Qatar

Joyalukkas names ‘Summer of Winnings’ Audi winner 17 Aug 2016 - 04:01 pm

Officials at the Joyalukkas ‘Summer of Winnings’ Qatar grand draw held at the showroom in Safari Mall. DOHA: The Joyalukkas ‘Summer of Winnings’...

Registration opens for ROTA’s annual Youth Challenge programme 17 Aug 2016 - 01:33 pm

Doha: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), in partnership with ExxonMobil, has opened registration for its annual Leadership Training Programme, Youth Challenge, which aims...

Mathaf to host second annual Curatorial Summer Camp 17 Aug 2016 - 01:29 pm

Doha: Building on the success of the 2015 inaugural programme Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha is organising its second Curatorial Summer...

7kg of marijuana seized at Hamad International Airport 17 Aug 2016 - 01:26 pm

DOHA: Customs officers seized 7kg of marijuana from an Asian traveller at the Hamad International Airport recently. The crime was detected after an...

5 tonnes of watermelons destroyed at Central Market 17 Aug 2016 - 01:24 pm

DOHA: Inspectors from the Health Monitoring Section at Doha Municipality yesterday destroyed five tonnes of watermelon at the Central Market after the fruit’s...

60 Qatari students inducted in Qatar Airways' summer internship programme 17 Aug 2016 - 01:21 pm

Students and officials pose for a group picture. DOHA: Qatar Airways inducted 60 new national students into its summer internship programme, as part...

Three new pediatric clinics open at Sidra Center 17 Aug 2016 - 01:11 pm

DOHA: Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra) has opened three additional pediatric outpatient clinics for Neurosurgery, Urology and Orthopedics consultation. Referral based patients...

Emir gets message from President of Venezuela 17 Aug 2016 - 12:29 am

Doha: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a written message from Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on bilateral relations and...

Heat-related cases fall this summer 17 Aug 2016 - 12:28 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: There has been a significant fall in heat-related cases at clinics this year compared to the past few years...

Global Innovation Index: Qatar third in Arab world 17 Aug 2016 - 12:28 am

The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar is ranked third in the Arab world and 50th in the world in Global Innovation Index 2016, released yesterday...

Mobile Breast Screening Unit begins tour 17 Aug 2016 - 12:24 am

The Mobile Breast Screening Unit. The Peninsula DOHA: The Primary Health Care Corporation’s (PHCC) Mobile Breast Screening Unit has begun its city-wide tour,...

Doha comedy fest begins tomorrow 17 Aug 2016 - 12:23 am

The Peninsula DOHA: The three-day Doha Comedy Festival (DCF) starts tomorrow at Qatar National Convention Center, featuring 18 stand-up comedians from Qatar and...

3,655 students enrol for Qatar University Fall 2016 17 Aug 2016 - 12:22 am

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) said yesterday it had admitted 2,441 Qatari and 1,214 non-Qatari students for Fall 2016. The new academic session begins...

Over 26,600 hotel rooms to be ready in next five years 17 Aug 2016 - 12:21 am

By Mohammad Shoeb The Peninsula DOHA: The upcoming hotels and hotel apartments, which are estimated to add over 26,600 keys over the next...

Youth in focus at Asean celebration 17 Aug 2016 - 12:20 am

Ambassadors and embassy officials from the Asean member countries Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines do a traditional chain handshake...