Cars & Autos | Tuesday 9 January, 2018 1:32 am

24 Hours of Dubai to kick off the season for Audi on January 12/13

Never before has Audi Sport customer racing’s representation in Dubai been as strong as this year. 13 of the 93 race cars in the field are sporting the four rings on their hoods. For the first time, the brand will be on the grid with all three current products in the GT3, GT4 and TCR...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 9 January, 2018 12:50 am

Three International Acts Bring Western Flavour To Sharjah World Music Festival 2018

Three acts with performers from Ukraine, Argentina, Slovenia and Bulgaria will be performing live at Sharjah’s premier tourist destinations Al Qasba and Al Majaz Waterfront during the fifth edition of the Sharjah World Music Festival (SWMF), presented by Sharjah Investment and Development...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 9 January, 2018 12:39 am

20th Century Fox, Panasonic and Samsung Gain Momentum for 
Best Possible TV-Viewing Experience

20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics announced updates to the associated certification and logo program for the open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR), called HDR10+ which they initially announced last year at IFA.   The...

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Business & Money | Monday 8 January, 2018 2:18 pm

UAE Rejoice: PAN Emirates to not charge VAT to customers in 2018

PAN Emirates Home Furnishings, a local label in luxurious indoor, patio and outdoor furniture that is sure to light up any living space, takes joy in informing consumers that it will not be marking up its affordable luxury items with the 5% VAT tax. The legislation of the 5% surcharge will come...

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Culture & Education | Monday 8 January, 2018 12:48 pm

1001 Titles Initiative Organises a Specialised Workshop on 
Innovation in Publishing

After putting 1,001 first-edition locally produced quality Arabic titles on book shelves in the UAE and the region in its pilot phase, the ‘1001 Titles’ project launched by Sharjah-based cultural initiative, Knowledge without Borders (KwB), has got the ball rolling in preparations for...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 8 January, 2018 12:39 pm

Al Majaz Amphitheatre Postpones Abdallah Al Rowaished and Balqees Concert to January 19

Al Majaz Amphitheatre, a subsidiary of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB), has announced that the concert of Kuwaiti singer Abdallah Al Rowaished and Emirati singer Balqees, which forms part of the fifth edition of the Sharjah World Music Festival (SWMF), has been postponed to January 19....

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Business & Money | Monday 8 January, 2018 4:29 am

Majaal sponsors GIF 2018

Majaal Warehouse Company has renewed its sponsorship as the Kingdom’s premier Industrial Facilities market leader at the Gulf Industry Fair 2018.   The Leading developer and operator of industrial facilities in Bahrain reaffirmed their participation for GIF as they are currently...

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Cars & Autos | Monday 8 January, 2018 3:55 am

Hankook launches "WE CARE" campaign

Bin Shihon Group, the exclusive distributor for Hankook tires in Saudi Arabia, launched "WE CARE" campaign, which comes within the general framework of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) toward the community where it operates.   The new "WE CARE" campaign aims...

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Culture & Education | Monday 8 January, 2018 2:54 am

10% increase in stipend of Saudi scholarship students abroad

The Ministry of Education is coordinating with cultural attaches abroad to speed up the implementation of the royal order to include male and female Saudi scholarship students in universities abroad in the 10% increase in stipend for one year.   Minister of Education Dr. Ahmed...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 8 January, 2018 2:52 am

Jeddah to have 6 new water reservoirs

Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdul Rahman Al-Fadli opened the second phase of Jeddah’s strategic water storage project of six reservoirs with a capacity of 166,600 cubic meters each. The second phase of the strategic water storage project will cost more than SR423...

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