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Balfour wins Dubai road contractsBalfour Beatty, the UK's biggest construction company, said it won contracts valued at more than $187m to upgrade roads in Dubai. Balfour's jointly owned company, Dutco Balfour Beatty, will carry out the work to improve traffic flow in downtown Dubai city, the London based company said in a Regulatory News Service statement. . read more. I bought medal from Sohrab's son: Shop-ownerMUMBAI: Shop-owner Abdul Wahid said that he had bought the Sohrab Modi's memorabilia directly from Modi's son Mehli a year-and-a-half ago when the latter was in the process of selling the family's Cuffe Parade flat before immigrating to Dubai. "I still have the purchase slip with me as proof," he said. "The stuff was lying with me for such a long time that I had even planned to put an advertisement in the newspapers, so that interested parties could learn about it and come to my shop. But before I could do that, I suddenly got at least ten calls inquiring about the trophy. I don't understand the sudden interest." A star famed as much for his booming voice as his directorial skills, Sohrab Modi was the eleventh recipient of the Phalke award. read more. India's veg oil requirement to touch 17.7 m tonne by 2010Hisar, Aug 2: The country's vegetable oil requirement is expected to touch 17.7 million tonne (equivalent to 52 ml tonne oilseeds) by 2010, Director General Indian Council of Agricultural Research Mangla Rai today said.Increase in population and improvement in standard of living will push the demand for vegetable oils at the rate of 5.5 to 6.0 per cent during the next decade, he said after inaugurating annual research workers' group meeting of rapeseed-mustard at Haryana Agricultural University here today."Though the Indian farm scientists have done a great job in oilseeds production, yet the country would remain dependent upon import of vegetable oils like palm oil if we do n ZCZC PRI ECO ESPL .HISAR DCM129 VEGETABLEOIL India's veg oil requirement to touch 17.7 m tonne by 2010 Hisar, Aug 2 (PTI) The country's vegetable oil requirement is expected to touch 17.7 million tonne (equivalent to 52 ml tonne oilseeds) by 2010, Director General Indian Council of Agricultural Research Mangla Rai today said.Increase in population and improvement in standard of living will push the demand for vegetable oils at the rate of 5.5 to 6.0 per cent during the next decade, he said after inaugurating annual research workers' group meeting of rapeseed-mustard at Haryana Agricultural University here today."Though the Indian farm scientists have done a great job in oilseeds production, yet the country would remain dependent upon import of vegetable oils like palm oil if we do not succeed in increasing oilseed production further," he said.He said that during 2001-2005 the annual compound growth rate of rapeseed-mustard production in the country was 18.9 per cent which was highest compard to cereals and pulses.Despite this development the country was still importing nearly 40 per cent of the domestic edible oils need, he said for which the farm scientists had a great role to play to meet the need. read more. Viola brewing up desert stormTHE irony of a boy from Easterhouse conducting high-stakes global business from his luxury apartment in the Dubai Marina has not escaped John Viola. One of Scotland's busiest football representatives may have left his Bothwell base behind two years ago but reports of his professional demise have been greatly exaggerated. Barry Ferguson's long-serving agent and close friend opted for a drastic lifestyle change as the harsh financial reality of Scottish football finally bit. Yet far from indulging in the opulence of the millionaires' playground of the Middle East, Viola has never been busier. As well as operating a burgeoning property business in tandem with Derek Whyte, Viola is also a driving force behind the country's football boom. Once a salubrious retirement home for the likes of Gabriel Batistuta and Ronald De Boer, the Dubai soccer league has recently turned professional and, therefore, more discerning in its import policy. read more. Home boys fly the flag as Redoute's Choice races away with first premiershipTHE 2005-06 season, which ended on Monday, proved what a great line-up of colonially bred stallions Australasia has to offer, with seven home-breds among the top 10 sires and magnificent results for several exciting freshman sires. Redoute's Choice has been the benchmark stallion, winning his first champion sire of Australasia title, with a $1.8 million margin, as well as being the leading sire of two-year-olds for the season. He led for most of the past four months and never looked like being headed, with Encosta De Lago filling the quinella. Encosta De Lago supplied more winners than any other stallion with 128 individual winners of 227 races. New Zealand-based Zabeel finished third in the overall stallions' lists ahead of Makybe Diva's sire Desert King, which no longer shuttles overseas. read more. GNH signs $40m charter dealDubai: Gulf Navigation Holding (GNH), an oil and chemical carrier, and ST Shipping and Trading, Switzerland-based Glencore's shipping arm, one of the largest oil trading houses in the world, have signed a time charter agreement for three ships at Dh145 million ($40m). Under the terms of the agreement, GNH will time-charter two ships to ST Shipping and Trading for up to two years under long-term fixed rate employment, and a third at a floating market rate with a fixed minimum charter rate. The vessels are double hull, 48,000 metric tones deadweight each and have liquid capacity of about 50,000 cu m. The vessels are capable of speeds up to 15 knots. Ghazi Al Ibrahim, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Gulf Navigation Holding said: "The confidence Glencore has placed in us through this deal reflects the credibility of our operations as a global operator." Gulf Navigation is now amid an initial public offering of Dh910m, to list on the Dubai Financial Market. read more.You have beyond question been desiring the best web pages related to Technical Writer Jobs Dubai.
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