March, 2021

• 21 March

  Crypto businesses now able to set up at DMCC in Dubai

  

  Dubai / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) to establish a regulatory framework for businesses offering, issuing, listing, and trading crypto assets in DMCC. The agreement will see businesses dealing with crypto ...

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• 21 March

  UAE celebrates Mother’s Day Sheikha Fatima pays tribute to UAE mothers

  Abu Dhabi / WAM On the occasion of Mother’s Day, HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, has paid tribute to Emirati mothers, mothers of martyrs and all mothers around the world, saying mothers play a fundamental role in ...

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• 21 March

  Adek opens scholarship drive for top-performing students

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) announced opening application for the Abu Dhabi Scholarships for Distinguished Students – a premier programme for Abu Dhabi’s outstanding Emirati students designed to meet priority labor market needs. Applications are being accepted online between March 21 and April 3 for high-performing Emirati Grade 12 / Year 13 ...

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• 21 March

  Pathway Global provides clients with turnkey solutions for entire recruitment process

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Pathway Global Human Resource Consultancy, a company holding a pioneer position in the Gulf region as a recruitment consultancy, recruit the best talent from different countries such as Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Africa countries. Mohamed Adam, the Founder of Pathway Global, said: The company was able to finish numerous assignments ...

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• 21 March

  Etihad Airways gets Iata’s Level 4 NDC certification

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been awarded the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Level 4 certification, by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). NDC enhances communication between the airline industry and travel agents, which allows for more effective merchandising, competitive propositions and product personalisation. The NDC standard allows Etihad to transform the ...

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• 21 March

  RTA awards $147m Dubai Metro deal to French-Japanese group

  

  Dubai / WAM A French-Japanese consortium has won a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Dubai Metro as well as the operation of the Dubai Tram. The contract covers 15 years (9 base years and six renewable years) and amounts to approximately AED542 million ($147.56 million) per annum. The consortium consists of three companies namely Keolis, Mitsubishi Heavy ...

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• 21 March

  EPAA in Sharjah sees over 66,000 visitors

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah welcomed 66,663 visitors to six of its centres during January and February 2021. The numbers were broken down as follows: 2,500 visitors to the Wasit Wetland Centre; 1,925 visitors to the Kalba Bird of Prey Centre; 3,590 visitors to the Buhais Geology Park; 1003 visitors to the Al ...

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• 21 March

  Covid-19: UAE reports 2,240 new recoveries

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 240,035 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Saturday, 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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• 21 March

  Crimea’s water crisis is a huge problem for Putin

  

  A water emergency in Crimea is absorbing billions of taxpayer rubles as Russia tries to patch up an impossible problem stemming from the peninsula’s annexation in 2014. President Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea gem looks increasingly like a millstone. Ukraine dammed the North Crimean Canal seven years ago, cutting off the source of nearly 90% of the region’s fresh water and ...

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• 21 March

  Dear World: Let’s get rid of time zones

  

  This is one of those weeks when, sitting here in Berlin, I feel much closer to my place of birth, New York. By one hour, to be precise. Most of the US switched to daylight savings time last weekend, whereas Germany — the first country to introduce “summertime” about a century ago — will spring forward next Sunday. As a ...

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