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RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Considering the ever-increasing rush of travellers between India’s commercial capital Mumbai and Dubai, Jet Airways — which works in alliance with UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways — has announced increased frequency of flights between the two cities from March 1. A new flight from Indian capital Delhi is also in the offing, making Mumbai-Dubai and ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Dubai Courts has launched ‘Smart Inheritance,’ the latest addition to its growing portfolio of smart applications. Available in both English and Arabic versions, the new app has been designed to help facilitate faster completion of legal transactions concerning inheritance issues between heirs, agents and guardians. The release of ‘Smart Inheritance’ is expected to drive in ...

Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Fool-proof communication channel could be a key to any organisation’s success. In a bid to achieve this while offering local corporates customised solutions, UAE-based cyber security firm DarkMatter has introduced innovative voice and chat application for iOS and Android. The application provides end-to-end secure communications, based on the latest advancements in cryptography, cryptographic implementations, and ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Heart of Sharjah (HOS), one of Sharjah’s premiere tourist destinations, hosted a series of fun-filled activities and workshops for families and young people in collaboration with Maraya Art Centre under the title “Nabdh”, which is Arabic for pulse and with the participation of renowned puppeteers. Visitors of the Heart of Sharjah, from all ages, enjoyed ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Gulfood, one of the world’s leading food trading platforms, would be marking its 21st edition at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) on Sunday. The show would begin with top notch food exhibitors delivering the latest trends of food and offering new prospects to add more into the food trade in this region. Around 5,000-plus corporates ...

At a recent business conclave in Mumbai in the context of the “Make in India Week,” CNN’s famed foreign affairs commentator Fareed Zakaria made an innocuous suggestion to India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the course of an interview. “Another area of job creation which strikes me,” said Zakaria, “is not quite ‘Make in India’ but ‘Visit India.’ ” Citing ...

China recently announced that it is relocating 9,110 villagers to make way for a giant telescope that — among other tasks — will search for extraterrestrial life. Once the unlucky residents are gone, the government will get down to the real business of the world’s largest radio telescope: attracting the scientific talent necessary to transform China’s economy. That won’t be ...

As the world’s equities markets are buffeted by bouts of intense volatility, analysts have started uttering a chilling phrase: bear market. China’s markets have entered this territory, and the US might not be too far behind. That possibility invariably leads to speculation that the declines are harbingers of worse to come, in other words, a recession. This question has attracted ...

SINGAPORE / AP Organisers of the Singapore Airshow said $12.3 billion in airplane deals were signed at the event this week, a sharp drop from the last show in 2014. Leck Chet Lam, managing director of Experia Events, said that this year’s figure was comprised of 10 deals, with another 40 made at undisclosed values. There were 24 undisclosed deals ...

PARIS / Bloomberg French luxury-goods maker Kering SA reported fourth-quarter revenue growth that beat analyst estimates as the Gucci brand showed the first signs of a turnaround under Chief Executive Officer Marco Bizzarri and creative director Alessandro Michele. Sales climbed 8 percent on a comparable basis, Paris-based Kering said in a statement Friday. Analysts predicted growth of 4.1 percent, according ...