Photo by Abdul Basit © The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Ministry of Public Health recorded 982 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 1394 people recovering from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered from the disease in Qatar to 81564 cases The total number of positive COVID-19 […]
Month: June 2020
Indian ministry announces 193 flights from Qatar to six states in July-Aug
The Peninsula Online Doha: Indian government has published a list of 193 flights from Qatar to various states of India in the month of July and August as part of the Vande Bharat Mission Phase 4, which repatriates Indian citizen from various parts of the world. As earlier announced IndiGo, an Indian budget carrier, will […]
Petrol and diesel prices to go up in July
The Peninsula Online Doha: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced today the prices of super and premium grade petrol and diesel for July. QP has increased the prices of premium, super and diesel in July. The official website showed that premium grade petrol will cost QR1.10 per litre in July, 10 dirhams more than June and […]
India bans 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, over national security concerns
By Rahul Satija and Saritha Rai / Bloomberg India banned 59 apps from China including the very popular short-video program TikTok, owned by ByteDance, citing threats to its sovereignty, security and public order, as relations between the two nations worsened. Among the blocked apps are those of prominent Chinese technology giants including Alibaba Group’s UC […]
All public parks to reopen from tomorrow
Preparations are in full swing to reopen parks from tomorrow. Sidi Mohamed | The Peninsula The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has announced that all public parks will be reopening from tomorrow. The Ministry tweeted that the visitors should adhere to all precautionary measures such as activating Ehteraz app, undergoing temperature reading and social distancing […]
All retail outlets in malls to open from July 1; no dine-in allowed inside mall restaurants
The Peninsula Online Doha: Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the details for the second stage of the gradual lifting of restrictions on malls, shopping centres and street markets from July 1. While allowing all retail outlets to open in shopping centres, Ministry has instructed restaurants inside malls to do only take away or […]
Ministry to extend working hours of medical commission from Sunday
QNA Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to extend the working hours of the Medical Commission Department, starting Sunday, July 5, 2020, to become from 7 am to 6 pm. The extension of the working hours of the Medical Commission comes in an effort by the MOPH to increase its capacity in parallel with […]
Al Shamal beaches ready to reopen on July 1
The Peninsula Online Doha: Al Shamal Municipality has cleaned and made all necessary preparation at the beaches, which fall under it, as they will be reopened for visitors from July 1, 2020 as part of the second phase of gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Qatar. The beaches will be reopened following the preventive and […]
IndiGo to operate 238 flights from Qatar: Indian Civil Aviation Ministry
Pic: Twitter / IndiGo The Peninsula Online Doha: IndiGo, Indian budget airline, will operate 238 flights from Qatar as part of the Indian government efforts to repatriate its citizens from different countries. Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted that private airlines will participate actively in the Phase 4 of Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) flights. The […]
Awqaf ministry to open more mosques in Phase 2
File picture of a mosque used for representation. Abdul Basit / The Peninsula The Peninsula Online Doha: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs will reopen 305 additional mosques under second phase of gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions from Fajr prayer of July 1, 2020. “Following the procedures of second phase for reopening mosques starting […]