Dubai Current Affairs, GK & News
UAE: First Arab Country to generate electricity from coal
The United Arab Emirates recently became the first and probably the last Arab country to generate electricity from coal. The coal plant, Hassyan is to be set up in Dubai at 3.4 billion USD. The capacity of the plant will be 600 MW. Later, the capacity of the plant is to be increased to 2,400 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Clean Energy • Dubai • Gulf Countries • Nuclear energy • oil and natural gas • Oman • Power Plants • Solar Energy • United Arab Emirates
UAE hosts ‘GulFood 2020’
‘GulFood 2020’, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition is being held in the Dubai World Trade Centre city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), form February 16 to 20. In the 25th edition of the exhibition, more than 5000 exhibitors are to participate. The Indian pavilion at the exhibition was recently inaugurated ..
Topics: Dubai • Middle-East • Ministry of Food Processing Industries • 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
Former Pakistan President sentenced to Death for Treason
The 10th President of Pakistan and military ruler, Syed Pervez Musharraf, has been sentenced to death by a three-member special court in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad on Tuesday, 17th December 2019 for violating the constitution while he was in power as the President of Pakistan in 2007. The charge for unlawfully declaring emergency rule ..
Topics: Chief justice • Dubai • Emergency • general elections • Islamabad • opposition party • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Supreme court
Dubai to host 2019 First Global DXB Challenge
Dubai will be hosting the 2019 First Global DXB Challenge, a large gathering for creative young minds in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. It will be held for the first time in the region from 24 to 27 October 2019 at the Festival Arena in Dubai, UAE. About 2019 First Global DXB Challenge ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Artificial intelligence • Dubai • Global DXB Challenge • Robotics