From Mars to Metaverse, as UAE aims high, opportunities open up for India

DUBAI: The year 2022 ends on a positive note with regard to India-UAE relations, with business and political ties between the two countries scaling new heights.

The UAE is India's third largest trading partner and the bilateral trade between them surpasses $88 billion. Indians, moreover, constitute 39.9 per cent of the UAE population and their remittances to India add up to more than $17 billion, the largest for any country overseas.

To tell the world what the future will be like, Dubai built The Museum Of The Future, which talks about the possibilities of the future. To advance the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, to harness the latest technologies in coding, big data analysis, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, and human-machine interaction to drive the future.

"Dubai never ceases to amaze me. It has always been a city of innovation and exploration with endless possibilities," said Shah Rukh Khan while launching the Creating the Future with Shah Rukh Khan campaign.

Today, Dubai is a hub of coders, big data specialists and a different world of Metaverse, i.e., all future activities have started to be in application in the UAE market now. UAE has started implementing its development planning till 2050 on its own.

In the area of space science, after the Mars and Moon missions, in 2028, the UAE will launch its own interplanetary mission. The spacecraft will travel 3.6 billion kilometres in five years. Its final landing will be in 2033 on an asteroid 560 million kilometres from the Earth. This would make the Emirates the fourth country to land a spacecraft on an asteroid.

UAE also has an agenda to achieve all 17 goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Launched in 2017, the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the first mega project to achieve the objectives of the UAE Centenary 2071. It is characterised by a post-mobile government phase in which all future government services, sectors, and infrastructure projects will rely on AI.

The strategy is the first of its kind in the region and the world and will see investments in the latest AI technologies and tools to enhance the performance and efficiency of government. By 2031, the UAE will achieve 100 per cent reliance on AI for government services and data analysis. Dubai will be a major centre in 3D printing by 2030, which will emerge as a leader in all scientific areas and a breakthrough in the construction industry. Dubai will be the world's first choice as a global platform for knowledge-based, sustainable, and innovation-driven businesses by 2030.

By 2030, 25 per cent of all vehicles in Dubai will be driving on AI-based autonomous vehicles and roads, saving millions of hours wasted in traditional transport while increasing human productivity. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the world's largest single-site solar park based on the independent power producer (IPP) model. It will generate 5,000 MW power by 2030, solar-based energy, which can become an endless journey in a desert.

Under Dubai's Clean Energy Strategy, the Emirate aims to produce 75 per cent of its energy needs from clean sources by 2050. The strategy also aims to make Dubai a global hub of clean energy and a green economy.

The UAE aims to become the world's number one country in the Global Food Security Index by 2051. Food security will be ensured under all circumstances by promoting international trade partnerships, enabling technology-based production and supply of food. Implementing policies and regulations to increase nutritional intake and reduce food loss and waste. (IANS)

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