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India Sharjah expo bodies ink deal to facilitate trade
UAE is India's third-biggest trading partner after the US and China
To provide impetus to the strong bilateral trade ties between the UAE and India, Expo Centre Sharjah inked a deal with the Council of Indian Exhibition Organisers (CIEO), the apex body of Indian exhibition and conference organisers, on March 7, 2023.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Expo Centre, CEO, Saif Mohammed Al Midfa, founder of CIEO Syed Mohammad Quaim and senior Expo Centre executives and members of the CIEO at Expo Centre Sharjah.
Speaking at the event, Al Midfa said “Though relations between the UAE and India have historically been strong, the free trade agreement deal signed a year ago has accelerated these ties further. Through this MoU, Expo Centre and the CIEO will play a key role in boosting these ties by exploring opportunities for partnerships, joint ventures, and new events."
On the deal between two sides to advance trade between India and UAE, Syed Mohammad Quaim commented,“ While this would help in facilitating the growth of India’s exhibition sector, the UAE and the rest of the GCC countries can take advantage of the surge in trade and investments with India.â€
CIEO is a representative body of Indian exhibition and conference organizers and its members include large and MSME organizers, Indian and international organizers as well as apex chamber and trade associations.
Indian American author and wellness advocate Deepak Chopra was named in newly released records from the U.S. House Oversight Committee, which contains previously undisclosed email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein.
The documents, drawn from more than 20,000 pages of material from Epstein’s estate and digital archive, show Chopra corresponding with Epstein between 2011 and 2016, years after Epstein became a registered sex offender.
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According to the records, Chopra wrote to Epstein in July 2016 seeking information about Marla Maples, then widely known as Donald Trump’s former wife.
1763672766.webp“Anything we share is between us,” Chopra wrote. “I share nothing with anyone but trust you.” Epstein replied with an anecdote about losing a bet to Trump during Maples’ pregnancy, saying he once “sent him a truck of baby food in payment.”
In a separate exchange from November 2016, Epstein shared a link to an article about a woman who had filed — and later withdrawn — a civil lawsuit alleging that Trump and Epstein sexually assaulted her in 1994 when she was 13.
Chopra asked whether she had also dropped the civil case against Epstein. When Epstein responded, “YuP,” Chopra replied, “Good.”
These emails however contain no evidence of financial dealings, professional ties, or criminal involvement between the two, and do not suggest Chopra had knowledge of Epstein’s illegal activities.
Chopra and his foundation have not responded to the allegations publicly.
Chopra was born in New Delhi in 1946 and trained as a medical doctor in India before moving to the United States in 1970. He began his medical career as an intern and resident in internal medicine and endocrinology, later serving as chief of staff at New England Memorial Hospital in Massachusetts.
In the mid-1980s, he became involved with the Transcendental Meditation movement and, by the 1990s, emerged as a prominent author and speaker on mind–body wellness, integrative medicine and spirituality, publishing dozens of books that have been translated worldwide.
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