YRF’s Tiger Zinda Hai will be the shooting in Emirates for 65 days- the longest any Hindi film has shot in the country… Abu Dhabi will welcome the highly anticipated mega flick from Yash Raj Films, Tiger Zinda Hai for 65 days. The film will have its …
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Dubai becomes first city to get its own Microsoft font
Dubai’s Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum said he … a move HRW said showed “complete intolerance of peaceful dissent”. The UAE’s official news agency, WAM, said Mr Mansoor had been held “on suspicion of using social media sites to publish …
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Dh7m in prizes given at Shaikh Zayed Book Awards
Abu Dhabi: The 11th Shaikh Zayed Book Awards awarded Dh7 million in prizes to eight winners, for their cultural contribution to society at a ceremony held at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair on Sunday. Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al …
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Dubai Introduces Its Own Font, Lauding Free Expression It Does Not Permit
As it turns out, though, there are quite a few boundaries and limits on expression in Dubai and across the United Arab Emirates, where the news media is censored to remove criticism of the government or the coalition of royal families that controls it.
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Technology-loving Dubai unveils its own typographic font
Apparently not content with having the world’s tallest building, an indoor ski slope and countless other baubles, Dubai now boasts one more: its own typographic font. The forward-looking Mideast business hub unveiled the new font designed with Microsoft’s …
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UAE launches new Soft Power Council
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has launched a new council designed to boost the country’s standing globally. The UAE Soft Power Council will introduce a new national …
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UAE increases fuel prices for May
The UAE will be increasing fuel prices in May, the energy ministry announced on Sunday. Petrol prices have been hiked by an average of 3.2 per cent from April while diesel prices are up by 1 per cent. In May, the prices per litre of fuel will stand at …
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UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia top connected countries in region
Dubai: The UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia remain top “adopter … and nations in this cluster experience the biggest GDP growth from ICT (information and communications technology) infrastructure. Sami Nashwan, vice-president for strategy consulting …
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Bank loans must be repaid even if you lose your job
Just last month, my company terminated about 200 staff members and more terminations are expected. I currently have a loan with a UAE bank that is to be repaid in 47 months. If my company terminates me, is there any way legally to put the payments on hold.
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Dubai unveils official new font
Dubai: Tired of Times New Roman and over Arial? Dubai’s government might have the solution. Called simply ‘Dubai Font,’ the new Arabic and Latin type styles are now freely available for the whole world to use. With its simple, San Serif Latin …
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Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad introduces Dubai Font
Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the Dubai Font — Microsoft’s first font to be created by a city and named after it — in line with the UAE’s vision to …
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5 popular destinations for UAE property investors
According to a new survey, 13 per cent of the UAE’s residents have plans to invest in property overseas in the next year. The annual YouGov survey conducted by IP Global, a property investment company named North America, UK, Germany and Australia the …
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Dubai’s new Apple store gets royal welcome
Dubai: The opening of Apple’s third store in the UAE got a royal welcome when none other than the crown prince of Dubai paid a visit to the two-storey mega store in Dubai Mall recently. Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, along with his …
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OT Provides Instant Card Issuance for Mashreq Bank in UAE
COLOMBES, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions and a forerunner in the payment sector, has been selected by Mashreq Bank to deploy Instant Card …
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Dubai bank first in world to pilot sign language technology
Dubai-based Emirates NBD has become the first bank in the world to pilot KinTrans, a technology that enables easy two-way communication between sign language communicators with hearing disabilities, and people who use spoken languages. The bank said in a …
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UAE Exchange Partners with Oberthur Technologies to Launch Wearable Contactless Payments
COLOMBES, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance, foreign exchange and payment solutions brand, and OT (Oberthur Technologies) have partnered to launch “gocash” prepaid card of UAE Exchange through the first-ever …
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7 Things that Make Dubai a Heaven for International Property Investors
While there are ups and downs in the global real estate market, Dubai remains right at the top and these 7 factors make it a heaven for the international property investors. One of the biggest benefits of buying a property in Dubai is that the economy of …
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