DUBAI: The second edition of the Dubai Association Conference, being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, will take place 9-10 December under the theme of ‘Driving change: The societal impact of associations’. Over the course of two days the conference, organised …

DUBAI, UAE: The Emirates Environmental Group’s (EEG) 13th edition of the Environmental Drawing Competition was a huge success, as more than 162,000 students, 566 schools and 106 student members of the EEG took part. EEG organised a special and standalone awarding ceremony for the 2nd year in a row, on May 19 to unveil and celebrate the winners of this year’s competition at the Ismaili Centre, Dubai. …

DUBAI: ENOC Group signed an agreement with Moro, the Dubai government owned digital data hub, focused on providing digital transformation and operational innovation, to lead the digitalization journey of ENOC’s operations. The digital transformation will be driven through an organisation-wide SAP system implementation and infrastructure hosting services by Moro and powered by Virtustream Cloud Technology over the next five years. …

DUBAI, UAE: The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, and the world’s leader in digital payments, Visa (NYSE: V), today launched ‘Stay Secure,’ a consumer education campaign that aims to promote safe digital payment (card and mobile) practices among UAE consumers. The Visa-DED 2019 campaign addresses consumer concerns and provides relevant tips and advice to help consumers protect themselves …

AL AIN: Strata Manufacturing (Strata), the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing company wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, has extended its agreement with Pilatus Aircraft Ltd to cover a new composite work package for the PC-24, a twin-engine business jet. The new agreement will see Strata manufacture PC-24 flap track fairings and comes exactly a year after the two major manufacturers …

News Desk DUBAI: A group of specialists graced the first of the dialogue sessions held in Ramadan Dubai, a project under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and which carries the theme “Ramadan Dubai Compassion and Coexistence”. The dialogue session stressed the importance …

SEOUL: The strengthening of national and global food security was the topic on the agenda during the visit of Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, to South Korea last week. Building on the existing strategic alliances that the UAE has with Asia’s fourth largest economy, the visit that took place May 13-15 formed part of the …

DUBAI: Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) is offering Umra trips to 25 taxi drivers during this Ramadan. The step, which coincides with the Year of Tolerance, reflects the keenness of DTC to bring happiness to drivers during the holy month of Ramadan. “Since 2010, Dubai Taxi Corporation has been running this initiative, and about 1200 drivers have benefited from it so …

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) defeated Santex Group (SG) with 3 wickets to spare in their second match of the on-going Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup, held at Naya Nazimabad Stadium, Karachi. A score of 46 runs by Jahanzaib Sultan, who was well supported by Muhammad Mohsin with 35 runs and Umair Yousuf with 33 runs, enabled KE to successfully achieve the set target …

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited celebrates the 50th anniversary of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which has been celebrated annually since 1969. The theme for this year is ‘Bridging the Standardization Gap’. PTCL has gone through massive transformation since its inception and is now focused to provide a digital lifestyle, along with innovative telecom services to customers as well as …