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How Dubai Airport handles 90 million passengers a year
Heading to the airport has become a necessary process for almost all business professionals these days, but all too often, the airport can be a minefield of potential hold-ups or stressful procedures. However this may all be about the change, as Dubai …
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Abu Dhabi expects 3.16% GDP growth in 2018
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi expects real GDP growth of 3.16 per cent in … We gauge investors’ confidence on a monthly basis and we see some kind of optimism.” “I think there has been news that may be five or six IPOs are expected in the last quarter …
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Boy calls Dubai Police threatening to commit suicide
Dubai: A 13-year-old boy who called Dubai Police threatening to commit suicide because his mother abandoned him in their flat was counselled and moved to a shelter in Sharjah. The terrified child informed the control room that his mother was travelling …
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Abu Dhabi Is Said to Weigh Raising About $10 Billion From Bonds
Abu Dhabi, home to about 6 percent of the world’s oil reserves, is said to be considering raising about $10 billion from a dollar bond sale as early as Tuesday to help plug a budget deficit. Encouraged by Saudi Arabia’s $12.5 billion sale last week …
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Dubai announces 30-day fitness challenge
Dubai: A fitness challenge to encourage people to exercise and take part in sports was launched on Monday by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of Dubai Sports Council. Shaikh Hamdan called on everyone to …
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Electric-car incentives added in, remarkably, oil-rich Dubai
Dubai, the second largest sheikdom in the United Arab Emirates, has introduced new incentives in an attempt to make electric cars more desirable. Battery-electric and plug-in vehicles often go overlooked in the oil-rich area, but even some of the world’s …
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Dubai hospedará el mayor congreso internacional sobre desalinización de agua
La Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) anunció que Dubai hospedará el International Desalination Association’s 2019 World Congress sobre desalinización el agua. Anteriormente, ese congreso se había celebrado en Dubai en el año 2009.
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Kareena Kapoor to open jewellery store in Dubai
Kareena Kapoor Khan will inaugurate two jewellery stores in Dubai on Thursday. The brand ambassador for Malabar Gold & Diamonds will appear at their Meena Bazaar branch at 6.30pm, followed by a visit to their new showroom in Al Barsha at 8.30pm.
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Dubai Will Issue First Ever State Cryptocurrency
The local government in Dubai has officially launched its own cryptocurrency called emCash, according to announcements by local news media outlets. The cryptocurrency would be used for payment of governmental and nongovernmental services. According to Ali …
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Nakheel, Centara form JV for Dubai resort
The Dubai-based master developer Nakheel and Thai hotel group Centara Hotels & Resorts have announced the official formation of a joint-venture company for a 600-room beachfront resort and waterpark at Dubai’s Deira Islands. A management agreement was …
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Smart Dubai launches new service app
accessing Dubai Customs accounts; and services such as “Ejari”, “Makani”, and “Criminal Case Look-up”. The platform also allows users to donate to Dubai Cares, Al Jalila Foundation and others. – TradeArabia News Service
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Smart Dubai Launches New Service Through ‘Dubai Now’ App
The Dubai Now platform targets all members of the public, the business sector and visitors. It compiles government services and integrates them in an effort to provide easy and smooth access. The platform includes 11 categories of services: security and …
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Dubai Media City Hosts Networking Event
Dubai Media City, the region’s largest community dedicated to the media industry, hosted its second 360 Network event at In5 Innovation Centre, Al Sufouh. The 360 Network event speed networking platform offered a unique opportunity for business partners …
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Dubai gold rates fall to lowest in weeks
Dubai: Gold jewellery rates have just fallen to their lowest levels in weeks, giving jewellery fans in the UAE more opportunities to score some bargains. After soaring to more than Dh160 per gram, 24-karat gold plunged to Dh154.50 on Monday, down by nearly …
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Abu Dhabi health-care provider Seha to recruit 2,000 nurses
The new recruits will help the emirate’s public health-care provider, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), meet international nurse-to-patient ratios, said Aisha Al Mahri, allied health group director at Seha Nursing, told Gulf News.
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Over 160 Dubai schools to be inspected
Dubai: A total of 166 private schools will be inspected by Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai in the latest cycle of school inspections, which started last week. Now in its 10th cycle, the inspections include seven new schools that will …
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