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Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), and wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, has called on governments, business communities and civil societies across the world to adopt more effective policies for the economic empowerment of women and an enhancement of their role in sustainable development. Sheikha Jawaher ...

Dubai / WAM The AED1.3 billion comprehensive developmental of the Hatta Region is going according to plan to uphold the prominent cultural and environmental position of the region as one of the emirate’s key tourist attractions and business destinations, according to the Dubai Executive Council. A number of state departments are engaging in the developmental plan launched by the Vice ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM A number of ministers and senior space and science officials from the UAE have visited Washington D.C., to meet with senior space officials and representatives from the public and private sector in the United States, further strengthening UAE-US collaborative efforts in space science, education and exploration. Led by Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi accelerated its growth in hotel guest arrivals during October with 418,883 guests checking into the emirate’s 163 hotels and hotel apartments, representing an 18% increase over the same month last year. The cumulative number of guest arrivals for the first ten months of this year has increased to reach more than 3.9 million, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has granted citizenship to 309 children of Emirati mothers. In its latest meeting, under the chairmanship of Ahmed Juma Al Za’abi, Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, the committee tasked with implementing the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, reviewed and approved the list of applicants submitted by the Ministry ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The International Property Show (IPS), the Middle East’s biggest property sales platform for local and international real estate markets, announced its strategic partnership with MAG Property Development (MAG PD) for the 14th edition of the event. IPS 2018 will run from April 9-11 next year at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), where a 20,000-strong international ...

Dubai / WAM Leaders and experts in foreign direct investment, FDI, are gathering at the 22nd annual World Investment Conference (WIC17), the flagship event of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, WAIPA, hosted by Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of Dubai Economy and WAIPA Steering Committee Member, at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City, from November, 27-28. ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Better Life, one of the leading home appliance retailers in the UAE and a division of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC announced the launch of an ambitious new retail strategy focused on kitchen appliances to offer a wide variety of options to consumers that meet the requirements of contemporary UAE lifestyles. The strategy aims ...

Bloomberg South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group and French carmaker PSA Group have separately discussed proposals to invest as much as $6 billion combined in India, a move that would boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to attract foreign capital in Asia’s third-largest economy, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Lotte may invest between $3 billion and $5 ...

Bloomberg The Indian government is working on a new policy to encourage capital spending and restore the financial health of mobile-phone operators battered by a bruising tariff war, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said. Public consultation will begin by year-end and cabinet approval is expected by March, she said in an interview in New Delhi, declining to share details. Voicing a ...