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Abu Dhabi International Airport awarded management system certificate
Abu Dhabi, Feb 25: The Abu Dhabi International Airport has been awarded a Management System Certificate for Business Continuity Management. This makes the airport the first in the Middle East, and one of a few in the world, to become ISO…
Expectations from Railway Budget buoy stocks of railroad firms
Mumbai, Feb 25: Positive expectations from the upcoming railway budget buoyed stocks of companies associated with the Indian railroads during the volatile morning trade session on Thursday. Market analysts attributed the rise on…
Google, TechHub join hands to boost ‘Startup India’ initiative
New Delhi, Feb 24: Internet giant Google and global community for tech entrepreneurs TechHub on Wednesday announced their global partnership that will benefit startups from India for the first time. The partnership with Google for…
US engineers achieve passive Wi-Fi at 10,000 times less power
Washington, Feb 24: In an effort to curb battery drainage as you use Wi-Fi to play games or watch movies, a team of engineers including Indian-origin researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using…
Etihad Airways wins leading finance award
Abu Dhabi, Feb 23: Flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Etihad Airways has been presented with the Best Finance Transformation Award in 2015 by a leading US-based company specialising in enterprise innovation.
The award was…
Bihar joins Uday discom debt restructure scheme
New Delhi, Feb 23: Bihar became the sixth state on Monday to join the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (Uday) discoms' debt restructuring scheme by signing the tripartite agreement with the union power ministry and the state distribution…
Facebook top choice for app advertising: Study
New York, Feb 23: The social networking giant Facebook is the undisputed leader in mobile advertising and the top marketing option for app developers, a new report has revealed. AppsFlyer, an Israel-based mobile marketing analytics and…
Click selfie to pay your bills with MasterCard
New York, Feb 23: MasterCard may soon introduce a face recognition system that pays bills after user clicks a selfie and blinks in 14 other countries, apart from the US where it is currently on trial.
"When making a purchase online from…
Pakistan’s parliament becomes completely solar
Islamabad, Feb 23: Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday earned the unique distinction of becoming the world's first legislature whose entire electricity needs are met by solar power. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated the solar…
‘Arab decision-makers face economic challenges’
Abu Dhabi, Feb 23: Successive economic developments in Arab countries are posing new challenges to the decision-makers, Abdulrahman Al Hamidy, Director-General and Chairman Arab Monetary Fund, said on Tuesday.
Arab decision-makers need…