Abu Dhabi Current Affairs, GK & News
Abu Dhabi: Law on divorce, inheritance for non-Muslims
The capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi, has issued new rules to govern divorce, inheritance & child custody for non-Muslims in Abu Dhabi. Key facts Abu Dhabi will create a new court for handling these cases. Hearing will be held in Arabic as well as English languages in order to make it ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Law on divorce in Abu Dhabi • Persian Gulf • United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Sinopharm Commences Phase III Trial of COVID 19 Vaccine in UAE
Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, has started the first Phase III clinical trial of its inactivated COVID 19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The UAE health authorities have issued a permit for up to 15000 volunteers to take part in the trials. Highlights The trials are being conducted as a result of the cooperation ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Abu Dhabi • COVID-19 vaccine • Sinopharm • UAE
RIL becomes first Indian Company to be valued at USD 150 Billion
In rupee term, Mumbai based Indian Multinational conglomerate company, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on 19th June 2020 was valued at USD 150 billion following a rise in the share market, this also made RIL the first-ever Indian company to achieve a market value of above Rs 11 lakh crore. The positive growth in the shares ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority • Facebook • Jio Platforms • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) • United States (US)
UAE issues operating license for Barakah nuclear power plant
The United Arab Emirates recently announced that it issued the operating license for the first of four reactors at its Barakah nuclear power plant. It is the first ever nuclear plant in the Arab region. The Barakah plant is located on the Gulf coast west of Abu Dhabi. It has received operating license after several ..
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Middle-East • Nuclear reactors • United Arab Emirates • West Asia
New Natural Gas Reserves discovered in UAE
On February 2, 2020, the United Arab Emirates discovered shallow natural gas reserves of about 80 trillion cubic feet. The reserve was discovered between the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Highlights In November 2019, UAE announced the discovery of 7 billion barrels of oil. This raised the crude reserves of the country to 105 ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Dubai • Gulf of Aden • India-UAE • Liquefied natural gas • Oil and Gas reserves • UAE
World Future Energy Summit begins in Abu Dhabi
With 33,500 participants from 170 countries, the 2020 edition of the World Future Energy Summit begins in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi on Monday, 13th January 2020. The four-day annual Summit is the largest future energy and Sustainability event in the Middle East, which is dedicated to advancing future ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Climate Innovations Exchange • Middle-East • Renewable energy • United Arab Emirates (UAE) • uture Sustainability Summit • World Future Energy Summit