DUBAI: Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the Middle East, is pleased to announce that it has received the “Best Big Data Implementation in Banking for Next Generation Analytics” Award from Infomatica, the world’s enterprise data management leader. The award recognises Emirates NBD’s efforts as the first bank in the region to establish a fully-automated ingestion framework as it prepares to …

KARACHI: Engro Polymer and Chemicals (EPCL) co-hosted the 1st CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) Regional Meeting in Pakistan. Over 40 companies and educational institutions from all over the nation graced the meeting with their presence. The conference also hosted organizations from Germany, Japan, USA and South Africa. The forum was formally kicked off by Mr. Shakeel Kadri, Executive Director CCPS, …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Landmark Group’s flagship community initiative, the ‘Beat Diabetes Walk’ celebrates 10 years. The milestone Walk this year played host to over 18,000 attendees, joining over 100,000 people who have participated in the Beat Diabetes Walk over the last 10 years. With the prevalence of diabetes in over 15.6 per cent of expatriates and over 1.19 million …

DUBAI: Good deals come in all shapes and sizes, and in true UAE style, Yellow Friday shoppers can now rent luxury supercars online from noon for only 100 AED. In a never before seen move during sale season, noon partnered with Car Vault, Dubai’s largest supplier of premium rides, to give customers the chance to super-size their Yellow Friday deals …

LAHORE: OLX, the No.1 App in auto classifieds and CarFirst, a leading used-car online auction and trading platform, brought their second OLX CarFirst CarBazaar to Lahore at the Expo Center Lahore on the 18th of November 2018. The OLX CarFirst Car Bazaar brought thousands of car seller and buyer together. The OLX CarFirst CarBazaar was a delight for car enthusiasts …

DUBAI: Visitors to the Dubai Fashion Days can experience the latest fashion styles from upcoming designers like Youppie and Xunruo at the Jollychic pop-up store at City Walk from November 21-25, 2018. Apart from fashion clothing, Jollychic will also showcase skincare, make-up and ‘must-have’ consumer electronic gadgets. All items have a QR code and if you want to purchase them, …

ISLAMABAD: Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS) in collaboration with Embassy of Romania organized a Conference on “Pakistan-Romania Friendship and Centennial Celebrations of Romania”, at the Islamabad Club, Islamabad. The event was organized to celebrate the 100 years of unity of Romania. Since the EU has granted the GSP Plus Status to Pakistan in 2003, it offers a good …

DUBAI: The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has revealed its successful participation at this year’s Dubai Marine Insurance Conference. The conference recently gathered decision makers, experts, and pioneers in the marine insurance, trade and shipping sectors at the Queen Elizabeth II Hotel in Port Rashid, Dubai to discuss new industry trends that are currently affecting the local and global trade …

DUBAI: On Tuesday, November 6th 2018, Cross Counter, a three year old horse hailing from the stables of Godolphin, created history by winning the 158th edition of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event – commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation. Following the race victory, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai …

KARACHI: Makeup and beauty guru, Mona Jamal, popularly known as Mona J of Mona J Salon, was honoured as the chief guest at a lunch arranged by ladies of Air War College, PAF Base Faisal, recently. With the theme of Royal Elegance the event featured Mona J looking absolutely stunning in an emerald green outfit, with makeup and styling done …