NBB Group announced that it is undertaking a new initiative to install solar panels in select National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) branches across the Kingdom, further demonstrating its commitment to implementing ESG measures across its operations, Gulf-Insider reports. The new initiative, expected to be rolled out in the first quarter […]
The popularity of the Black Friday promotion is growing from year to year. According to analytics platform Periscope by McKinsey, 60% of consumers from the UK, France, and Germany were planning to participate in the November 27 sales in 2020, up 10% from 2019. In the United States, the number of participants in the traditional […]
Fashion causes significant environmental damage to the planet. Let’s get to know what local and global brands are doing about it and what problems sustainability solves, according to Forbes Life. What is sustainability The world started talking seriously about the harmful influence of humanity on nature in the second half of the 20th century. In […]
Take a look at what happens when human game addiction is stronger than the desire to survive in this harsh world. These young gamers were photographed in one of the computer clubs in the Philippines during the strongest typhoon. Despite the risk of electric shock, these boys initially refused to leave the Internet cafe, Metro […]
The 400-megawatt (MW) Dumat Al Jandal utility-scale wind farm in Saudi Arabia developed by a consortium led by EDF Renewables in partnership with Masdar, both global leaders in renewable energy, has marked a key construction milestone with the arrival of 20 wind turbines at Duba Port. A consortium with key contractors Vestas, TSK, and Al […]
If the banana is in your grocery basket, then there is enough rainfall in India or Ecuador. And a bottle of beer next to it suggests that barley from Ukraine, China, or another part of the world has not been exposed to dangerous fluctuations in weather conditions. An apple from Turkey got into the basket […]
Are you excited dreaming about an earthly paradise in the heart of Saudi Arabia? Let’s get acquainted with story about this amazing place. The challenge for the casual visitor to Al-Ahsa is, quite literally, to see the forest for the trees. There are, after all, more than 2.5 million palm trees in the world’s largest and […]
The United Arab Emirates faces tough economic challenges in 2021 and beyond. The coronavirus and the resulting crises have caused its most important industries to struggle, endangered retaining its expatriate residents, and obstructed global investments. Nevertheless, its economic pillars allow it to enjoy a position of strength while battling for regional economic influence and pursue […]
The concentration of production of many minerals has increased markedly over the past few decades. This trend reflects changes in global demand for materials, comparative advantages in production (for example, aluminum production using low-cost electricity in the United Arab Emirates), or government policy to ensure domestic security (supply of strategic materials such as beryllium to […]
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) of Qatar, represented by the Monitoring and Environmental Laboratory Department, has launched the second phase of a comprehensive study to monitor and control the case of fish deaths in the Khor Al Adaid area, Gulf-times reports. It is being supervised by a specialized team from the department, whose […]
