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The coalition government in Karnataka fell yesterday after beleaguered Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy lost a trust vote in the assembly by six votes.
The floor test was held after a four-day long marathon debate on the confidence motion Kumaraswamy moved on July 18.
“Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has lost the floor test, as 99 votes were in favour of the confidence...
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor yesterday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the developments in Karnataka saying the party that banned cattle auctions had conducted one successfully in the southern state.“The party that banned cattle auctions has successfully conducted one in Karnataka! My admiration for the courage and principle shown by D K Shivakumar and...
India’s foreign minister issued a strenuous denial to an infuriated opposition in parliament yesterday, after US President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited him to mediate in the bloody conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir.
While Pakistan has often sought third-party mediation in the decades-old dispute which has cost tens of thousands of lives, the idea is anathema...
Doha Festival City (DHFC), Qatar’s unique, world-class retail, entertainment and dining destination, collaborated with the Mawater Centre to bring classic and modified cars for guests to view as part of the mall’s host of summer activities.
The event, which started on July 22 and runs until August 11, gives visitors the opportunity to see and discover award-winning motor vehicles during...
High school students with a passion for science had the opportunity to explore careers in medicine at two summer enrichment programmes offered by Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q).
A total of 73 students were invited to spend two weeks at WCM-Q participating in the Qatar Medical Explorer Programme (QMEP) and the Pre-College Enrichment Programme (PCEP).
The programmes, run twice a...
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s (MME) Public Gardens Departments and Al Shamal Municipality has announced that Al Shamal Park will be exclusively open to women and children under 12 years. The playgrounds of the park will be accessible for children under 15. These decisions are in response to the demands of the Central Municipal Council.
Source:gulf-times.com
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) along with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Qatar Cancer Society (QCS), partnered once again to strengthen their existing efforts to raise awareness about skin cancer throughout the summer months starting June.
Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. It occurs when unrepaired DNA damage to skin...
Ooredoo announced yesterday that it is seeing strong success on transforming business collaboration with the most advanced unified communications solutions.
Qatar organisations are rapidly adopting Ooredoo’s business collaboration solution instead of sourcing their communication services from multiple providers. As a result, they can benefit from an all-in-one solution offering IP Telephony at the office, collaboration applications and devices, and a host...
Qatar Charity (QC) has received food baskets from students of Stenden University of Applied Sciences-Qatar (SUAS-Q), which are to be distributed among workers in the country.
This comes as part of the ‘Our Good for our People’ campaign and in line with the interest of Qatar Charity to activate the role of students in the service of society, as well...
The Entertainment City at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre will reopen on August 9 to provide Eid al-Adha holiday-goers with another one-of-its-kind entertainment experience, it was announced.
“We have seen big number of visitors at the Entertainment City, and as a result of that, it will reopen again on August 9,” said Khalid al-Jumaili from the Qatar National Tourism...
QIC Insured, the retail arm of Qatar Insurance, is offering business insurance to the food and beverage (F&B) segment of Qatar’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector.
In response to the rising number of restaurants, cafeterias, and other entrepreneurial ventures in Qatar, QIC Insured offers business insurance that aims at facilitating entrepreneurs in growing their restaurant or cafeteria business, and...
Parents, educators and researchers attended a hands-on training workshop focused on children’s safety at Qatar National Library recently.
Sidra Medicine’s Life Support Training team, led by Nadim Osseily, presented the session on drowning prevention, with a demonstration on the necessary steps to prevent drowning and suffocation.
Experts engaged the participants in practical activities, including a live exercise on a ventilator. The...
Not everyone gets to be a global citizen.
That’s one takeaway from Henley & Partners’ annual report on the world’s most powerful nationalities and passports. The report, released last week, ranked France as the country with the most powerful nationality, and Somalia as the weakest. The overall index factored in the number of countries citizens can travel to visa-free and the other...
Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha yesterday said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should head the party.
“It’s my humble appeal that she would be apt as the party president to lead ahead. It will be a shot in the arm,” Sinha tweeted.
He said Priyanka’s leadership will be a boost for the Congress party in particular and political parties...
