Saudi Arabia led Gulf winners at the 2026 American Concrete Institute Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, with its projects (NovusCrete, King Salman International Complex and Aramco Stadium) securing first-place honours in three categories, while Dubai’s Wasl Tower won in the high-rise structures category.
Worldwide air cargo tonnages dropped 3% during the October 6 to 12 period over the previous week, mainly due to holidays in China, Taiwan and S. Korea. On the pricing side, a noticeable change was that China air cargo spot rates to the US fell for a second week by 7%.
Technology, innovation, start-ups and fin-techs could help accelerate the Indo-UAE relations to $200 billion in the next few years, said a senior Indian diplomat at a conference, titled Innovators and Investors Series, organised by the Indian People’s Forum in Dubai.
Gitex, the world’s largest tech and AI events network, will mark its debut in India with the inaugural Gitex Ai India in April 2027 in Bengaluru, it was revealed at the Gitex Global in Dubai.
Google has announced a $15 billion investment to build a large AI + data centre hub in the south Indian city of Visakhapatnam (Vizag), thus pioneering a generational shift in AI capability and anchoring the next phase of US–India tech co-operation in an AI era.
India is set to become the world’s second-largest contributor to polyethylene production capacity additions by 2030, after China, as the country seeks to reduce import dependence and meet rising domestic demand, according to GlobalData.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that India will host its Global Summit in New Delhi in 2027, bringing together leading travel and tourism executives, government officials and international industry stakeholders as the country’s tourism sector continues to expand.
BCD Global, a leading Indian multinational group with interests in real estate development, construction and finance, has announced its foray into the Middle East, naming Dubai as its regional headquarters as it accelerates its next phase of global growth.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has commissioned India’s first LC-MAX residue conversion unit at its Visakh Refinery, marking a milestone in the country’s downstream sector.
Emirates NBD Capital, the investment banking arm of Emirates NBD, has received regulatory approval for a Category I Merchant Banking licence from SEBI, India’s market regulator, becoming the first Middle Eastern investment bank to secure Category I licensure.
