January, 2021

• 25 January

  Watania attains ISO for ‘monitoring, measuring customer satisfaction’

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business National Takaful Company (Watania) announces the successful certification of ISO 10004:2018 for “Monitoring and Measuring Customer Satisfaction”, which is an international standard for best practices concerned with customer satisfaction and happiness. Watania is one of the leading companies to obtain this certificate in UAE, which highlights Watania’s commitment to customers and business partners. The company ...

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• 25 January

  UAE ministry takes part in ADSW 2021

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) participated in annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). During the event, Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, spoke at high-level discussions with local, regional and global stakeholders, and launched new initiatives and policies to boost the UAE’s sustainability agenda. Al Nuaimi highlighted the ...

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• 25 January

  Dewa upgrades water infra with pioneering world-class projects

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) continues to develop world-class infrastructure, supported by assets that exceed AED182 billion owned by Dewa and its subsidiaries, and around AED86 billion of investments in the energy and water sectors over five years. This helps Dewa enhance its production capacity to meet the growing demand and provide its services to more ...

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• 25 January

  CBUAE conducts cyberattack simulation on banking sector

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The central bank of the UAE (CBUAE) announced it conducted the first-of-its-kind cyberattack simulation exercise that is designed to test the resilience of the UAE’s banking sector against any potential cyber threats. The exercise affirms CBUAE’s preparedness to prevent or mitigate cyber threats that may cause disruptions to the UAE’s economy and financial stability. The exercise ...

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• 25 January

  Abu Dhabi approves 3 new Covid-19 tests

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has approved three new Covid-19 tests to be used in Abu Dhabi’s healthcare facilities’ emergency departments and urgent care centres. The new tests provide faster results and will efficiently contribute to physicians’ decision-making when it comes to providing suitable treatment for patients. The three new approved tests include ...

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• 25 January

  Cancelled Keystone XL pipeline may yield 48,000 tons of scrap

  

  Bloomberg The scrapping of Keystone XL not only means the end of multibillion-dollar pipe dream for TC Energy Corp — it also leaves behind 48,000 tons of steel. US President Joe Biden revoked permits for the oil pipeline on his first day in office, killing a cross-border project that had won a four-year reprieve under his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. ...

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• 25 January

  India debuts largest domestic reactor

  

  Bloomberg India’s success in connecting its largest domestically-built nuclear reactor to the grid is a boost for plans to deploy the technology to help the world’s third-biggest polluter limit emissions, according to the official overseeing the plans. The 700-megawatt pressurised heavy water reactor of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, located in the western state of Gujarat, is the first of ...

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• 25 January

  Congress has been losing power for a hundred years

  

  The storming of the US Capitol on January 6 was a real lowlight for Congress. At least during the sacking of Washington in the war of 1812, the White House burned alongside the Capitol. But on January 6, 2021 the head of the executive branch urged his followers to interfere with the operation of the legislative branch. The entire sequence ...

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• 25 January

  New York gains from London’s pain

  

  The latest scrap over London’s post-Brexit finance business has a clear winner. Britain and the European Union might have been hoping to fight over the juicy bone of derivatives trading, but a third dog is running off with the prize: New York. New trading limits between the UK and the continent have prompted a large chunk of this lucrative work ...

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• 25 January

  Green stimulus is here. It just wasn’t planned

  We have to wait a few weeks to see just how green President Joe Biden’s stimulus plan turns out to be. But we’re already in the middle of an unplanned green investment boom. It will end both badly and usefully. Energy of all varieties is a capital-intensive business, so the cost of that capital often makes or breaks a new ...

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