‘Exhibitions / Events in Qatar’ Archives
Forum holds Tagore’s birth anniversary valedictory event
Indian expatriate forum Bangiya Parishad recently held the valedictory function of the year-long sesquicentennial (150th birth anniversary) celebrations of national poet Rabindra Nath Tagore at a gathering at Doha Modern Indian School (DMIS). Tagore (1861-1941)), popularly known as “Gurudev” was the first Asian poet to win the Nobel prize. As [...]
IOC to pick finalists for 2020 Summer Olympics
As the torch relay traverses Britain ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Games, the IOC is looking much further ahead: Where will the Olympic flame burn eight years from now? Against a backdrop of global financial turmoil and political uncertainty, International Olympic Committee leaders meet in Quebec City this week to select a [...]
AudienceView Selected by Qatar National Convention Centre
TORONTO, May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AudienceView has been selected as the in-house ticketing and patron-management solution for the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), which opened in Doha in late 2011. QNCC is one of the most sophisticated and environmentally friendly convention centres in the world. Among its facilities, QNCC boasts [...]
Citi launches new wealth management service centre in Qatar
Citi launched its International Personal Bank Europe, Middle East and Africa (Citi IPB EMEA) Service Centre in Qatar with an event held at the Four Seasons, Doha on May 14th 2012. The move affirms the bank's aspiration, as it celebrates its 200th Anniversary, to address the growing needs of affluent clients in the Middle East region. Citi IPB [...]
Doha : Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC) Completes Glorious 20 Years
Doha, May 16: Mangaloreans are a rare breed indeed. Today Mangaloreans do not only refer to those who are born and brought up in Mangalore and around. The people living across the length and breadth of undivided Dakshina Kannada are broadly termed Mangaloreans. There might be various geographical, cultural and linguistic reasons for this. But what [...]
Conference to mark global Museum Day
DOHA: Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) will be holding a conference on the occasion of the International Museum Day, highlighting the theme of the celebration this year: “Museums in Changing World. New Challenges, New Inspiration”. QMA will also be celebrating its new membership in the International Council of Museums (ICOM) during the event [...]
Allyson Felix speeds up event speculation
DALLAS -- Allyson Felix's appearance at the U.S. Olympic Media Summit was the last leg of an around-the-world sprint of a road trip -- a very successful one. Felix won a pair of 100-meter races in Kawasaki, Japan, and Doha, Qatar, within a week's time, the latter in a career-best time of 10.92 seconds over a strong Diamond League field that [...]
All eyes on Doha
The outdoor athletics season gets under way properly on Friday when the Qatar Sports Club hosts the first leg of the prestigious 14-meet Diamond League, with all eyes on this summer's Olympic Games in London. Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt will be absent, however, having preferred to make his season debut on home soil last weekend (with a [...]
London 2012: Olympic sport this week
MAJOR EVENTS THIS WEEK ATHLETICS - Diamond League, Doha (11 May); Doha hosts the first major outdoor event of 2012 as the Diamond League season gets underway. Among those in action are 800m world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya, while Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter aim to make an early impression in the absence of [...]
Former Indian judge to attend Tulu Koota event
Former Indian Supreme Court judge, Nitte Santosh Hegde (pictured), will be the guest of honour at the 11th annual day celebrations of Tulu Koota Qatar, to be held at the Doha Cinema on May 11 at 5pm. Hegde is also the former Karnataka Lok Ayukta (ombudsman). Indian Ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa will be the chief guest at the event. Tulu Koota [...]
