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Air Arabia

Air Arabia resumes city check-in service in Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman

The centres will accept baggage for direct transportation to the airport and generate boarding passes between 8-24 hours prior to departure

Power Letters 2022: Saif Humaid Al Falasi, group CEO, ENOC

Our plan has been to lead as an example in the energy sector on how a retail energy service provider can showcase advances in the sustainable use of energies

Abu Dhabi

UAE’s Alpha Dhabi Holding acquires 25% of Al Qudra Holding

The acquisition is part of Alpha Dhabi’s Dhs8bn strategic investment plan across key sectors in the UAE

Sheikh Mohammed launches Dhs100m Great Arab Minds initiative in Dubai

The five-year initiative will support 1,000 leading Arab intellectuals across fields including physics and mathematics, software and data science, economics, higher education and research

Dubai Duty Free

Dubai Duty Free achieves Dhs3.56bn sales in 2021, up 40% y-on-y

The top five selling categories for the year included perfumes followed by liquor, cigarettes and tobacco, gold and electronics

UAE reports 2,581 Covid-19 cases, 796 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 772,189

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council

Sheikh Hamdan approves housing loans worth Dhs600m

A total of 600 housing loans are to be provided by the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment

Ajman

Growth rate for commercial licences in Ajman reached 41%

The number of establishments in the emirate reached 27,913

Covid-19 update: UAE reports 2,515 cases, 1 death

The nationwide case count has risen to 769,608

UAE: Ministry of Interior issues alert on unstable weather conditions

Drivers have been advised to maintain caution

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed approves Dubai budget of Dhs181bn for 2022-2024

It includes an expenditure of nearly Dhs60bn in 2022

Spreading rumours, false news punishable offence in UAE

The country’s Public Prosecution took to social media to highlight the potential penalties

Abu Dhabi removes UK, Qatar, Russia, others, from green list

All travellers arriving from the green list destinations are exempt from mandatory quarantine measures after landing in Abu Dhabi

Dubai airport

UAE: Unvaccinated Emiratis barred from travelling abroad

The travel ban will be implemented starting January 10

Covid-19: UAE reports 2,556 new cases, 1 death

The total number of recorded infections in the UAE stands at 764,493

Qatar capital Doha

Qatar pushes Gulf Arab energy company borrowing to record high

Gulf Arab energy firms borrowed $30.5bn in 2021, the highest level in at least 25 years

Covid-19: UAE announces 2,366 cases, 840 recoveries, 2 deaths

The total number of recorded cases in the UAE stands at 759,511

Emirates dubai

Emirates suspends entry of passengers from 10 African countries to Dubai

Outbound passenger operations from Dubai to these destinations will remain unaffected

uae covid-19

Covid-19: UAE reports 2,234 new cases, 775 recoveries

The new cases were found after 448,050 tests were conducted to screen for the virus

Sharjah private schools

Sharjah: Covid-19 PCR tests required for some students to return to school in January

All school staff and students aged 12 and over are required to present a negative PCR test result not older than 96 hours to return to their campus in January after the winter break

Hands-on review: HTC Vive Flow

Designed with comfort and portability in mind, HTC says Vive Flow allows people to find moments of calm and well-being for themselves throughout the day

Binance gets in-principle approval in Bahrain to provide crypto services

Bahrain has been one of the Middle East’s early adopters in the digital assets space

Dubai New Year's Eve Covid-19

Dubai announces precautionary measures for New Year’s Eve celebrations

Failure to wear a mask at indoor and outdoor events can attract a fine of Dhs3,000

E-learning

Abu Dhabi schools to implement distance learning for two weeks

During this period, ongoing testing campaigns will be intensified for educational personnel

covid-19

UAE reports 1,846 new Covid-19 infections, 1 death

The total number of recorded cases in the country stands at 754,911

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi updates entry rules for individuals from within the UAE

Starting December 30, unvaccinated individuals will have to show a negative PCR test result not older than 96 hours to be allowed to enter the emirate

Vivacoder launched to support coders, IT students in GCC

The training delivery format is either physical or virtual classroom, but students are also provided with the option of self-paced learning courses

Expo 2020 Dubai

Over eight million visits recorded to Expo 2020 Dubai

The organisers have revealed the events lined up for New Year’s eve celebrations at the Expo

Anghami

Anghami delivers new interactive experience with Amazon Alexa

Alexa will offer UAE and Saudi Arabia customers localised language experience in Khaleeji Arabic as well as in English

UAE sinopharm booster

UAE approves new Sinopharm vaccine to be used as booster jabs

The new vaccine produced and distributed by Hayat Biotech will be available to the public starting January 2022