BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: Five aspiring writers from the GCC were recognised at the annual Montegrappa Writing Prize award ceremony, held by the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. The Prize is considered one of the most successful writing competitions in the region, with eight past winners and runners-up already becoming internationally published writers. Winners received their awards from top UK …

DUBAI: Racing at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday was highlighted by DP World, UAE Region, a 1600m turf handicap in which the maximum allowed field of 14 went to post. The AED 190,000 event was won in style by Mailshot, who is trained by Salem bin Ghadayer for His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. Settled well off the pace by …

DUBAI: The wait is finally over as the winners of the third annual Costa Debate were awarded at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Participants of the competition were challenged to write a 300 word argument on which format they preferred reading most, E-book or Book. This year, the number of submissions for the competition have tripled since the 2017 …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: A Pakistani Author, Nadya A.R.’s book ‘Invisible Ties’ was launched today at the Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi. The topic of discussion was ‘The South Asian Identity: Does it travel with us?’ The event was moderated by Salman Tarik Kureishi and the panel consisted of Javed Jabbar, Noorjehan Bilgrami and Omar Shahid Hamid. …

DUBAI: 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 in conjunction with the Annual Investment Meeting and Future Cities Show, the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, along with one of its key programmes, Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP), is organising the sixth …

KARACHI: Newly appointed Turkish Consul General in Karachi Tolga Ucak has speak about the importance of the people-to-people contact at Turkish Airlines Agency Award Ceremony 2017 in Karachi. He also underlined the progress that the Turkish Airlines achieved in the timeline and contribution of the Turkish Airlines to the image and tourism sector in Turkey. He said that Pakistan and Turkey …

DUBAI: It’s the start of the spring and the fragrance of cricket is in the air. Yes, it’s time for PSL and the first week of the league has been astonishing for the fans. The matches have been fantastic so far,and the players are on fire. In short, the cricket fans are delighted with the overall league and enjoying the …

FORT WORTH, Texas: Yesterday, American Airlines named Peter Warlick as vice president – Corporate Development and Heather Garboden as vice president – Financial Planning & Analysis. Warlick will build and lead a team that develops and executes short- and long-term strategies by identifying, evaluating and negotiating some of American’s most important business opportunities. His team will work closely with other …

DUBAI: Thursday’s ninth and penultimate meeting of the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival was officially highlighted by the 1900m Group 3 UAE Oaks sponsored by Al Naboodah Construction Group, restricted to 3-year-old fillies on the dirt with a purse of US$250,000. Rayya, winning her second from four local starts, made all under jockey Pat Dobbs for Doug Watson, setting a leisurely …

ISLAMABAD: In continuance with its digital agenda to empower youth through technology, Jazz has sent three of its startups from the Jazz xlr8 accelerator to ‘4 Years From Now’ (4YFN), under its ‘Make Your Mark’ (MYM) programme. The annual 4YFN is one of the largest business platforms that bring together relevant stakeholders in the digital ecosystem at the Mobile World …