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Emirates business Following a landmark year for climate, Emirates Wildlife Society – WWF is calling on people in the UAE to take climate action by switching off their lights for one hour and switching on their social power by donating their social feeds to Earth Hour. Earth Hour 2016 will be celebrated on Saturday, 19 March between 8:30 and 9:30 ...

Emirates business Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in collaboration with Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) is gearing up to mark Earth Hour, through a variety of activities that will be held at Al Majaz Waterfront on Saturday, March 19. Themed “This Earth Hour, Shine a Light on Climate Action”, the event is part of the intergovernmental coordination ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Koenig, a leading provider of state-of-the-art technical training and certifications across the IT technologies globally, has been making strides towards better services ever since its inception. The latest addition to the list of certifications and accolades which makes it a market leader is the coveted ‘Android Authorized Training Centre’ certification. The IT training provider and am offshore training ...

Ritika SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS She has done all ‘possible and impossible’ in the fashion scene of UAE – dressed international celebrities, taken the national dress to global ramps, collaborated with transnational companies other than fashion – automobiles, perfumes, art galleries – and crafted her dream career when she was already mother of two. Given this, it won’t be an ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, discussed with President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, ways to strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries, as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest. This came when Sheikh Mohamed ...

Dubai / WAM The third edition of the largest entrepreneurship conference in the Middle East and North Africa region, SME World 2016, was inaugurated in Dubai by Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME. He also presented the Disruptive Entrepreneur Awards 2016 to six winning SMEs in two categories, Start-up and Established SME Business. The summit was held under ...

Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued Law No (2) of 2016 establishing Dubai Data Establishment (DDE), with the aim to support the Dubai Smart City strategy to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world by 2017. Meanwhile, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) organised the UAE-Slovakia Business Forum in cooperation with the Slovak Embassy in the country, the Slovak Ministry of Economy and the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency, SARIO, at its Dubai headquarters. The Dubai Chamber received a high-level government and economic delegation from the Slovak Republic, headed by Rastislav ...

AL AIN / WAM Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, was a platinum sponsor of the third annual UAE-UK Pioneers Forum held in London, UK on March 12. Arranged by the UAE Embassy in the United Kingdom, the forum gave students studying in the United Kingdom and European Union a ...

NEW YORK / WAM The United Arab Emirates has reiterated the importance of the empowerment of women as a critical component of the nation’s development model, and as a necessary condition for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, delivered these remarks at the 60th session of ...