QNA Doha: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) took part in the annual start-ups and entrepreneurship conference “The Art of Innovation: Innovative Startups And its importance” held in Moscow via video conferencing. During his speech at a session entitled “The Economy of Solitude: How Companies evolved to face a new reality”, Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO […]
Year: 2020
Death toll from Covid-19 rises to 40 as 1523 more cases and 3147 recoveries reported in Qatar on June 1
Pic: Baher Amin | The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today reported 1,523 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 3,147 people having recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered people in Qatar to 33,437. The Ministry also announced two deaths due to the virus […]
General Directorate of Passports and services centers to limit visitors
MOI office at Al Khor The Peninsula Online Doha: In application of the precautionary measures in the country to limit the spread of coronavirus, the General Directorate of Passports and its service centers will accept only those transactions which can’t be processed through the Metrash2 app and MoI website. The Ministry of Interior stated this […]
HMC’s Ambulance Service follows set of measures to ensure safety during COVID-19
Ali Darwish, Assistant Executive Director of HMC’s Ambulance Service. Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula One of the major steps taken by the Hamad Medical Corporation’s Ambulance Service related to COVID-19 was to protect the paramedics and patients by providing personal protective equipment, following decontamination measures and set a schedule for smooth transportation of patients. Also […]
Strong winds and hotter days in June: QMD
File photo by Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Doha: Summer will officially begin tomorrow as June is the first summer month. June could also bring strong wind in the day time. The daily mean temperature in June is 34.7 degree Celsius and the highest recorded temperature is 49.1 degree Celsius in 2010. The lowest […]
Mosques reopen in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem amid coronavirus woes
A Saudi man wearing a protective face mask performs the Al-Fajr prayer inside the Al-Rajhi Mosque, after the announcement of the easing of lockdown measures amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri By Aya Batrawy / AP Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened Sunday […]
Registration of multiple lease contracts in one certificate allowed
File photo by Kammutty VP © The Peninsula Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula Individuals and institutions are now allowed to register multiple lease contracts in one certificate online, according to updated terms and conditions on real estate lease contract registration published by Qatar e-Government Portal – Hukoomi. A grace period of two months for registration […]
Qatar Petroleum announces petrol and diesel prices for June
The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced today the prices for super and premium grade petrol and diesel for June. QP has retained the same prices from May. QP website showed that premium grade petrol will cost QR1.00 per litre in June and Super will be available for QR1.05 per litre same as […]
Two more deaths from Covid-19 in Qatar; 4451 recoveries and 1,648 new cases on May 31
The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health today announced 1,648 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 4,451 people having recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered people in Qatar to 30,290. The Ministry also announced two deaths due to the virus. The reason for the large increase […]
Discharging COVID-19 patients after 14 days safe: HMC official
Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula The new protocol to discharge COVID-19 patients after two weeks even if they test positive for the virus is safe as the infectivity levels have been found to plunge to zero after 10 days, said a senior virologist at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Qatar introduced the new protocol and […]