April, 2020

• 27 April

  India considers $39b small-business loans

  

  Bloomberg India is considering a proposal to guarantee as much as 3 trillion rupees ($39 billion) of loans to small businesses as part of a plan to restart Asia’s third-largest economy, which is reeling under the impact of a 40-day lockdown, people with knowledge of the matter said. Under the proposal, small firms will be eligible to borrow an additional ...

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• 27 April

  Adafsa offers 142,000 services in Q1 of 2020

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) executed 142,063 transactions for the public through its digital channels and customer service centres across the emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the first quarter of 2020. The number of services conducted using the ADAFSA’s smart application and website reached 138,423, accounting for 97.4 percent of the total ...

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• 27 April

  Arab Reading Challenge to promote reading among students

  

  Dubai / WAM The Arab Reading Challenge (ARC) initiative has announced holding online interactive sessions on Instagram to promote reading among students. Through eight interactive sessions during the Holy Month of Ramadan, children’s books authors, experts and media figures will address a variety of topics on reading and share tips on book selection, storytelling and writing. The sessions, to broadcast ...

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• 27 April

  Abu Dhabi Commercial Court conducts 579 remote trials

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court has held 579 remote trials with various litigation degrees of First Instance and Appeal, through video-conference system, since the activation of the remote work plan of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD). According to detailed information, the judges of the Commercial Court held 165 hearings in the Chambers of First Instance, ...

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• 27 April

  MFNCA forms ‘Youth Council’

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs (MFNCA) formed a ‘Youth Council’ in coordination with the Federal Youth Authority to empower youth and enable them to play their part in serving their country, in line with the UAE’s leadership directives. In a statement by the ministry on Monday, the MFNCA’s Young Employees Council will ...

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• 27 April

  Webinar on supply chain and worker safety held

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber’s Sustainability Network organised a webinar on ensuring the continuity of the supply and distribution chain and protecting workers in light of the challenges businesses are facing due to Covid-19. The webinar, titled “Covid 19: Responding to the Pandemic to Ensure Supply Chain Continuity and Worker Safety” organised by the Supply Chain Task Force. It ...

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• 27 April

  Grand Mufti of Lebanon thanks UAE for humanitarian aid

  

  Beirut / WAM The Grand Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, thanked the United Arab Emirates for its “confidence in Dar al-Fatwa to distribute the aid it received through its UAE embassy in Lebanon to those who are most in need and deserving of assistance.” Derian said, “It comes as no surprise from the UAE; known ...

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• 27 April

  Kizad unveils new set of digital services via Maqta Gateway

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports on Monday announced that it has successfully brought online a new set of services which will enable customers to avail of more of its services from anywhere in the world, in collaboration with Maqta Gateway, developer and operator of the first Port Community ...

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• 27 April

  UAE embassy in Bogota donates food to people

  

  BOGOTA / WAM Diplomats and local staff at the UAE Embassy in the Colombian capital of Bogota have donated food parcels containing nearly 15,000 meals to some 2,000 Colombian citizens. Salem Rashid Al Owais, UAE Ambassador to Colombia, oversaw the initiative, named, ‘The UAE is With You’, which encouraged embassy employees to donate a portion of their salary to citizens ...

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• 27 April

  UAE sends medical relief to Armenia in fight against Covid-19

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Monday sent an aid plane containing seven metric tons of medical supplies to Armenia to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. Commenting on the aid delivery, Mohammed Issa Al Qattam Al Zaabi, ...

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