| Tecom targets cut in energy consumption | | According to a preliminary energy audit conducted by Tecom in its facilities, a robust building operating practice would reduce energy consumption by 10 per cent immediately. | | A store that sells all that is green | | Tired of contributing to the great plastic heap of the world? A new store, with products such as a biodegradable infant potty made of bamboo and rice husk, may just have the answer. | | Isra Wal Miraj celebrations | | The Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai (DIACA) celebrated the Isra Wal Miraj religious occasion after the Maghrib prayers. | | Hamdan bin Rashid receives Algerian Consul-General | | Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, today received at Dubai Ruler’s Court, Abdelkrim Belouassaa, the Algerian Consul-General to Dubai, who called on him on the occasion of the beginning of his tenure in the UAE. | | UAE journalist elected member of IFJ panel on gender equality | | Secretary of the UAE Journalists Association Muna Bu Samra has been elected member of the executive committee of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Commission on Gender Equality at the federation’s general conference, which kicked off in the Irish Captial of Dublin on Tuesday. | | Call for regional maritime coalition to fight piracy | | A regional maritime security coalition is required to effectively fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the Greater Indian Ocean, experts at the piracy forum held at the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research HQ in the Capital proposed on Tuesday. | |
