From the right: Mr Bhupendra Jain, Head of Corporate Banking with Mr K.M. Varghese, President of the ICC, and Mr M. Habibun-Nabi, General Secretary of the ICC

Supporting its customers and its community, IBQ announced its co-sponsorship of India’s 63rd Independence Day celebrations which is organized by the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), a wing of the Embassy of India. Read the full story

Dr Jasim Al Ali, Director of Human Resources at the DED

The Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) launched its inaugural leadership development program this week with 20 future leaders selected from the department and its four agencies. Read the full story

• 28 prizes worth more than US$575,000, acclaim of prestigious international jury on offer

• August 31 deadline for Muhr Arab and Muhr AsiaAfrica competitions

Emerging and established filmmakers from the Arab world, Asia and Africa have two more weeks to participate in the 2009 Muhr Awards, the region’s foremost film competition, the Dubai International Film Festival announced today. Read the full story

Programme of improvements will begin from the end of September

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) has revealed details of the enhancements it is making to its two on-site multi-story car parks. Read the full story

The sun gives light, warmth and energy but along with those benefits come invisible ultraviolet rays that are harmful to the skin. Rain or shine, skin needs to keep its guard up!

New Merle Norman Dual Spectrum™ with SPF 30 makes it easy to be sun-smart. This lightweight lotion provides broad-spectrum protection against both UVA (aging) and UVB (burning) rays. Read the full story

This year the Montblanc Limited Writers Edition 2009 is dedicated to Germany’s greatest novelist of the 20th century, Thomas Mann. Read the full story

Study compares Silicon Valley to high-tech regions (clusters) in Germany, Finland and India

High-tech clusters are strategic elements of a modern economic policy

Marco Gerazounis, Senior Vice President, Software AG, Middle East

Software AG has recently (June 22, 2009) released a survey carried out by the Technical University of Darmstadt comparing a number of high-tech regions world-wide. Read the full story

• Shows strong growth from 2.6 million kilos in H1 2008

• Overall tea trade through Dubai reaches 48.8 million kilos in Jan-May 2009

• Tea trade volumes impacted by crops shortfall

• Average tea prices rise between 30-70 percent

• Continued expansion of number of tea-producing countries trading through DTTC Read the full story