now wants a shot at EVs

    In 1961, a boxy sedan called the Ford Cortina kicked off Thailand’s auto industry with local workers assembling the cars using parts shipped from Britain. A few years later, Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. set up factories, launching a decades-long expansion that made the country Asia’s third-largest — and the world’s No. 10 — auto manufacturer. That ...

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• 30 September

  US student loan reforms are a looming disaster

    Amid the stir caused by President Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debts, far too little attention has been paid to another far-reaching reform: the administration’s change to a lending program known as income-driven repayment (or IDR). If widely applied, Biden’s proposal would provide additional relief to millions of borrowers — and make the US student loan system even ...

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