Sharjah: Three smugglers were arrested at Sharjah International Airport for attempting to smuggle in 30kg of hashish and 10gram of marijuana concealed in shipments of food items. Lieutenant Colonel Majid Al Assam, head of the anti-narcotic department at …
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UAE embassy hosts iftar honouring Special Olympics athletes
WASHINGTON, DC: Diplomats from the UAE hosted an iftar at the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC for local Special Olympic athletes and their families. Many of the athletes in attendance will travel to Abu Dhabi in March 2019 to compete in the World Games.
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Dubai to screen genetically modified food
Dubai: The Food and Environment Laboratories Section in the Dubai Central Laboratory of Dubai Municipality has developed a new screening service for genetically modified food items to ensure that the product conforms to the description on the label. The …
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Dubai Police organise the longest iftar table
Dubai: Dubai Police have broken a Guinness World Record for organising the ‘longest iftar table’ in the world stretching 6km. More than 12,830 workers benefited from the longest iftar table, which was held in Dubai Industrial Park in Jebel Ali. The …
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Dubai features prominently on global competitiveness map
DUBAI, 9th June, 2018 (WAM) — Dubai is ranked first in the Arab world for government budget as a percentage of GDP and third globally in public finance, according to the Competitiveness Report 2018. Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh, Director General of the …
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Over 12,800 jaywalkers fined in Sharjah
Lieutenant Saud Al Shaiba, spokesperson for the Traffic and Patrol Department, told Gulf News that Sharjah Police issued fines to 12,871 people who were caught jaywalking in the emirate till May this year. However, only five people have been fined since …
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DWTC events drive Dh12.7bn in economic value for Dubai
“DWTC’s priorities are firmly aligned with UAE Vision 2021, the nation’s economic diversification strategy and the 2017 Economic Impact Assessment is testament to DWTC’s success as a MICE entity that enhances the value of business tourism to Dubai …
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How technology is changing the GCC’s logistics industry
the founder and CEO of TruKKer Technologies – billed as an Uber for lorries in the UAE – offers some examples of how they are making a difference. “There are now AI-powered sensors capturing long tail metrics such as fleet physical health and driver …
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Dubai port operator plans ‘largest’ distributed rooftop solar project in Middle East
Port operator DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), a free economic zone at the western end of Dubai, has launched the UAE’s first green storage and warehouse facilities and is set to install 88,000 PV modules across its Dubai facilities’ rooftops.
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Dewa calls on residents to adopt solar power
Dubai: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has urged Dubai residents to install solar panels on the roofs of their premises in order to take advantage of Shams Dubai project. The call comes following the success and the great adoption rate the …
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Yellow Door Energy inks Dubai solar lease deal
Yellow Door Energy, a leading provider of lease-to-own energy efficiency solutions, said it has signed a 20-year lease agreement with Arabian Industrial Gases to provide solar power for its manufacturing facility in Dubai Investments Park. This is Yellow …
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Dubai Investments installs solar panels on building
Dubai Investments, a leading, diversified company, is installing the first-of-its-kind coloured Kromatix panels for a kindergarten building by Dubai Municipality in Al Twar, Dubai, through its joint venture entity Emirates Insolaire. The building will be …
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Solar power to fuel Dubai’s dry ice and industrial gas firm
DUBAI — Yellow Door Energy and Arabian Industrial Gases have signed a 20-year lease to provide solar power for Arabian Industrial Gases’ manufacturing facility in Dubai Investments Park, Dubai. This is Yellow Door Energy’s 10th solar lease in Dubai …
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Dubai to have Middle East’s largest distributed solar rooftop
RELATED ARTICLES: UPS opens $163m hub at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park | Dubai’s DP World to bid for container depot project in Egypt | DP World, Virgin Hyperloop One to develop high-speed cargo transport The UAE’s first green storage and …
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Dubai Investments installs first-of-its-kind coloured solar panels
Dubai Investments PJSC [DFM: DIC], the leading, diversified investments company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, is installing thefirst-of-its-kind coloured KromatixTMpanels for a kindergarten building by Dubai Municipality in Al Twar, Dubai, through …
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Arabian Industrial Gases goes solar
Arabian Industrial Gases has signed a 20-year lease with Yellow Door Energy for the supply of solar power at its manufacturing facility in Dubai Investments Park, Dubai. Sami Huneidi, General Manager of Arabian Industrial Gases, a subsidiary of the Gulf …
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UAE universities on the rise in new global ranking
As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited graduate and undergraduate programs through nine colleges – Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law …
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