News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE will resume passenger flights from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Casablanca and Rabat, in the Kingdom of Morocco. Effective 19 September, the airline will operate returning flights three times a week from Abu Dhabi to Casablanca. This service will be followed by direct flights between the two capitals, Abu Dhabi and …

Sport Desk RIYADH: Recently, at precisely 20:27 local time, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) officially announced the launch of their campaign to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. Focused on the future, the bid of Saudi Arabia proudly unveiled a new bid logo and slogan “Forward for Asia”. With a positive momentum being created in Asian football towards the …

News Desk AJMAN: Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Al Ansari Exchange, the leading UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, to facilitate the payment of any AFZ-registered company, allowing them to pay their fees at any Al Ansari Exchange branch across the UAE. Eng. Ali Abdulla Bin Towaih Al Suwaidi, the Director General …

News Desk KARACHI: Turkey’s digital airline, Pegasus, continues to expand its international network with the launch of its new Karachi – Istanbul SabihaGökçen flights, connecting Karachi, Pakistan to Istanbul, Turkey. Pegasus’ Karachi – Istanbul SabihaGökçen flights will commence on 25 September 2020. Flights from Istanbul SabihaGökçen Airport to Quaid-E-Azam International Airport will operate every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at …

KARACHI: Two leading charities of Pakistan have joined hands to conduct a voluntary blood donation campaign for saving human lives in Sindh during the coronavirus emergency. The Green Crescent Trust (GCT) and Indus Hospital have joined hands to conduct the voluntary blood donation campaign in Sindh. The campaign initially is being launched in 92 charitable schools of the GCT in …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Casablanca, Morocco from 18 September. The resumption of flights takes Emirates’ African network to 14 destinations, as the airline safely and gradually restores its network on the continent and across the globe to meet the travel needs of its customers. Flights to Casablanca will operate three times a week …

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank, Kuwait’s most innovative digital bank, teams up with IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, to provide select customers with exclusive metal cards to mark the bank’s 15th anniversary. Boubyan Bank have been trail blazers since their foundation. They have earned a number of international accolades, including Global Finance’s Best Islamic Digital Bank for the fifth year in …

News Desk GENEVA: The 15th annual World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum concluded yesterday following 11 weeks of virtual events that saw attendees from UN agencies, private sector, governments, academia and civil society joining together online to review their progress on using information and communication technology (ICT) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “This year marked our …

DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has briefed officials from the Government Excellence Department at the Etihad Aviation Group on the best practices and procedures of excellence. The briefing is part of RTA’s strategy of sharing expertise and knowledge with government and semi-government entities and improving business processes.  The briefing took place recently in a virtual meeting held via …

DUBAI: Hitachi ABB Power Grids has pioneered a ground- breaking modular mobile substation solution, which vastly reduces the time to restore power in the case of major disruptive events such as natural disasters. This world-first 400 kV multi-voltage modular mobile substation system can be rapidly deployed and installed to restore power from an average duration of 18 months – required …