Consumption

Drought-stricken Cape Town faces dry taps by April 21

london - Emirates voice

As Cape Town suffers its worst drought in a century, residents were warned by the mayor on Tuesday that they face losing piped water to their homes by April 21. If rains do not materialise and drastic consumption reductions are not achieved by "Day Zero", the city's people face the prospect of queueing at standpipes for daily rations of 25Read more

WHO recommends farmers stop using antibiotics in healthy animals

United Nations - Emirates Voice

Farmers and the food industry should stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals, the United Nations health agency said on Tuesday. ” lack of effective antibiotics is as serious a security threat as a sudden and deadly disease outbreak,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement onRead more

Ministry of Health measures to address sizzling heatwave

Amman - Fana News

Hospitals and Health care centers and emergency departments across the country are urged to upgrade their preparedness to effectively cope with the sizzling heatwave and provide fast treatment to sunstroke patients . Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Ali Al Saad, Sunday urged health and hospital directors to take all necessary precautionary measures to increase readiness in order toRead more

UAE set to catalyse connectivity with 5G

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

The mass adoption of 5G in the UAE will completely transform the landscape when it comes to how residents utilise their various connected devices, and further strengthen the Internet of Things (IoT) trend in the region. Experts have noted that in addition to delivering faster Internet connection speeds and improved throughputs, 5G delivers higher user capacity than current 4G networksRead more

China's Crude Oil Output Down in July

Beijing - QNA

China's crude oil output dropped 8.8% year on year to 16.64 million tonnes in July, data from the country's top economic planner showed. This brings total output for the first seven months of 2016 to 117.09 million tonnes, down 5.4% from the same period last year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement. The drop cameRead more

Google Uses Artificial Intelligence to Save Energy Consumption by 15%

Washington - QNA

Its artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has cut Google's data centres' energy consumption by 15%, using a machine-learning algorithm. Data centres run the equipment that processes the data consumed by internet users, and it takes a lot of energy to keep their servers cool. Some of the newer ones are now being built in colder climates. But some estimates suggest theyRead more

Prime Minister urges rationalizing electricity, fuel consumption

Cairo - Arab Today

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday called for rationalizing the consumption of electricity and fuel to ease the burden on importation and Egypt's foreign currency reserves. The Premier directives came in a meeting held with Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker and Transport Minister Galal Saeed to discuss a number of development projects being implemented to provide high-quality services for citizens inRead more

Egypt's consumption of oil, gas cost EGP 124bn in 9 months

Cairo - MENA

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Sunday that Egypt's consumption of oil and gas cost about 124 billion pounds in the past nine months. "Of all funds, 72 billion pounds were only collected from citizens," Sisi said in a speech during the inauguration of the expansion of MOPCO fertilizer factory in Damietta. "To establish a power plan, it requiresRead more

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cuts South Korea's 2016 growth estimate to 2.7%

Seoul - QNA

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Monday cut its 2016 growth forecast of the South Korean economy to 2.7 percent from 3.1 percent, citing sluggish global trade and a slowdown in China, Yonhap news agency reported. For next year, it anticipated that Asia's fourth-largest economy will attain 3 percent growth as the world economy picks upRead more

South Korea's economic growth slows in Q1

Seoul - QNA

South Korea's economic growth continued to slow in the first quarter on sagging exports and sluggish consumption, central bank data showed Tuesday. In the three months ended March 31, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.4 percent from the previous quarter, according to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea (BOK), reported by state-run Yonhap news agency. Read more