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Abu Dhabi / WAM As part of ongoing efforts to effectively and successfully contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Government of Abu Dhabi has rolled out saliva testing for children to a second phase of schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The steps were taken as part of the Department of Health and Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre’s strategic ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) has reviewed means of enhancing economic, investment, and commercial relations and expanding the prospects of cooperation with the Indian State of Karnataka. This came during the meeting which was held at the SCCI premises between Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority announced it concluded the e-learning initiative, which was launched earlier this year in cooperation with LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network. The initiative was based on the outcomes of the Dubai Ideathon, where ideas were presented to address the challenges that creative and cultural talents faced in light of Covid-19. It achieved ...

Bloomberg The Serum Institute of India Ltd, which is producing the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford, expects the Indian government to sign a formal supply and pricing agreement within days after the shot was approved for emergency usage. Officials in New Delhi have “indicated orally” that the first 100 million vaccines will be purchased ...

Bloomberg India has followed the UK and granted emergency approval for the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford, the first step in its plan to inoculate citizens in the country that’s home to the world’s second-largest Covid-19 outbreak. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar said the AstraZeneca shot being produced locally by the Serum Institute ...

Bloomberg India’s market regulator ordered billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd to pay a combined penalty of 400 million rupees ($5.5 million) for allegedly violating share-trading rules about 13 years ago. In its order, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said Reliance and its agents operated to allegedly earn undue profits from the sale of ...

Bloomberg China’s economic recovery could be past its peak and beginning to stabilise as the year draws to a close, with a key manufacturing gauge moderating in December after an export-fueled boost to production. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 51.9 from a three-year high of 52.1 in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said, lower than ...

Bloomberg A multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail link between Singapore and Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur has been terminated. The two countries were unable to reach an agreement on the project after Malaysia sought changes because of the pandemic’s economic impact, according to a joint statement. Malaysia will have to compensate Singapore for costs already incurred, the city-state’s transport ministry said in a ...

AL AIN / WAM The Al Muwaiji Palace, which was built on the western side of Al Ain, close to the Al Muwaiji Oasis nearly 100 years ago, is one of the distinctive historic buildings in the city. The construction of the palace represents an elegant example of the architecture that relied on bricks to build forts and palaces at ...

Sharjah / WAM Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) reinforced its reputation and position as a prominent destination regionally and globally despite of the Covid-19’s global economic fallout, after two giant African petrochemicals companies (Global Vision Specialty Chemicals & Proud Lubricants and Grease IND) announced investments in the free zone by leasing over 1,076,391 square feet plots of land. The deal ...