DUBAI: Emaar has made significant progress in the construction of five new retail link bridges that will further strengthen road connectivity to The Dubai Mall, the world’s most-visited retail and lifestyle destination. Scheduled to open in February, the retail link bridges connect the mall with Doha Road/Financial Centre Road. The new bridges are part of The Dubai Mall’s Zabeel expansion …

DUBAI: Two-time Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships winner Elina Svitolina will bid for an unprecedented third straight title when play gets underway next month. As she moves into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, Svitolina also has her eye on making history in Dubai. No woman player at the tournament has ever claimed three consecutive crowns. Justine Henin, who at …

DUBAI: British youngster Alex Connor will race with British F4 Team Champions for the 2019 season. 14-year-old Alex, will be one of the youngest drivers in British F4 history when he makes his debut for the Arden team this season. Alex is a UAE born, racing driver, who started racing in November 2013 in the Sodi World Series (SWS) Junior …

DAVOS: Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address e-waste challenges. The report calls for a systematic collaboration with major brands, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), academia, trade …

DUBAI: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the Best Public-Private Project Award during the recent Gulf Traffic Exhibition and Conference held recently in the Dubai World Trade Center. The winning project was the Dubai Code of Practice for Self-Driving Vehicles. HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, praised the winning of …

By Rafiq Vayani SHARJAH: President all Pakistan Memon Federation (APMF), Hanif Motlani, in a press conference held at Karachi Press Club informed media that this 27 January, which is the date of death anniversary of Sir Adamji Dawood, will be commemorated as the “Memon Solitary Day”.  So that our this generation come to know about the services of Sir Adamji …

By Renaud Deraison, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tenable The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019 ranks data fraud/theft and cyber attack as two of the top five global risks in terms of likelihood. The big question now is how will organizations respond? Reading the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report is not an exercise for the faint of heart. …

KARACHI: Any mass in breast or under pit, any change in size or shape of breast, swelling in any part or whole of breast, reddishness or thickening of its skin, nipple discharge can be a symptom of breast cancer. Most of women usually reach hospital on second or third stage of disease in Pakistan.  Timely diagnosis can make breast cancer …

KARACHI: “A handful of poorly chosen words can have a devastating impact on your business. It can cost you a fortunes or either it will destroy a hard-fought reputation in no time”. Keeping this in mind Telenor Pakistan in collaboration with Mishal conducted a capacity building workshop on ‘reporting on Telecommunication’ at Mövenpick Hotel Karachi. This workshop had been organized …

DUBAI: ENOC Group’s inaugural ‘Women in Energy Awards’ honoured eight women in a first-of-its-kind award ceremony held to recognise women’s achievements within Dubai’s energy sector. The biennial awards which were previously announced on ‘Emirati Women’s Day’ in August of 2017 saw several strong entries from nine government entities across three major categories. A third-party judging panel followed stringent qualifying measures …