DUBAI: Business Network International (BNI®) UAE, the world’s largest business networking and referral organization, is excited to break through the third edition of BNI UAE’s Expo 2024, a significant flagship event including professionals and veterans inspiring through their breakthrough journeys, schedule on April 27, 2024, at the Jafza One Convention Centre, Dubai. With “Breakthrough” as its exclusive theme, the expo …

News Desk KARACHI: Ahsan Zafar Syed has assumed the office of President & CEO Engro Corporation, after the completion of Ghias Khan’s seven-year tenure at the Group. He began his journey with Engro in 1991 as a young engineer, accumulating three decades of experience in operations, project management, and strategic leadership across the petrochemical, energy, and food & agriculture sectors. …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: The promotions of Hindi film Gabru Gang, the World’s First Film on Kite Flying which releases today worldwide, took the city by storm. It is written and directed by Dubai’s own Sameer Khan and produced by Interglobe Developments represented by Vivek Sinha and Ashish Kohli, Om Suraj Production represented  by Ashok Goenka, Amritsar Talkies represented by Aarti Puri and …

News Desk DUBAI/KARACHI: During the ‘7th Leaders In Islamabad Summit’, power sector experts and leaders, including the CEO of K-Electric and the Minister of Energy, Awais Leghari, shared their views on the future of the energy sector in Pakistan. Mr. Moonis Alvi, CEO of K-Electric, said, “Pakistan’s power sector is poised for a significant transformation, with privatization being the way …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Airports, the operator of the Emirate’s five airports, has released its exceptional passenger traffic results for the first quarter of 2024.The travels of more than 6.9 million passengers were facilitated through the Abu Dhabi Airports’ network from January to March 2024, marking a robust surge of 35.6% compared to the same period in 2023, …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Union Coop, in partnership with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization, recently offered practical and vocational training opportunities for Emirati school students from March 25 to April 5, 2024. This initiative, conducted in collaboration with the Emirates Schools Establishment, saw the training of 5 students initially at the Union Coop branch in Al Warqa City …

DUBAI: Furthering Dubai’s commitment to accessible travel and to raise awareness of autism, Emirates invited 30 UAE families with neurodiverse children to have a real check in experience and familiarisation flight on the 24 April, in Terminal 3 Dubai International Airport (DXB). The initiative was designed to help the children practice and alleviate anxieties before travelling, as well as providing …

DUBAI: Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced Snowflake Arctic, a state-of-the-art large language model (LLM) uniquely designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimized for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Azaan Khan, the Chief Executive Officer of Dugasta Properties, has made a mark with unprecedented success backed by innovative solutions that helped the company sell out projects one after the other in quick succession. Still in his 20s, he is the new leader of Dugasta Properties and has made his mark in the first few months …

AJMAN: Al Haramain Group, a leading UAE manufacturer and retailer of fragrances, organised the UAE’s largest Iftar dinner for 5,000 people, in celebration of its business success of a network of 120 stores spread in more than ten countries with its UAE-made products being exported to more than 70 countries. Al Haramain Perfumes – the Group’s flagship company – is …