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  Your Data, Your Identity is an application launched by the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship(FAIC) through which it aims to update personal information through FAIC’s smartphone application or through the authority's website. This will provide an easier solution for people who are looking to change or update their personal information without physically going to a facility. The application has been brought in by the Executive Director of Population Data at the Federal Authority, Brigadier Murshid Al Mazrouei said that through this initiative a coordinated effort is being made to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic so that medical and other actors can meet their goals. “The initiative provides a digital system that meets the requirements of the health sector and other sectors. It is a pivotal role in ensuring the continuity of government services and providing them in accordance with the best standards of efficiency and flexibility,” said the Executive Director durin...

  Emirates SkyCargo has found a way to improve its readiness when it comes to distributing a potential coronavirus vaccine globally.The cargo airline has announced that it will create a dedicated airside cargo hub for vaccines in Dubai, which will be the first time that any such thing has been created.   By carrying out this one of a kind initiative, the company aims to take a leadership position among the cargo services world wide. It will be reopening its Emirates SkyCentral DWX cargo terminal to simplify the logistical complexities during the pandemic. The terminal will be set-up in Dubai South which will essentially be serving as a dedicated anchor hub for cold chain storage and distribution vaccine.   To handle things smoothly, the freight division of Emirates has set up a dedicated rapid response team which will be coordinating requests from various partners. To make it more specific and hasself free, the partners who are involved in the international vaccine di...

  On Tuesday, the delegates from the United Arab Emirates headed to Israel for the first time since normalization of ties between the two countries. It was only last month that the ties between the two countries came to normalisation under a deal called accord agreement, which was mediated by the United States. Soon after the UAE agreed to normalise the ties, Bahrain also followed and the two nations together celebrated normalisation of diplomatic relations with Israel.  All the Emirati officials flew in Etihad airways and US officials accompanied during this journey. It was later on confirmed by the Israeli officials that the five hour visit will be restricted to the airport due to concerns of coronavirus in the country. As per various reports in the foreign media, the UAE delegation was headed by  the minister of state for financial affairs, Obaid Al Tayer, and Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Mari. This move came after the Israeli parliament gave clearance to...

 The sons of frontline healthcare professionals in the United Arab Emirates are saving tens of thousands of dirhams a year on school fees, thanks to scholarships across the country’s public schools. In early September, the UAE launched a new initiative, called “Hayyakum,” aiming to remove some of the financial burden experienced by many frontline healthcare professionals and encourage them to keep their jobs. Around 1,850 children have already received the scholarships, which cover the costs of tuition, transportation, and laptops. According to The National, almost 2,000 medics treating Covid-19 patients have enrolled in the Hayyakum program. Dr Abeer Darwish, a Syrian paediatrician at Mediclinic Al Mussaffah in Abu Dhabi, looked after kids with COVID-19 while also carrying out her daily responsibilities. Two of her five children, Rand, 8, and Raghad, 12, are enrolled under the initiative and have initiated studies at Maryam Bin Omran School and Madinat Baniyas School in grades 3...

  Palestinian ambassador to Paris, Salman Al-Harfi, called  UAE’s  Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, a ‘dictator’, as per the interview published by French magazine Le Poin t. Al-Harfi’s choice of word appeared to be an attempt to slander Emirates’ Arab leaders as a bitter reaction to UAE’s normalisation agreement with Israel, signed last month.   On Monday, in an interview with Radio Monte Carlo International, Al-Harfi called the UAE-Israel peace agreements as “ free normalization”, and questioned: “ Was the Arab initiative merely a maneuver or was it aimed at solving the Arab-Israeli conflict?”   Al-Harfi condemned the inception of normalization of ties between Arab world and Israel as US President Donald Trump’s plan to win US elections not Palestine-Israel peace. He said, “ These are the instructions of US President Donald Trump to these countries, which he sent in writing throug...

  To promote safe and responsible space ventures and corporations, it has become a part of seven other signatories who have signed Nasa's Artemis Accords for the same purpose.   The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) officially became a part of the cluster during the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC), running between October 12 and 14, 2020. This initiative is unique in the sense that it will include the first women and next man to land on the surface of the moon till 2024.   The United Arab Emirates is planning for a one of its kind mission by the end of this decade where a human will be a part of mars mission. By signing the documents to join NASA’s initiative, UAE can now be an international partner to all the countries who are planning or have already executed the strenuous mission.   The whole event was held through a virtual set-up hosted by NASA and   Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chair of the UAE Space Agency was...

In an exclusive interview to Gulf news, Major General Pilot Ahmed Mohammed Bin Thani, Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief for Ports Affairs, revealed how the airport authorities are managing to operate during these difficult times of transit and how they are ensuring passengers convenience and safety. Dubai has mashed to earn itself trust of the passengers travelling via Dubai or to Dubai with the arrangements made at the airport. The senior officials have asserted that due to the lengthy safety procedures in the airport, people have started trusting Dubai again with Covid-19. Even though the government has released guidelines that were needed to be followed to tackle the pandemic in a more risk-free manner, the airports authorities and security was changed during this time of the outbreak. To ensure proper measures were taken, the security officials had to be given special training online and on-site so that they could behave accordingly when dealing with Covid-stuck world. 4,080 poli...