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Birla Public School Dental Camp 14 Jan 2014 - 09:35 am

Birla Public School organised a Dental Camp for the student of KGI at BPS Kids Valley in co-ordination with Dr Princy George from...

Pak Pakhtu Adabi Tolana Doha Qatar 14 Jan 2014 - 09:33 am

Pak Pakhtu Adabi Tolana Doha Qatar, a literary organisation of expats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, under the patronage of Pakistan embassy, elected its...

MES pupil wins literary award 14 Jan 2014 - 09:32 am

MES Indian School pupil Afeeda Fermis won ‘Sahiti Puraskaram’, a literary award for her story Gamanam in the short story contest recently. The...

Golden Globes kicks off awards season 14 Jan 2014 - 05:09 am

By Peter Bradshaw The Golden Globes are often seen as a cheerfully rackety outfit given colossal importance simply by preceding the Oscars, but...

Uniqlo’s design director talks about the difficulty of simplicity 13 Jan 2014 - 01:57 pm

By Sanae Nokura Uniqlo Co, Japan’s leading fast-fashion retailer, now has 1,300 stores in 14 countries and territories. Naoki Takizawa, 53, is the...

H&M lines up to compete in booming sportswear market 13 Jan 2014 - 01:56 pm

By Emma Thomasson and Victoria Bryan Hennes & Mauritz, the world’s second-biggest clothing retailer, is launching a new sportswear line with the help...

Exceptional films compete for Oscars 13 Jan 2014 - 01:55 pm

By Rory Carroll A diet of bubblegum blockbusters and inane sequels has exposed Hollywood for years to accusations of undermining western civilisation, or...

Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet 13 Jan 2014 - 01:54 pm

By Kate Kelland Resolutions to lose weight are often made in January yet almost as frequently abandoned as heavy hopefuls find diets that...

Smartphones replace keys in smart door locks 13 Jan 2014 - 01:54 pm

Gabriel Bestard-Ribas got tired of his house keys scratching his smartphone in his pocket, so he combined them. The result was a Goji...

In Focus: by Ruqaiyya Mohammed Jamiu 13 Jan 2014 - 01:53 pm

A view from Al Shamal Beach.

Who’s who: Mohammed M Al Mulla, Chief Executive Officer, Al-Shaheen Weatherfo 13 Jan 2014 - 01:52 pm

Mohammed M Al Mulla, Chief Executive Officer, Al-Shaheen Weatherford Mohammed Mahmoud Al Mulla graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1982 with a BSc...

Media Scan January 13, 2014 13 Jan 2014 - 01:51 pm

• Some people demanded that authorities put in place rules and regulations to enforce vehicle owners to keep their number plates when they...

Alfardan Premier Motors certified as body repair centre 13 Jan 2014 - 01:51 pm

Alfardan Premier Motors, importer of Jaguar and Land Rover in Qatar, has been accredited by Jaguar Land Rover Mena as a certified body...

Registration open for first Ultimate Mountain Biking Championship 13 Jan 2014 - 01:50 pm

Ultimate Concepts & Shift Events & Exhibitions in association with Qatar Cycling Federation, Padyak Qatar and Lusail City will showcase the first Ultimate...

Nescafe Dolce Gusto 13 Jan 2014 - 01:49 pm

Nestlè has rolled out Nescafe Dolce Gusto multi-beverage system to more than 70 markets worldwide. Dolce Gusto Genio machine is available in red...

Vodafone expands retail presence 13 Jan 2014 - 01:49 pm

Vodafone Qatar has recently expanded its retail presence at Al Meera Consumer Goods (QSC) stores and Woqod, setting up Vodafone kiosks at Al...

McDonald’s offers chance to watch World Cup match in Brazil 13 Jan 2014 - 11:18 am

McDonald’s Middle East and Africa announced the details of its Fifa World Cup competition, in which millions of prizes will be up for...

Lulu-Energizer promotion Mega Draw 13 Jan 2014 - 11:17 am

The Lulu-Energizer promotion Mega Draw was held yesterday at Lulu Hypermarket, D-Ring Road branch, under the supervision of Jassim Muhammad Al Thani, Inspector...