YEREVAN, Armenia: The Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, today announced the signing of an agreement to launch Armenia’s new national airline. The agreement will see the establishment of an independent joint venture company that will operate as a low-cost passenger airline with Yerevan’s Zvartnots International …

An award-winning Jordanian EdTech company Abwaab has acquired e-learning platform Edmatrix. In 2020 when the pandemic hit, we set out to transform the education sector in Pakistan. We care a whole lot about providing affordable quality education to any learner, anywhere and we did our best to provide the most fulfilling learning experience. Now we’re teaming up with Abwaab to accomplish bigger …

Payment technology company Mastercard and ride-hailing service Uber are collaborating to help as many people as possible receive a vaccination during this critical time by offering free rides to people in Pakistan who would like to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Riders will be able to avail two free rides, to and from dedicated public vaccination centers in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad with a maximum …

The Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network Taskforce on Emiratisation recently organised a webinar titled Engaging, Developing and Retaining Emirati Graduate Trainees in the Private Sector, which examined different strategies, tools, processes and best practices for recruiting and retaining Emirati talent in the private sector. During the webinar, representatives from member companies on the task force shared their experiences in this area …

An Indian seaman has joined the long list of US$1 million winners when the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw was held today at Terminal 2 in Dubai International Airport. Mr. Ganesh Shinde, a 36-year-old Indian national based in Thane, India became the latest US$1 million winner in Millennium Millionaire Series 363 with ticket number 0207, …

Abu Dhabi Motors (ADM), the official importer of BMW Group vehicles in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, reveals the market launch of the long-awaited MINI John Cooper Works (JCW) 3-Door and 5-Door Hatch.  John Cooper Works is the exclusive in-house tuning, development, and international automotive racing division for MINI. Although founded in 2002, John Cooper Works has been associated with MINI …

With more than 82 million downloads worldwide and over two million downloads in the Pakistani market, the communication platform BiP has added another new feature to its distinctive innovations to meet the needs and demands of its users. The maximum number of participants in HD-quality voice and group video calls via BiP has increased to 15. With the inclusion of this feature, Pakistani users in Pakistan …

Standard Chartered Bank announced the completion of five successful years of its flagship Goal Programme in Pakistan. Goal is the Bank’s award-winning, sport-for-development programme that provides financial education and life-skills training to girls aged between 10 and 24. The objective of the Goal programme is to empower young women as economic leaders. Goal was launched in Pakistan in 2016 and …

Emirates is expecting high passenger volumes to pass through Terminal 3 at Dubai International this weekend, 16-17 July, as traveller numbers reach among their highest levels since the pandemic began. With added safety measures and COVID-19 travel requirement checks in place, travellers may encounter longer than expected waiting times at Emirates check-in counters. Customers starting their journey from Dubai are …

KUALA LUMPUR: Citi Malaysia has extended repayment assistance measures following the recent announcement on the PEMULIH Package to all customers and is actively engaged with those in the B40, M40 and T20 groups as well as microenterprises and SMEs impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Borrowers have the option to choose between a moratorium or a 50% payment program for their …