October 2021 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

October 20, 2021 no comments 298
S&P expects Dubai's real gross domestic product growth to average about 2% between 2022 and 2024. DUBAI- Dubai is set for a "modest" recovery this year on the back of a high vaccination rate in the United Arab Emirates and limited COVID-19 restrictions, but weak international...

October 20, 2021 no comments 237
82% of UAE expats feel optimistic that life will be more stable, normal again The UAE has been ranked among the top five best places to live and work, according to a new survey released by HSBC on Tuesday. The country has climbed ten spots to rank fourth out of 48 markets...

October 19, 2021 no comments 327
Experts of the General Department of Forensics and Criminology at Dubai Police have recently developed a smart device that facilitates forensic fingerprints lifting at crimes scene, and directly match them with a special centralised database. According to Major General Dr Ahmad Eid Al...

October 19, 2021 no comments 322
Investment to help the logistics platform expand across Europe Mubadala Capital, an asset management subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's sovereign investor Mubadala led a Series B funding round in Huboo Fulfilment, the UK-based logistics start-up, closing at $82 million in investments. This...

October 18, 2021 no comments 288
The company has opened its first plant for compressing and drying animal feed in Serbia RIYADH: Al Dhara Holding, an Abu Dhabi-based agricultural company, will establish five new animal feed plants in Eastern Europe. The new plants will be established in Serbia, Romania and...

October 18, 2021 no comments 305
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced 99 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 738,586. The ministry stressed in a statement that its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection...

October 18, 2021 no comments 312
HealthTech startup founders at Hub71 will benefit from direct access to the DoH’s vast network of local and international partners DUBAI: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate, continues to invest in providing an attractive...

October 17, 2021 no comments 371
The bank has reported an increase of 28.7% in the net impairment provisions SHARJAH: Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) recorded an increase of 29.6% in the net profit reaching at AED458.0 million for the nine months period ended 30 September 2021 compared to AED 353.4 million for the same...

October 17, 2021 no comments 268
The two ministers deliberated the prospects of further growing business opportunities across priority sectors ABU DHABI: Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, met with the Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov at the opening of the Israeli...

October 15, 2021 no comments 358
UAE’s prestigious airline Emirates performed low flypasts over Dubai and Expo 2020 site on Thursday. The Dubai Media Office said, “Emirates Expo 2020 Dubai special livery A380 performs low flypasts over #Dubai…” His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin...

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