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 …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub,an entrepreneurship initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Dubai Chamber’s  representative office in India, have officially kicked off the first-ever Dubai Tech Tour, a virtual trade mission joined by 15 promising Indian scale-ups specialising in fintech and healthtech. Organised by Dubai Startup Hub in partnership with Startup India and Mumbai Fintech Hub, …

News Desk DUBAI: For the sixth consecutive year, Dubai’s renowned supermarket brand “Choithrams” launches its #ZeroHungerwithGoodness campaign 2020 to support its long-term partner the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The campaign aims to support marginalised children living in challenging circumstances through the provision of nutritious school meals. It will run in selected supermarkets and on Choithrams online from 1 September until 31 December 2020. …

News Desk HERNDON: COMSAT, the global satellite connectivity solutions provider and member of the Satcom Direct family,is further expanding its international terminal, hardware and service footprint following the signing of a new distribution agreement with global provider of airborne and maritime satellite solutions, Orbit Communications Systems Inc. (Orbit). The addition of Orbit’s Multi-Purpose Terminals (MPT) bolsters the extensive COMSAT portfolio, …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will re-start passenger services to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) with two flights a week, starting 11 September. The resumption of flights to Moscow will take the airline’s expanding network in Europe to 26 cities – offering Emirates’ global customers with more travel options to Europe, and customers in Russia with renewed connections to the Middle East, …

ISLAMABAD: Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (BAJK) and Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited have recently entered into a distribution alliance for Jubilee Life’s insurance products in order to augment the accessibility of insurance products and capitalize on the significance of financial inclusion. The signing ceremony was held at a hotel in Islamabad. The consumers would benefit from innovative products as …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Shane Lowry will tee it up at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the first time since his career-defining Open Championship triumph, as Galgorm Castle Golf Club plays host to the island of Ireland’s national open from September 24-27. The 33-year-oldlifted the Claret Jug in front of his home fans last year following a six-stroke win …