May 2019 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

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Annual grocery sales are on the rise in all regions worldwide Twenty per cent of the top 10 global grocers by revenue will be using blockchain for food safety and traceability to create visibility to production, quality and freshness, said leading research and advisory firm Gartner in...

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The project is located south to Al Falah area next to the Abu Dhabi – Al Ain highway Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced that 50 per cent of the works related to the Dh237 million ($64.5 million) Internal Road and Infrastructure Project at Al Shamkha area has...

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Leading UAE developer Emaar Properties has recorded a 123 per cent growth in sales of properties to international customers during the first quarter (January to March), which surged to Dh2.65 billion ($720 million) from Dh1.187 billion ($323 million) last year, thus highlighting the significant...

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It is not clear whether the proposals will be expanded to the rest of the UAE Plans to reform the end of service gratuity scheme offered by Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will come into effect from 1 January 2020, but it is not clear whether they will be extended beyond...

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Too much supply in the property market has led landlords to be more flexible, with the exception of DIFC and Downtown Dubai, says Tony Habre Landlords in Dubai are being more lenient and reducing rent by up to 50 percent in areas like Business Bay, according to the CEO of Addmind...

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DXB on track for big traffic surge in 2020 despite Q1 drop Dubai International Airport (DXB) said on Sunday that its first-quarter passenger traffic fell 2.2 per cent to 22.2 million following a drop in the number of flights due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX. Dubai...

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Ensures real time visibility and increased flexibility at the liquid milk processing plant of Aavin Dairy. Boosts processing capacity of the plant from 0.2 to 0.3 million litres per day, scalable up to 0.5 million litres per day Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation...

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Al Nasr crowned champions in the U14 & U16 categories The Dubai Sports Council Challenge Cup, crowning jewel of Dubai Sports Council’s football season, pitted the best academy teams against the best club teams at Dubai Sports City last weekend. The du LaLiga HPC boys U18...

May 5, 2019 no comments 719
Rebranding themselves as Dubai 2020 and Dubai 2021 for the seventh edition of the Nad Al Sheba Sports Tournament, the two finalists from last year’s NAS Volleyball championship are confident of going all the way once again this year. Dubai 2020 and Dubai 2021 took part as F3 and F3 ‘A’ in...

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Roads and Transport Authority says it plans to build seven new marine transport stations at Business Bay, Dubai Water Canal and coastal areas over the next couple of years Dubai has opened the UAE's first smart floating marine transport station at Festival City as part of plans to...

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