TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 2019 DHU AL-HIJJAH 26, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4723 QR 2 FINE Fajr: 3:53 am Dhuhr: 11:36 am HIGH : 39°C Asr: 3:05 pm Maghrib: 6:00 pm LOW : 32°C Isha: 7:30 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 10 Sports 14 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Oil falls as US-Iran optimism IAAF World Championships Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera faces US-China trade deal hopes Doha 2019 medals revealed alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 200 MILLION MAN-HOURS AT QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP STADIUM PROJECTS Govt keen on quality Qatar, Mozambique education: Minister sign air transport agreement Several steps taken QNA to improve quality of DOHA education: Hammadi QATAR and Mozambique have signed the final agree- QNA ment for comprehensive air DOHA transport which allows the national carrier to operate MINISTER of Education and any number of flights be- Higher Education HE Dr Mo- tween the two countries. hammed bin Abdul Wahed The agreement was al Hammadi has stressed the signed by Qatar’s Civil Avia- quality of the educational pro- tion Authority (CAA) Chair- cess, including the services Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Dr Mohammed bin man HE Abdulla bin Nasser provided by the ministry to the Abdul Wahed al Hammadi at a meeting on Monday. Turki al Subaey and Vice public. Minister of Transport and Workers celebrate 200 million man-hours at eight Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup stadium projects. He said the ministry has the personnel affairs commit- Higher Education, praised Communications of Mozam- taken several steps to enhance tee, and to submit their sugges- the role of school leadership bique Manuela Joaquim. the quality of education such tions and opinions, stressing in advancing the educational Through the agreement, as the development of cur- that no one is prevented from process. first initialed between both ricula and learning resources, expressing his/her opinion. He said principals are the countries in 2012, Qatar Air- and attention to the quality of He called for preserving real leaders in the educational ways operates three weekly Student registration, transfer to be teachers, development of test- the secrets of the work of the field, and the education poli- passenger flights to Maputo, ing mechanisms and proce- ministry. “We do not prevent cies give them the necessary Mozambique. dures and the creation of an constructive criticism. We en- power to run their schools. through school administrations attractive school environment. courage it, but that must be Fawzia Abdulaziz al Khat- This came in a speech at through official channels,” he er, Assistant Undersecretary QNA nationals, children of GCC na- the annual meeting organised said. for Educational Affairs, point- Trump ready to DOHA tionals and children of Qatari by the ministry with the prin- “We want the principal to ed out the need to implement nationals is December 31, 2014 cipals of public schools on the be inspirational, creative, in- the directives of the country’s meet Rouhani THE Ministry of Education and for preparatory the cut off occasion of the start of the new novative and distinguished top leadership on education, and Higher Education has an- date for admission is December academic year 2019-2020. in his work and outputs,” he especially with regard to dili- S President Donald Trump nounced that student registra- 31, 2013. The ministry called on The minister called on said, stressing the importance gence, creativity and inde- Usaid on Monday at the G7 tion or transfer will be through all parties to pay attention to the employees of the ministry of continuous training and de- pendent thinking, construc- summit that he is prepared to school administrations. In case students. to express their views freely velopment in the educational tive initiatives and attention to meet his Iranian counterpart of any problem, a paper applica- transfer of students. Assistant Undersecretary through their official channels process. educational achievement in all within weeks in what would tion form will be used and sent The ministry on August 21 for Educational Affairs at the such as the teachers advisory HE Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh disciplines, self-reliance and amount to a stunning change of by the school to the department opened the registration and Ministry of Education and committee, advisory commit- al Nuaimi, Undersecretary of the fight against laziness and direction in the two countries’ of admission and registration at transfer of students in pub- Higher Education Fawzia al tee for school principals and the Ministry of Education and dependency. smouldering standoff. The poten- the ministry. lic schools once again for the Khater said during her visit tial breakthrough was announced In this regard, the ministry academic year 2019-20 for all to Jaber Ben Hayan Primary by Trump and French President called on parents to visit the levels which will continue till School for Boys, the ministry Emmanuel Macron, who said he schools to register and trans- September 5. Registration and is looking forward to a success- would facilitate the first face- fer their children. The ministry transfer will be carried out ful academic generation that to-face meeting between the designated two schools — Al by parents from Sept 8 to 19 keeps pace with the develop- WCM-Q, US pharma company to US president and the Iranians. Ahnaf Bin Qays for male ap- through electronic registration ments and requirements of Macron said the “conditions for plicants and Abu Hanifa El- link (http://tasjeel.edu.gov.qa). the modern age. This means a meeting” between Trump and ementary School for female The department of schools that all those involved in the develop new cholesterol drug Iran’s Hassan Rouhani “in the applicants. The schools are affairs has set the cut-off date educational process, including next few weeks” had been cre- made available to respond to for admission for various cat- parents, should play their part QNA apy for rebalancing levels new therapy capable of en- ated through intensive diplomacy the inquiries of parents only, egories of students. The cut-off in encouraging and motivating DOHA of circulating blood lipids hancing the body’s own li- and consultations. (AFP) not to carry out registration or date for kindergarten for Qatari the children. by effectively increasing the pid clearance mechanisms WEILL Cornell Medicine- clearance of atherogenic li- would have the potential to Qatar (WCM-Q) has signed pids and enhancing the pro- further reduce the residual a research agreement with duction of functional, anti- risk of developing these pioneering US biotechnology inflammatory lipid species. conditions and improve the company Moderna Inc to de- Individuals with a high health and quality of life of QNB tops GCC banks with $243 bn assets in H1 velop a new cholesterol-con- ratio of LDL (low-density individuals already at elevat- trolling drug that could lead lipoprotein) to HDL (high- ed CVD risk. ATAR National Bank (QNB) QNB has ranked first in the $2.19 trillion in H1, 2019, $2.02 billion among the GCC to radically improved treat- density lipoprotein) are at The new experimental Qcontinues to hold the GCC nations with total assets compared to $2.01 trillion in banks in the first half of 2019, ments for type 2 diabetes and an elevated risk for develop- therapy will be based on biggest share in total assets rising 5 percent to a record H1-18, as per the Mubasher it said. cardiovascular disease. ing cardiovascular disease the interactions of micro- of listed GCC banks at the high of $243.43 billion at the statistics. For the first six months Under the agreement, (CVD) and far more likely to RNA and messenger RNA, end of the second half (H1) end second half of this finan- One of the leading banks of 2019, QNB’s net profit Moderna, which is based develop conditions such as one of the most exciting and of 2019, a leading financial cial year. in the Middle East, Africa, increased 4 percent compared in Cambridge, Massachu- metabolic syndrome, type 2 promising targets of drug re- website has said. Share of QNB’s asset is and Southeast Asia (MEASEA) to the same period in the setts, will sponsor a study diabetes and cardiovascular search. According to an estimate the biggest in total assets of region, QNB also registered previous year. by WCM-Q researcher to disease. by financial website Mubasher, listed GCC banks that reached the second highest profit of —SATYENDRA PATHAK PAGE 10 develop and test a new ther- A safe and efficacious Continued on page 2 Ô GAZANS QUEUE UP TO RECEIVE QATARI AID Start of new school year most dangerous time for child-pedestrians, warns HMC CATHERINE W GICHUKI go to school by bus, safety precau- “The start of the school year is DOHA tion should be taken at all times the most dangerous time on neigh- — while embarking on bus, on the borhood streets and in school zones AS the new academic year started journey and while alighting. for child-pedestrians, passengers, after a long summer break, Ham- Director of the Hamad Injury and bus riders. There is an increase ad Medical Corporation’s Hamad Prevention Programme Dr Rafael in the number of children walking, Trauma Center has advised road Consunji said, “It has to be some- riding bikes, and cars stopping to users to take extra precautions as one’s responsibility to make sure drop off passengers. Driving quick- the start of the new school year that none of the child is left in the ly through these areas is not only leads to higher volume of cars, bus after everyone disembarks.” prohibited, but also very dangerous buses and pedestrians on the Advising the school bus opera- for children,” he noted.