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The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee has approved the physical return of students to schools for the 2021/2022 academic year. The decision came following consultation and collaboration with parents, teachers, principals and school operators across Abu Dhabi, conducted in May and June this year. It also follows the …

The UAE GDP is expected to grow by 2.4 percent in 2021 and 3.8 percent in 2022 while the non-oil GDP to expand by around 4 percent in both years, according to the Financial Stability Report (FSR) released by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) today. The CBUAE has …

NCEMA: We are working on addressing the technical malfunction in the “Al-Hosn Application” system, we apologize for the inconvenience.

The concerned authorities began their investigations into the death of an Asian man, as the Operations Room of the General Command of Sharjah Police received a report of a fight between individuals of African nationality, in one of the apartments, where the aforementioned person happened to be in that apartment, …

The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Thursday that it conducted 243,844 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus …

New York State Senator Kevin Thomas has introduced a resolution to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of the United Arab Emirates by declaring December 2, 2021, as ‘Emirati Day’ in New York State. Senator Thomas said, “From business to trade to fashion to education, New York State has …

Mohammed bin Rashid: Today, the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2021 was released by Switzerland’s International Institute for Management Development. Despite the pandemic, the UAE has advanced in 120 global indicators.We have topped the world in 20 development indicators and the UAE is among the top 10 countries in competitiveness and …

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has decided to raise the Base Rate applicable to the Overnight Deposit Facility (ODF) by 5 basis points, effective from Thursday, 17 June 2021. This decision was taken following the US Federal Reserve Board’s yesterday’s announcement to increase the Interest on Excess Reserves …

Sharjah Civil Defense have handled a fire that broke out this morning in the upper floors of a residential tower that is under construction in Al Mamzar area and evacuated it from workers.

Abu Dhabi Police has warned against the dumping of used face masks and gloves on roads, streets, and public facilities. In a statement, Abu Dhabi Police noted the hazardous health and environmental risks that such dumping acts can pose on the community as a whole. It added that dumping waste …