Daily Archives: October 9, 2024

Sports & Recreations

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, day six: PBG Alaskan Knights one win away from finals as underdogs shake up the leaderboard

It was a day of upsets at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League as the favorites stumbled in two matches, with Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja suffering shocking defeats. The team of PBG Alaskan Knights extended their dominant run with a commanding victory over the Ganges Grandmasters.

London, 8 October 2024: With six victories in seven matches, PBG Alaskan Knights are comfortably at the top, with 18 match points – six more than Triveni and Alpine Sg Pipers who are trying to catch up. With three more matches remaining before the knockout stage, PBG need to score just one victory to secure a place in the finals.

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Business & Investments

Icons of the UAE Season 2 Celebrates Visionary Leaders Shaping the Business Landscape in the UAE

Following the huge success of its inaugural season, this edition featured Mr Sachin Pilot as the guest of honour, presenting awards to all Icons, thanking their contributions to the community

Dubai, UAE – October 3, 2024: Icons of the UAE returned for its second season, honouring 18 visionary Indian entrepreneurs whose contributions have significantly impacted the UAE’s business landscape. The prestigious award ceremony took place on September 27, 2024, at the iconic Taj Exotica, The Palm, Dubai, with Mr. Sachin Pilot, a prominent Indian politician, serving as the guest of honour.

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Business & Investments

Coinciding with President’s visit to Jordan, ADFD announces funding for Jordan’s digital transformation project worth AED370 million

  • A model UAE partnership crowned by the financing and implementation of a unique digital transformation project.
  • Project showcases UAE’s global leadership in advanced technology and innovative project implementation
  • Presight signs strategic agreement with Jordanian Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship to lead project implementation
  • Unified digital platform to integrate healthcare facilities across Jordan with an advanced information system
  • Part of Jordan’s executive program for Economic Modernization Vision 2023-2025, supporting development initiatives

UAE: 07 Oct 2024 — Coinciding with the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and to consolidate the UAE’s position as a global destination for digital transformation, and to enhance the UAE’s major role in advanced technology and its successful applications of best global practices, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) announced an investment of AED370 million to support the digital transformation of the Jordanian Ministry of Health. This initiative is part of the UAE’s broader grant to enhance development projects aligned with Jordan’s Economic Modernization Vision 2023-2025, which has a total funding of AED1.468 billion.

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