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Education

North Gate British School honored with Ajman Agricultural Award 2025

Ajman, UAE – North Gate British School (NGBS) has been honored with the esteemed Ajman Agricultural Award from the Ajman Municipality, recognizing the school’s outstanding efforts in sustainability and organic planting initiatives.

This achievement highlights NGBS’s commitment to integrating environmental responsibility into student learning. Through the Organic Planting Program, students have actively engaged in hands-on experiences that promote sustainable food production, environmental conservation, and healthy living.

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Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government plays key role in (Review the word translation) government competency development at Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance

  • Employees from the Ministry took part in MBRSG’s ‘Government Administration: Empowerment and (Review the word translation) to Enhance Government Performance’ programme.

Dubai, UAE – 04 March 2025 – The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) successfully concluded its ‘Government Administration: Empowerment and (Same comments, to use another words) to Enhance Government Performance’ programme, which engaged employees from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance.

The initiative aims to equip government professionals with the necessary skills to implement best practices in modern administration, while enhancing their leadership and innovation skills, in line with the aspirations of their societies and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Automibiles & Motoring, Business & Investments

Automechanika Dubai celebrates record exhibitor numbers during the 2024 edition   

Automechanika Dubai 2024 showcased 2,229 exhibitors, an increase of 15% year-on-year, representing 62 countries, including 21 international pavilions, highlighting the increased demand from the global market

Captured by Lights In Motion

The latest insights on the successful 2024 edition of the leading automotive aftermarket industry event were revealed during the exhibition’s gathering of advisory board members

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Technologies

CrowdStrike is the First Cloud-Native Cybersecurity ISV to Exceed $1 Billion in Annual AWS Marketplace Sales

CrowdStrike’s sales deals average 4x larger when transacted in AWS Marketplace

Dubai, UAE – March 5, 2025 – CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced it is the first cloud-native cybersecurity independent software vendor (ISV) to exceed $1 billion in sales through AWS Marketplace within a calendar year. This milestone underscores the ease and simplicity of AWS Marketplace – a curated digital catalog that customers can use to find, subscribe to, deploy and govern third-party software, data and services to build solutions and run their businesses – and the growing demand for cybersecurity consolidation on the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.

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Business & Investments

Global dividends jumped to a record $1.75 trillion in 2024

  • Global dividends grew to a record $1.75 trillion in 2024, up 6.6% on an underlying basis
  • Headline growth of 5.2% reflected lower one-off special dividends and the stronger US dollar
  • 17 countries out of the 49 in our index saw record dividends, including some of the largest payers such as the US, Canada, France, Japan and China
  • Large companies making their first dividend payments made a disproportionate impact – Meta, Alphabet and Alibaba accounted for one fifth of global dividend growth in 2024
  • Globally 88% of companies raised dividends or held them steady in 2024
  • Q4 payouts rose 7.3% on an underlying basis
  • Forecast 2025: Headline growth of 5.0% to record $1.83 trillion, up 5.1% on an underlying basis
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DUBAI, UAE – Global dividends grew to a record $1.75 trillion in 2024, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, up 6.6% on an underlying basis. Headline growth of 5.2% reflected lower one-off special dividends and the stronger US dollar. The result for the year was slightly ahead of Janus Henderson’s forecast of $1.73 trillion, mainly owing to greater-than-expected strength in the US and Japan in the final quarter. Q4 payouts rose 7.3% on an underlying basis.

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