KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) NUST Karachi Campus organised the Olympiad 2018 from February 22-25 in which contests in 11 sports disciplines were conducted. Teams from all over the city were invited to participate in it. The event was closed by chief guest Samir Mir Shaikh, Chairman of Higher Education, Science and Technology FPCCI. As many as 1200 sports …

DUBAI: Roberto Bautista Agut defeated second seeded Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. He is the fourth Spaniard to win the tournament after Alex Corretja, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal. The number three seed was rarely threatened in the one hour 21 minute tournament finale, earning his first break of serve …

DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has launched the third edition of the Dubai Smartpreneur Competition in partnership with Smart Dubai, which gives startups and entrepreneurs in the UAE an opportunity to become part of Dubai Government’s Strategy to elevate the city into a global platform for innovation-focused businesses. The announcement was …

KARACHI: One of Pakistan’s  exquisite clothing and lifestyle brands, edenrobe Woman, known for creating magic by bringing delicate patterns, exquisite prints and colors to life has launched their much anticipated Spring 2018 collection “Summer Echoes” for the fashion and color fantasy lovers. Having around 80 different designs in a wide range of bright hues and eye catching colors, the new …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Peng Qureshi has been a renowned name in Pakistan’s hair and beauty industry for more than three decades now. In 1974, she followed her dreams to London to pursue her passion for beauty and hair styling. She qualified for the World Federation of Hairdressing and worked under experts such as Vidal Sassoon, Robert Fielding, Christine Shaw …

ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has inaugurated, its first Lego Innovation Lab at the ADNOC School in Sas Al Nakhl, Abu Dhabi.  LEGO Innovation Labs will also be established in ADNOC Schools, in Abu Dhabi and the Al Dhafra region, which will benefit over 6,000 Abu Dhabi students from Elementary to High School levels. The LEGO …

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. …