Doha Today

Lilly likens Alzheimer’s race to 1920s insulin quest 13 Dec 2012 - 10:33 am

by Ransdell Pierson Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is confident it will do for Alzheimer’s patients what it did almost a century ago...

QP, HBKU, Qatargas and Shell professionals complete Tafawoq learning programmes 13 Dec 2012 - 10:32 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry, and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Dr...

Café Ceramique receives Q-Platinum Award 13 Dec 2012 - 10:31 am

Boecker Public Health, the renowned food safety giant, conferred the Q-Platinum Award on Café Ceramique certifying that Café Ceramique’s premises, front/back of house,...

Society of Petroleum Engineers focuses on safety 13 Dec 2012 - 10:30 am

The Qatar section of ‘The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ held its last technical meeting of the calendar year with a lecturer by Dr...

IIS supports cancer patients 13 Dec 2012 - 10:29 am

Ideal Indian School has donated QR41,295 to Qatar National Cancer Society, which works to help cancer patients in Qatar. The money was collected...

SIS observes International Volunteers’ Day 13 Dec 2012 - 10:28 am

All the Scouts, Guides and other students of Shantiniketan Indian School observed International Volunteers’ Day at the school’s Barwa Campus. The event was...

Park House students awarded outstanding learner awards 13 Dec 2012 - 10:27 am

School officials with the award winners. Students of Park House have been awarded Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards from the Cambridge International Examinations held...

A working community 13 Dec 2012 - 10:26 am

Yousif Al Mufta has no qualms about asking people to buy the coffee and pastries he is selling together with his classmates at...

Argon Global and Sanskriti launch AG Inspire series 13 Dec 2012 - 10:25 am

Argon Global and Sanskriti officials at the press conference. Argon Global, a business house in Qatar, and Sanskriti, a socio-cultural organization in Qatar,...

Youth Forum organises traffic awareness campaigns 13 Dec 2012 - 10:24 am

Youth Forum, a socio-cultural organisation of young Indian expatriates, organised traffic awareness programmes under the patronage of the Traffic Department of the Ministry...

Stenden students excel at Model United Nations Conference in Bahrain 13 Dec 2012 - 10:21 am

Following an invitation from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage in Qatar, students of Stenden University Qatar officially represented Qatar’s higher education...

MODELLING IN QATAR: ‘The market is opening up for us’ 13 Dec 2012 - 07:47 am

by Isabel Ovalle Modelling offers many career opportunities in Qatar, more than one would expect in a conservative Middle Eastern country. With a...

IDENTITY STRUGGLE: 12 Dec 2012 - 04:44 am

BADER: A SLICE OF THE SOCIETY By Fazeena Saleem Bader, a documentary film about vandalism, tribalism and identity in an independent boys’ school...

Media Scan December 12 12 Dec 2012 - 04:42 am

• Many Qatar University students hope to see a different graduation ceremony that will involve all graduates of the campus. • Since the...

Bill Murray brings his charm to the role of FDR 11 Dec 2012 - 12:31 am

by Ann Hornaday A long time ago, there was a restaurant in New York called Asti, where the waiters sang opera while they...

Media Scan December 11 11 Dec 2012 - 12:31 am

• Primary Health Care Corporation appreciated for its efforts to ensure the safety of patients and improve services to international standards. • Complaints...

Apple Maps could be life-threatening: Australian police 11 Dec 2012 - 12:29 am

by Charles Arthur Using Apple’s new maps system could be potentially life-threatening, police in Mildura, Australia, have warned, after a number of people...

Becoming the voice of a generation 11 Dec 2012 - 12:22 am

by Eva Wiseman Tavi Gevinson and I are emailing at night – 11pm my time, “free period” at school hers. She’s telling me...