The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Department of Public Hygiene, in cooperation with Al-Shamal Municipality, carried out daily cleaning of the northern beaches, removing approximately 124 tonnes of waste during the Eid Al-Adha holidays.
The department has increased the number of waste containers on the beaches due to the increase number of visitors to the northern beaches, which include Al-Jassassia Beach, located north of Al-Huwaila area and is 1.5 kilometres long and has 40 containers"...

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has reminded the schools to ensure that only 30 percent students attend the schools from September 1 to 3, 2020 under ‘3-Phases Back-to-School Plan’ for 2020-21 academic year.

Schools have the flexibility to organise the attendance of the students according to number of divisions at each class level to ensure that only one-third of students attend a day during first three days (September"...

Doha: The Government Communications Office (GCO) yesterday announced that new quarantine policies for those entering Qatar have come into effect.

For arrival to Qatar from low-risk countries, the GCO said on its Twitter account that these people will need to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival to the airport, unless they have obtained a COVID-19-free certificate from an accredited COVID-19 testing centre abroad less than 48 hours before travel.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and We Mean Business, a global nonprofit coalition working with businesses to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy, today announced they have partnered to establish the world’s most comprehensive effort to drive companies to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions reduction goals. The We Mean Business coalition works with over 1,200 companies, with a total market capitalization of more than $24.8 trillion, to drive business action and policy ambition on climate change and increase chances"...

The first WHO enlisted global clinical Phase III trial of Sinopharm CNBG’s inactivated vaccine to combat COVID-19 has started in Abu Dhabi, inspired by the UAE Leadership’s commitment to overcome the pandemic through a global collaborative effort.

H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman of the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, was the first in the world to commence the trial of a Phase III inactivated vaccine for COVID-19"...

Today the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) announced the launch of ‘World Defense Show’. The show will take center stage in the global defense show circuit, offering exhibitors and visitors the opportunity to participate in Saudi Arabia’s first truly integrated defense show.

Founded by GAMI, World Defense Show is focused on interoperability across air, land, sea, security innovative"...

Qatar will soon launch a jobs portal for Qataris in line with a Cabinet-approved draft decision on determining the ratio of Qatari to non-Qatari employees in the private sector.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft decision to increase the percentage of Qataris working in state-owned companies, in firms where the state has invested more than 60 percent of the capital and in entities that are subject to the retirement and pension laws.
Abdullah Muslim Al Dosari, the Assistant Undersecretary for Development"...

Doha: Officials from Al-Rayyan Municipality carried out 1476 inspections on food establishments in various parts of the municipality in June.

Following the inspections, 45 violation reports, 35 reconciliation reports and 4 violation reports were referred to security authorities and 9 food establishments were closed for violation.

Veterinarians working at the central automated"...

Doha: The State of Qatar participated today in the ministerial conference to launch a global declaration on the digital response to the Coronavirus pandemic, entitled 'Bridging the Digital Divides: The Digital Response to Corona virus Pandemic'

Qatar was represented by State Minister for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi. His Excellency expressed, in the State of Qatar's speech to the conference, the support of the country"...