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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Ashwin spins India to victory INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-9, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 REGION 10 BUSINESS 1-6, 12-16 over Ahlibank EGM okays 20,933.43 10,416.89 53.11 ARAB WORLD 10, 11 CLASSIFIED 7-12 -20.91 -205.65 -0.09 INTERNATIONAL 12-25 SPORTS 1–8 rise in bank capital Australia -0.10% -1.94% -0.17% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10386 March 8, 2017 Jumada II 9, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM meets Pakistan’s army chief In brief Ooredoo to power drone QATAR | Statistics MoI conducts 71.5mn transactions in 2016 Qatar’s Ministry of Interior said yesterday that it completed more project for than 71.5mn transactions in 2016. The figure amounts to a monthly average of 5,963,781 and daily 198,793 transactions. The average number of transaction per hour was 8,283 with 138 transactions every saving lives minute. The number of electronic services was 47,948,796 which By Peter Alagos project. Ooredoo is sponsoring the buoy amounts 67% of entire transactions HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani met yesterday with the visiting Business Reporter by providing Wi-Fi connectivity to the and the number of transactions Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and his accompanying delegation. Talks during the meeting covered drone and the buoy via the Ooredoo Su- through the service centres were bilateral relations and ways to enhance them, as well as issues of mutual concern. pernet,” Abdelhady told Gulf Times. 23,616,571 that marked 33%. The life-saving drone project devel- Next month, Abdelhady said n-GON figure reflects the progress the oped by a Qatari startup aims will work on the proof of concept with ministry has made in providing A to revolutionise emergency and the MoI, which will identify the coastal services electronically. Page 8 rescue operations, specifi cally near areas where the buoys would be de- coastal areas around Qatar, using state- ployed. The proposed target date to of-the-art connectivity solutions from launch the project would be “in the be- ARAB WORLD | Confl ict Ooredoo. ginning of 2018,” he said. Iraqi forces retake govt Stiff penalties for food Dubbed ‘Ooredoo Rescue’, the “We are currently waiting for ap- project utilises a solar-powered buoy provals from the MoI and discussions HQ, museum in Mosul that alerts a drone once it detects an are still ongoing before the project goes Iraqi forces said yesterday they had emergency such as drowning incidents. online,” he said. seized the main government off ices Tech startup n-GON has proposed to Citing statistics from the World in Mosul and its famed museum as safety violations deploy as many as 30 buoys around Health Organisation, Abdelhady said they made steady progress in their the country to assist the coast guard in there are at least 15 drowning incidents battle to retake the city’s west from he Advisory Council has ap- tion of bad or expired food, the pen- the authority concerned, the penalty monitoring marine activities. around the Gulf region per year. “The militants. The advances, which also proved a draft law to amend alty shall be imprisonment of two to shall be from two weeks and up two n-GON CEO Amr Abdelhady said ‘Ooredoo Rescue’ project could help included the recapture of three Tsome of the stipulations of Law four years, with a fi ne of QR15,000 and months in jail and a fi ne of QR300 and Ooredoo is sponsoring the buoys, minimise these incidents,” he said, neighbourhoods, were announced No 8 for 1990 on the Regulation of up to QR30,000. The penalty shall be up to QR2,000 or any of such penal- which will maximise the strength of adding that the proposed Phase 2 of the on the third day of a renewed Human Food Control. doubled if the crime resulted in death. ties. the telecommunications company’s project is geared towards border patrol off ensive against the IS group in These modifi cations include a pen- Also, attempt of committing such Food unfi t for consumption will 4G network via the Ooredoo Supernet and anti-smuggling operations. west Mosul - the largest remaining alty of a minimum six months in jail crimes will be punishable by the same be confi scated and destroyed at the to communicate with the rescue drone “Currently, the drone is manufac- urban stronghold in the “caliphate” IS and a maximum of one year in addition penalties. expense of the violator. Besides, the and command control centre. tured in the UK but we are planning declared in 2014. Page 11 to a fi ne ranging from QR7,000 and up For violating the regulations of erring outlet shall be closed for a pe- The buoy, 5m in diameter, is to start manufacturing it in Qatar very to QR15,000, or any of such penal- importing or handling food prod- riod ranging from one to three months, equipped with infra-red sensors, cam- soon,” he added. ties for handling food products unfi t ucts, the penalty shall be a maxi- with the penalty doubled in case of eras, and night vision cameras. Once it ‘Ooredoo Rescue’ is among the latest AFRICA | Disaster for human consumption. The penalty mum of one year in jail and a fine of repeat off ence. The closure decision detects an emergency within its range, technologies showcased at the Oore- UN chief’s aid plea to shall be doubled in case of repeat of- QR15,000 maximum or any of such shall be published in two local dailies the buoy will send a distress signal to doo booth during ‘Qitcom 2017’, which fence. penalties. with the cost paid by the violator. Also, the command control centre at the concludes today. avert Somalia famine In the event of causing a perma- In case of releasing seized food the convict shall be deported in case of Ministry of Interior (MoI), which will Aside from showcasing its data ex- UN Secretary General Antonio nent disability due to the consump- products without the prior approval of non-Qataris. receive a live video of the incident be- perience leadership with a range of ad- Guterres yesterday launched an fore the drone is deployed. vanced solutions, Ooredoo presented urgent appeal to avert a famine in The drone is equipped with an infl at- its 5G technology, data centre and cy- drought-stricken Somalia, calling able life raft, which will be released once bersecurity solutions, smart stadium for $825mn in international aid. it reaches the victim. After deploying concepts, the latest mHealth and con- “Urgent action is needed from the the life raft, the drone will return to the nected home technologies, and smart international community,” Guterres command control centre to get another technology for residences in Qatar. said after meeting Somali President Turkey asks Germany not life raft. It will then return and land Shah A M Kamaly, assistant director Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on the buoy, which is equipped with a – Ideation Management at Ooredoo, Farmajo in Mogadishu. The UN wireless charging station and a water told Gulf Times that Ooredoo’s ‘Con- chief said the money was needed turbine, Abdelhady explained. nected Health’ and ‘Smart Screening to support 5.5mn people for six to preach about democracy “We have signed an agreement with System’ would help enhance health- months and prevent “suff ering that Ooredoo, and we are the fi rst Qatari care and medical services in Qatar. is absolutely unacceptable in the drone startup to present this type of Pages 9, 28 modern world.” Page 12 AFP local authorities banned rallies that a breakfast in Berlin and visit a tour- Hamburg Turkish offi cials were due to address ism fair. TODAY’S EDITION INCLUDES to raise support among expatriate vot- Tensions have been rocketing be- SOCIETY MAGAZINE ers for a referendum in April on boost- tween Nato allies Turkey and Germany urkish Foreign Minister Mevlut ing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s over the past week after the cancella- FREE COPY Cavusoglu asked Berlin not to powers. tion of several rallies where Turkish Tpreach about democracy and “Germany must not intervene in cabinet ministers were due to whip up JUJUSTT FOOR human rights amid a mounting row our elections and out referendum,” he support for a “yes” vote in the April 16 sparked by Germany’s refusal to allow said. “Those who want to say ‘Yes’ in referendum. MOM meetings aimed at gathering votes to the referendum are being blocked and Erdogan escalated the crisis over the extend the Turkish president’s pow- that is not right.” weekend, likening the cancellations to ers. Local authorities had called off a “Nazi practices,” drawing a sharp re- “Please, don’t give us lessons in hu- rally in Hamburg where Cavusoglu sponse from Berlin. man rights and democracy,” the min- was due to speak, citing fi re safety He also warned Germany not to ister said, as he spoke to a crowd of concerns. block him from making an appearance some 200 Turkish government sup- Police said about 250 opponents of if he wished. March 2017 MARVELLOUS IDEAS FOR porters gathered at the residence of Erdogan gathered near the consulate. Cavusoglu said the rally cancella- THE SECRET OF CARB CYCLING THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES INCREDIBLE ICELAND their country’s consul in the northern Cavusoglu said he would meet today tions were “unacceptable” and remi- MARCH city of Hamburg.