Doha December 3, 2016 Marked by strong production values and compelling narratives, 'Kashta', directed by AJ Al Thani, and 'Amer': An Arabian Legend by Jassim Al-Rumaihi, won the Best Narrative Short Film and Best Documentary Short Film Prizes, respectively, at the Made in Qatar Awards of the fourth Ajyal Youth Film Festival, presented by the...

03 December 2016 Doha Fahad Al-Haddad, Qatari national won Championship in the Qatari nationals category in the 4th Annual 'Qatar's Strongest Man' Championship. Organised by Aspire Foundation on Friday 2nd of December 2016 in Aspire Zone. Al-Haddad win is second consequent year. In the expatriates’ category, Kenyan contestant Cristopher Oketch secured a well-deserved win after...

03 Dec. 2016 Doha, Qatar On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Sasol, the international integrated chemicals and energy company, announced its support, as Accessibility Partner, for the 2017 edition of Project Qatar, the 14th International Construction Technology and Building Materials Exhibition. Through this partnership, Sasol with its initiative “Accessible Qatar”...

18 November 2016 New Delhi English Daily 'The Times Of India' reported that Israel and India has agreed to intensify counter-terror efforts to deal with “constant” security threats posed by terrorism. Kallol Bhattacherjee reports Welcoming visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that both sides would work to counter terrorism, radicalism and...

02 Dec 2016 Inspite of serious tensions between India and Pakistan on Line of Control on the disputed Kashmir area under Indian control, Pakistan has decided to send it's delegation to India to participate in Heart of Asia Conference on Afghanistan. The conference is scheduled for 3-4 December at Amritsar, Indian city bordering Pakistan. Sartaj...

Doha 2 December 2016 The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) has hosted a meeting where a select group of summit delegates discussed strategies to improve the care and monitoring of those suffering from dementia. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) provided secretariat support to the meeting, which was held in Hamad Medical City....

02 December 2016 New Delhi English Daily The Indian Express reports this morning that Mamata Banerjee said, "Army was today deployed at two toll plazas on National Highway 2 in West Bengal without informing state government. It is unprecedented and serious matter." Army has now been retreated from toll plaza near the state secretariat. Chief...

Doha December 1, 2016 Seventeen films ‘Made in Qatar’ by youths in Qatar being presented by Doha Film Institute during 4th Ajyal Youth Film Festival makes history in Qatar. Some of these films have expanded their wings to Dubai International Film Festival to be held next week. Hend Fakhroo, a Qatari writer and director of...

Supreme Committee For Delivery & Legacy Qatar By Matthias Krug, 01 December 2016 Six years after Qatar was awarded the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary General HE Hassan Al Thawadi is dynamically leading preparations for a country in full swing towards hosting the greatest...

Doha 01 December 2016 QNA Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar met today with heads of Federations of Chamber of Commerce of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), on the occasion of convening their 49th meeting in Doha. Prime Minister wished the heads of the GCC Federations of...