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iAccel Gulf Business Incubator partners with Gulf Islamic Investments Eureka! GCC 2024 start-up business competition Eureka! GCC 2024, the Gulf edition of Asia’s largest business model competition, is brought to the region by Gulf Islamic Investments (GII), a leading Shariah-compliant global alternative investment company with over US$4.5 billion of assets under management (AUM). (Left to Right) Deepak Ahuja, Cofounder & CEO – iAccel GBI; Shalabh Jakhetia, Managing Partner & COO – iAccel GBI; Anishkaa Gehani, Managing Partner & CMO – iAccel GBI;  Pankaj Gupta, Co-Founder and Co-CEO GII and Founder of Eureka; and Rishika Gupta, Project Manager of GII GII’s Eureka! GCC will utilize iAccel Gulf Business…

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confirmed the reopening of a mosque in Istanbul converted from an ancient Byzantine Orthodox church, in the face of Greek protests. Erdogan discussed the church in a meeting in Ankara with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on a trip that was meant to strengthen the countries’ relations. “The Kariye mosque in its new form will remain open to everyone,” Erdogan told a news conference alongside the Greek leader. “We have opened our Kariye mosque for worship and visits after painstaking restoration work.” Mitsotakis had appealed against the conversion of the Holy Saviour in…

IndusInd International Holdings (IIHL), which has a significant shareholding from the UAE residents out of the 600 globally dispersed high networth individuals (HNWI) stakeholders, seeks to boost its banking and financial services (BFSI) business to a targeted valuation of $50 billion through acquisitions in India, Europe and the Middle East by 2030. “Our master plan for BFSI is in the making and IIHL team is working with consultants on how to move ahead to create value and growth for stakeholders,“ said Ashok Hinduja, IIHL chairman. He said the recent acquisition of a majority shareholding of 60 per cent in Invesco…

While the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 are excellent consoles, especially for those who don’t want to invest in a gaming PC, you tend to lose out on a lot if you don’t have one of Sony’s online subscriptions. You see, a PlayStation Plus (PS Plus) subscription offers, is access to online multiplayer, and without it, you can’t connect to online servers and play with other folks, which is a bit frustrating. Luckily, a PS Plus membership does offer some additional features, such as free games every month and access to some older PS games, all of which depend on…

In the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), as elsewhere, customers are making more digital payments, with less cash being used in-store, and online retail sales rising, a new study shows. A report by Amazon Payment Services, titled “Leading Trends in Digital Payments: Driving the Real-Time Economy in Mena,” identifies key trends and shows why they matter to businesses looking to serve customers better and boost revenues. Based on a study designed and conducted by Davies Hickman Partners and sponsored by Amazon Payment Services, this report comes as part of the re:Imagine Payments thought leadership forum, designed to help inform…

The PlayStation 5 is probably one of the most popular gaming consoles right now, especially with the recent PS5 Slim release. It has a lot of great exclusive games to play, including some of the best games on the market, such as Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and  Elden Ring, so its no surprise that folks are looking to get their hands on the console. To that end, we’ve gone out and found some of our favorite PlayStation deals, and that includes everything from the PS5 console itself to PS5 game deals and peripherals like gaming headset deals, so be sure to…

Libyan authorities have arrested several customs officials for attempting to traffic abroad about 26 tonnes of gold worth almost 1.8 billion euros ($1.9 billion), prosecutors said. The Libyan prosecutor’s office did not detail the suspected origin of the massive amount of precious metal, greater than the national gold reserves of many countries. Authorities in Misrata, western Libya, made the arrests related to the trafficking operation at the port city’s international airport, the office said on Sunday night. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. “The investigating authorities ordered the arrest of the director general…

The UAE ranks second globally in shopping satisfaction, with 71% of consumers in the country making extensive use of digital features to enhance their shopping experiences, a recent survey has revealed. The ‘2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: UAE Edition’ by PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Acceptance Solutions draws comparative insights from a larger survey of 13,904 consumers and 3,512 merchants across seven countries. The study captures recent trends in consumer behavior and documents the rise of ‘click-and-mortar’ shopping experiences, which involves both digital tools and physical locations and replaces the siloed world of online-only or in-store-only shopping. It found that there…

Apple has just released the iOS 17.5 update for iPhones, which brings a host of new features. For European Union residents, it enables Web Distribution, which means you can sideload apps from the internet and won’t be limited to the App Store. Another notable addition is Repair State, which allows users to keep the Find My tracking system enabled when sending in a device for repairs. For iPhone users across the world, the latest update brings an offline mode to the Apple News+ app, allowing users access to the News+ tab and the Today feed even when they are not…