Month : August 2022

Business

Canada Cartage to be acquired by Mubadala Capital

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A definitive agreement has been reached between Mubadala Capital, an asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, and Canada Cartage, a leading logistics company. To some of Canada’s largest blue-chip companies in grocery, food, retail, and e-commerce, Canada Cartage provides dedicated national fleet solutions, general freight services, managed transportation, fulfillment,......
Travel

For the first time in Indian history, civil aviation is being democratized

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As Indian Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, India is experiencing the democratization of civil aviation for the first time in the country’s history. Mr Scindia said at the flagging-off function of Akasa Air today that the democratization of civil aviation in India is the result of Prime Minister Narendra......
Technology

Modi government launches drone technician training in 126 institutes

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A short-term course called Drone Service Technician has been introduced by the Indian Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 126 Industrial Training Institutes nationwide. The program has been launched in 19 states for the 2022-23 academic year. The Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated......
News

IPBES warns of the extinction of giraffes, parrots, and oak trees

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The United Nations-supported Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reports that around one million species are on the verge of extinction. There are a number of species listed as threatened, including giraffes, parrots, oak trees, cacti, and seaweed. The world’s giraffe population is estimated to be less......
Business

During Q1 2022, UAE public spending amounted to AED87.4 billion

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According to Ministry of Finance statistics, Abu Dhabi’s public spending in the first quarter of 2022 totaled AED87.4 billion, an increase of 19.6 percent and equivalent to AED14.34 billion over the same period last year. Moreover, the figures showed that the country’s public spending in the first quarter of 2022......
Business

Collaborations with UAE help boost Indian farm exports by 31 percent

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An international buyer-seller meet in Ladakh attended by buyers from Dubai and Oman and buyer-seller meetings in the UAE on agricultural and food products with registered geographical indications (GIs) tags, as well as a mango festival in Bahrain, resulted in India exporting these items by 31 percent between April and......