April, 2021

• 27 April

  Oil buckles under pressure from India’s Covid-19 resurgence

  

  Bloomberg Oil falls as India’s worsening Covid-19 crisis weighed on the near-term outlook for demand ahead of a key Opec+ meeting later this week. Futures in New York slid 1.7% towards $61 a barrel. Signs of strain on India’s refiners are starting to emerge. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. has cut processing rates, while Indian Oil Corp has so far ...

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• 27 April

  HFZA remains first choice for foreign investments

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZA)-based Awail Al-Sham, owner of the Al Awail brand for prayer times clock and other innovative e-products, has announced that its products have become available in 100 markets worldwide, as opposed to 50 markets in 2013, the year in which the company has opted for the HFZA as its new headquarters, achieving a ...

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• 27 April

  Etihad partners with Esports team Nigma

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways on Monday announced a partnership with World Champion Esports team “Nigma”, the organisation founded by The International 7 champions. Nigma will be the first esports team ever to be sponsored by a major airline and the Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways will make sure the team and its support staff will arrive, relaxed, refreshed ...

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• 27 April

  Etihad announce partnership with Esports team Nigma

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways on Monday announced a partnership with World Champion Esports team “Nigma”, the organisation founded by The International 7 champions. Nigma will be the first esports team ever to be sponsored by a major airline and the Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways will make sure the team and its support staff will arrive, relaxed, refreshed ...

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• 27 April

  UAE reports 1,580 new recoveries from Covid-19

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 160,390 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Monday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...

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• 27 April

  Moroccan minister visits Expo 2020 Dubai site

  DUBAI / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Director-General of the Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, discussed, with Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Minister of Tourism, Air Transport, Handicrafts and Social Economy of Morocco, ways of enhancing the cooperation between the UAE and Morocco, highlighting their mutual keenness to witness Morocco’s active participation in the Expo ...

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• 27 April

  Dubai Police plan foolproof security for Expo 2020

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Police General Command, in cooperation with partners at local and national levels, has recently organised a meeting for liaisons officers in the country to review security plans, scenarios, and procedures for the upcoming Expo 2020, and to check the readiness of teams and committees involved. The meeting, which was held at Dubai Police Officers Club, ...

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• 27 April

  Inspections of hazardous material in Abu Dhabi facilities complete

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The implementation team of the Hazardous Materials Monitoring Programme in Abu Dhabi has completed the inventory and classification of hazardous materials. They have checked the preventive and safety measures in the stores selling hazardous materials and taken appropriate corrective measures. The team was led by Brigadier Humaid Saeed Alefreet, Deputy Director of Security and Ports Affairs ...

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• 27 April

  UAE sends food aid to Mauritania

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday sent an aid plane containing 49 metric tons of food to Mauritania as part of its humanitarian initiatives during the Holy Month of Ramadan to assist those facing humanitarian challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Hamad Ghanem Al Mehairi, UAE Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, said, “The UAE constantly seeks ...

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• 27 April

  Hamriyah Free Zone remains first choice for foreign investments

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZA)-based Awail Al-Sham, owner of the Al Awail brand for prayer times clock and other innovative e-products, has announced that its products have become available in 100 markets worldwide, as opposed to 50 markets in 2013, the year in which the company has opted for the HFZA as its new headquarters, achieving a ...

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