KARACHI: SOC Films released the third animated film Self-Defence from the “Siyani Sahelian” animation series, as part of the collaborative program with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi. Self-Defence illustrates the rising threat of harassment, kidnapping, and sexual violence in Pakistan, and the predicament it puts women in. This animated film navigates the urgent precautions and tools necessary to impede this threat. Focusing on empowerment rather …

Emirates is connecting global business and leisure travellers with it’s first-ever passenger service between Dubai and Miami. The airline celebrated the inaugural flight of its four times a week service when it touched down in Miami at 1100hrs local time yesterday. Emirates flight EK213 was welcomed by Miami International Airport with a water cannon salute, and drew in an audience of …

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) recently issued a public announcement related to guidelines for airline operators on domestic flight operations as the COVID-19 situation has worsened.  The guideline instructed airline operators to cease all domestic operations to and from the maximum and strictly controlled provinces (dark red zone) which will take effect from 21 July 2021 until further …

Latvian airline airBaltic announces that as of July 2021 it has introduced a new co-browsing functionality for its Call Center operations. The new system enables a Call Center agent and the customer to browse and navigate the same website at the same time, helping to solve different queries. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Many of our passengers need assistance while booking …

‘Pakistan – Indonesia Children Friendship’ a joint effort by Biz Today International, e-Magine Pakistan and Indonesian Consulate Karachi, was launched on 17th July 2021 in an impressive ceremony held here in Karachi Pakistan. This launch ceremony of ‘Pakistan – Indonesia Children Friendship’ was graced by Mr. June Kuncoro Hadiningrat, Consul General of the republic of Indonesia in Sindh province as …

News Desk ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines Group, the Largest Aviation Group in Africa, is pleased to introduce an upgraded chat-bot for domestic and international flight uses. The Ethiopian chat-bot, dubbed “Lucy” is equipped with various self-service features that will enable passengers to easily process their travel needs. Passengers can simply use their mobile to book, pay, check-in, check flight status, …

The children and young people of Al Noor Rehabilitation & Welfare Association for Persons with Disabilities will benefit from new computers and IT equipment this Eid Al Adha, thanks to Dubai born start-up, CAFU. The donation by CAFU, valued at AED 26,000 consisted of computers, keyboards, monitors, and mouses enabling the students to benefit from some of the latest technology …

News Desk DUBAI: Travellers who have procrastinated making plans for the summer or who are still pondering where to take their long-awaited holiday now have the opportunity to book travel to quarantine-free destinations with Emirates. Customers can book their summer holiday with fares to close to 40 destinations from today, 22 July 2021 until 31 July 2021, for travel until …

SINGAPORE Media OutReach : Bybit, hitherto the world’s largest derivatives-only cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its expansion into the crypto spot trading market. Bybit Makes Audacious Stride Into Spotlight Bybit’s new spot trading platform  opens to all on July 15 at 6AM UTC, and comes with zero maker fees. Upon launch, BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, XRPUSDT and EOSUSDT will be supported. More trading pairs will follow …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Herman Miller (NASDAQ: [MLHR / TICKER]) today announced that, after completing the acquisition of Knoll, Inc. (“Knoll”) on 19 July, 2021, the combined company will move forward as MillerKnoll. Herman Miller and Knoll, along with their legacy brands, will continue forward as part of MillerKnoll. In addition, MillerKnoll will have a new operating model that will …