India-Dubai flights to remain suspended
Passenger flights from India to Dubai will remain suspended until July 21, Emirates airline announced yesterday.
The entry of passengers flying from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would also remain suspended. UAE citizens, golden visa holders and members of diplomatic missions who comply with updated Covid-19 regulations are exempt from the ruling.
Meanwhile, a World Health Organisation official told of her dismay over the decision to allow a crowd of more than 60,000 English and Italian fans to gather at Wembley for the Euro 2020 final, describing the scenes as “devastating”.
Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist and the WHO’s technical lead for Covid-19, believes the event could lead to a surge in coronavirus cases.
The UAE has set out plans to provide 100,000 golden visas to the best computer programming talent in the country and around the globe.
On Saturday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, said the Emirates signed a deal with several major technology companies, including Google,
Facebook and Amazon, to train 100,000 young people in computer programming.
Golden visas, which give people long-term residency, will be granted to entrepreneurs and owners of enterprises and startups that specialise in coding.
The National Programme for Coders is available to UAE residents and people overseas.
The initiative is part of an ambitious strategy to create 1,000 digital companies to boost the economy and increase government support for start-ups.
“We launched a national programme for coders with Google, Microsoft, Amazon AWS, Cisco, IBM, HPE, LinkedIn, Nvidia and Facebook with aims to train 100,000 coders, establish 1,000 tech companies that will go global, and increase start-up investments from Dh1.5 billion to Dh4 billion,” Sheikh Mohammed wrote on Twitter.
“The world is rapidly changing and the fast-growing digital economy will create new types of jobs.
“To thrive in the everevolving world, we must be ready to quickly cope with the emerging trends.”
Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote
Work Applications, said the UAE would welcome expertise that could accelerate the country’s development.
Coders of all nationalities and ages can apply for a golden visa through the Office of Artificial Intelligence or the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
Applications are to be submitted by the government agencies responsible for issuing golden visas for qualified coders.
Those eligible to apply include experts and talents who achieved success in various areas of coding, those who work for pioneering technology companies and people with degrees in software engineering, computer sciences, hardware engineering, IT, artificial intelligence, data science, big data and electrical engineering.