Business
Egypt’s central bank says remittances from citizens abroad rose 40.5% in 2025 to a record $41.5bn, up from $29.6bn in 2024.
UAE was Oman’s leading partner in 2025 for non-oil exports, re-exports and imports, with exports topping OMR 1.311bn and re-exports at OMR 724m.
Pakistan’s latest FY2024-25 estimates put poverty at 28.9% and inequality higher, with about 70 million below a Rs 8,484 monthly poverty line.
Port of Salalah hit record 26.4m tonnes of general cargo in 2025 as container volumes rose to 4.3m TEUs and profit climbed, Salalah Port Services said.
India joined Pax Silica and signed an India-US AI Opportunity Partnership statement on data centers, compute access, semiconductors and critical minerals.
Tokyo data showed Japan’s January CPI rose 1.5% year on year, below the BOJ 2% target, with core inflation at 2.0% and energy costs down 5.2%.
Technology
OpenAI will take 100MW of AI data center capacity in India from Tata’s TCS HyperVault, scalable to 1GW, under its OpenAI for India initiative.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi at the AI Impact Summit, as UAE and India advanced health, finance and AI compute deals.
At India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi called for human centric AI, glass box safety rules and data sovereignty, citing India’s AI Mission.
UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed arrived in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, through Feb 20, highlighting talks on responsible AI governance.
India opened the five-day AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, with UN chief Antonio Guterres joining talks on People Planet Progress Feb 16-20 now.