Cars & Autos | Wednesday 18 December, 2019 1:08 am

Audi driver Lucas di Grassi fights for clean air

In terms of air quality, New Delhi (India) is the back-marker among the world’s megacities. Audi Formula E driver and UN ambassador Lucas di Grassi traveled to New Delhi to get a firsthand impression of the local conditions, talked to people affected by them, and learned about projects...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 11:49 am

Middle East’s cloud computing landscape witnessing robust growth

Cloud adoption in the Middle East region has been has been fairly high with statistics indicating more than 70% of startup entities based in Dubai use cloud computing with the cloud services market estimated to cross Dhs 1 billion by the year 2020. Bahrain has adopted cloud first policy across both ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 11:39 am

InoChem Signs a Mega SAR 1.7 Billion Financing Facility with Alinma Bank and Albilad Bank

Khair Inorganic Chemical Industries Company (“InoChem”) has signed a SAR 1.7 billion Wakala and Forward Ijarah Facility loan agreement with Alinma Bank and Albilad Bank with a tenure of 13 years. The facility’s main purpose is to fund the setting up of an industrial complex in Ras ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 5:00 am

SalamAir increases frequency of flights to Tehran and Shiraz

To cater to the increased travel demand, Sultanate’s fastest-growing value-for-money airline, SalamAir, has introduced more flights to its Tehran and Shiraz routes in Iran. SalamAir announced the expansion of its non-stop Muscat to Shiraz service from the current three to seven flights...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 4:30 am

Deloitte: Digitizing Tax in the GCC

Deloitte hosted an innovative series of ‘tax lab’ summits across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for businesses. The purpose of the sessions was to discuss how automation, digital protocols and methodologies would transform tax accounting, reporting and compliance in the region. The...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 2:50 am

The Big 5 Saudi Returns To Jeddah For Its 10Th Anniversary Edition

dmg events LLC, the organisers of The Big 5 Saudi, announce that the construction event will return to the Jeddah Centre for Forum & Events from 8 – 10 March 2020 for its grand 10th-anniversary edition.  A meeting place for the global construction industry in Saudi Arabia,...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 1:47 am

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) marked as the world’s first customer to deploy the new technology

Cisco today unveiled further details behind its technology strategy for building a new internet — one designed to push digital innovation beyond the performance, economic and power consumption limitations of current infrastructure. A multi-year approach that is defining the Internet for...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 17 December, 2019 12:39 am

Panasonic rolls out new 3LCD projector range in the Middle East

Panasonic has revealed the new PT-MZ series of SOLID SHINE 3LCD laser projectors specifically designed to facilitate optimal efficiency in any organization’s AV and IT work through simplified set-up, maintenance-free operation, and countermeasures reducing the impact of technical...

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Culture & Education | Monday 16 December, 2019 3:43 pm

TEAM UNIQUE Crowned Champions at PUBG Mobile Star Challenge 2019

TEAM UNIQUE won top prize in the region’s biggest mobile esports competition, the PUBG Mobile Star Challenge (PMSC) World Cup 2019. The trophy was presented by HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, President, Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports,...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 December, 2019 1:16 pm

Thousands apply for Red Sea Development Company Elite Graduate Program

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind one of the world’s most ambitious tourism projects, has received an overwhelmingly positive response to a nationwide social media campaign inviting graduates to apply for the Elite Graduate Program. The program is due to commence...

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