Monday, October 14th, 2019
Trade expo Indonesia 2019 all set to open on Oct 16
ISLAMABAD, OCT 14 (DNA) -The 34th Trade Expo Indonesia 2019 (TEI) is all set to open on Oct 16 in Bumi Serpong Damai, Banten, near Jakarta, offering tremendous opportunities of enhancing business-to-business and trade relations between Pakistan and Indonesia. A delegation of 34 Pakistani traders and business representatives will represent the country at the mega event in order to explore various areas of mutual trade, cooperation and opportunities. Besides Pakistan, many other countries are also sending their business leaders, chambers representatives to utilize the event to seek access to otherRead More
PM Imran Khan to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
ISLAMABAD, OCT 14 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan will depart to Saudi Arabia for reducing tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia as Pakistan does not want any other conflict in the region.
Travel ban lift: Fly to Beirut for as low as Dh1,023
UAE lifted the Lebanon travel ban this week. Etihad Airways has announced that it will increase capacity between Abu Dhabi and Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, by upgrading the current daily Airbus A321 service to a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from October 27, 2019. The step up from narrow-body to wide-body aircraft follows yesterday’s announcement by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the immediate removal of a travel ban to Lebanon for UAE citizens. Lifting this restriction, imposed in February 2016, is expected to spur a significant increase in demand forRead More
Glove that reads signs accurately unveiled during Gitex Technology Week
BrightSign Glove is an assistive technology that facilitates communication for individuals who are non-verbal. Experts at the Etisalat stand at Gitex Technology Week 2019, revealed that they had created a glove that can learn to understand sign language through machine learning technology and communicate with people. Founded by Hadeel Ayoub, an entrepreneur from Saudi Arabia, BrightSign Glove is an assistive technology that facilitates communication for individuals who are non-verbal. It is a wireless glove containing a number of motion and position sensors, which feedback to a smartphone app that usesRead More
Carpooling to help residents offset toll in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (DoT) introduced a carpooling service to make lives much easier for commuters. Residents are hailing the carpooling facility by the Department of Transport – Abu Dhabi (DoT), especially with the toll system getting operational from Tuesday. Mobeen Jawaid, a QA/QC engineer who travels from Mussafah to Dubai five times a week, feels that carpooling will help reduce pollution as there will be less vehicles on the roads. “The government is very keen on taking environment-friendly steps and, as responsible residents, it is our duty to contribute in allRead More
Six killed in road accidents in Sehwan
SEHWAN (DNA) – At least six persons were killed and two other were wounded in two separate road accidents in Qila Abdullah in Baloshistan province and Sehwan in Sindh province on Sunday. According to details, a dumper collided with a van at the Quetta-Chaman Road in Kozak Top area of Balochistan province, killing four persons and injuring two others. Three of the deceased were Afghan nationals. The driver of the dumper managed to escape from the scene after the accident. Levies personnel reached the spot and confiscated the dumper andRead More