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QATAR | Page 5 SPORT | Page 12 Johnson wins fi rst major golf title INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 4 – 10, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Panel discusses REGION 11 BUSINESS 1 – 7, 12 – 16 amid rules 17,805.08 9,825.25 49.19 ARAB WORLD 12 CLASSIFIED 9 – 11 recruitment of +129.92 +19.64 +1.21 INTERNATIONAL 13 – 25 SPORTS 1 – 12 controversy +0.74% +0.20% +2.52% domestic workers Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 TUESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10126 June 21, 2016 Ramadan 16, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir holds talks with Erdogan Qatar research In brief REGION | Politics aims to reduce Bahrain strips top Shia cleric of citizenship Bahrain’s top Shia religious authority, Ayatollah Isa Qassim, has been stripped of his nationality, the country’s interior ministry said yesterday. Qassim, 79, is considered solar costs the spiritual leader of the country’s leading opposition grouping, Al- The aim is to demonstrate a as well as being at the forefront of next Wefaq, which the authorities closed new type of thin-film solar cell, generation thin-fi lm technologies,” he down last week. The ministry capable of environmentally- continued. charged that, since acquiring acceptable large-scale production According to Dr al-Subai, the new Bahraini nationality, Qassim HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani with Turkish President Recep Tayyip at a manufacturing cost of below developments that are coming up at had “established organisations Erdogan in Istanbul. The Emir, who was on a short off icial visit to Turkey on Sunday, $0.50 per watt Qeeri are outdoor testing of bifacial following a foreign political discussed with President Erdogan strategic relations between the two countries modules, which produce energy from inspiration and had played a major and ways to develop them further in various fields. During their meeting, which was By Joseph Varghese light falling on both their front and role in creating an atmosphere of held at the Presidential Huber Palace in Istanbul on Sunday evening, the two sides Staff Reporter back which may be ideal for building- sectarian extremism”. Page 11 exchanged views on regional and international developments. They also discussed integrated PV systems. the two countries’ eff orts to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations “Also, at the Solar Test facility, locat- in order to achieve security and peace in the region and the world. HH the Emir he Qatar Environment and En- ed at the Qatar Science and Technology INDIA | Economy returned to Doha yesterday morning. Page 4 ergy Research Institute (Qeeri) Dr Khalid al-Subai: Qeeri’s acting Park, we are testing novel materials that Delhi eases foreign Tis engaged in intensive eff orts executive director. will cool PV modules during the day to increase the effi ciency of Photo- and prevent condensation at night. Our investment rules voltaics (PV) and producing solar en- solar cell which includes a perovskite modelling team is predicting which lo- India yesterday announced a ergy at a signifi cantly low cost. structured compound, most com- cations in Qatar may have least soiling, sweeping relaxation of foreign Qeeri is one of the three research monly a hybrid organic-inorganic and our materials experts are testing direct investment (FDI) rules institutes of Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni- lead or tin halide-based material, as and developing ‘anti-soiling coatings’ in civil aviation, defence and a EC president issues versity under Qatar Foundation for the light-harvesting active layer. Per- which may lessen the need for clean- string of other sectors as part of Education, Science and Community ovskite materials are cheap to produce ing,” said Dr al-Subai. eff orts to open up the economy. Development. and simple to manufacture. The new laboratory building for The government freed up nine appeal to UK voters “A key initiative is our ATHLOC “The current global PV industry Qeeri will be ready soon. areas of the economy, including project, which stands for Advanced has billions of dollars invested in cur- “We will install state-of-the-art allowing foreign companies to Thin-fi lm Hybrid Low Cost Photo- rent manufacturing technologies, so instruments for studying PV ageing wholly own local airlines as it looks Reuters Tusk will chair the next summit of voltaics,” Dr Khalid al-Subai, acting we are trying to achieve incremental and reliability at the new lab,” Dr al- to spur investment in the country. Lisbon European Union leaders next Tues- executive director, Qeeri, told Gulf improvements in existing silicon cells Subai said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi day and Wednesday in Brussels, when Times. tweeted that the “radical” changes they will discuss how to respond to The aim is to demonstrate a new A place in the sun would make “India the most open uropean Council President Don- whether Britons have voted to stay or type of thin-fi lm solar cell of conver- economy in the world for FDI”. ald Tusk yesterday issued a direct go. sion-effi ciency in the region of 20%, Qatar is an excellent environment for crystalline silicon, thin film, and concentrat- Page 21 Eappeal to British voters, urging “In no way are we downplaying the and capable of environmentally ac- silicon and thin-film modules because ing PV,” Dr Khalid al-Subai, acting executive them to stay in the EU at a referendum economic costs that would accompany ceptable large-scale production at a of its abundant sunshine, it has been director, Qeeri, said. “The silicon and thin- on Thursday and saying Brexit would Brexit,” he said. “I have no doubt, how- manufacturing cost of below $0.50 found after three years of testing various film modules produced 45% more energy ASIA | Strategy weaken not just Europe but the West- ever, that we are already prepared for per watt. photovoltaics (PV) technologies at the in Qatar than in Germany. However, the Nations step up ern world. the day after the referendum.” “We also have a silicon growth lab Solar Test Facility at the Qatar Science and diff use sunlight was a disadvantage for “I would like to appeal to the Brit- If Prime Minister David Cameron and several experts are working on Technology Park. most kinds of concentrating PV. We also piracy battle ish citizens, on behalf, I know that for a delivers a formal notice of Britain’s in- perovskite solar cell which is a focus “This March, we completed three years found that cleaning PV modules every two Indonesia, Malaysia and the fact, of almost all Europeans and Euro- tent to leave the EU, the other 27 lead- of much research and development of testing and have covered all major months, plus rain, kept dust losses to just Philippines yesterday agreed to pean leaders: Stay with us,” the former ers will have to set up a negotiating sys- worldwide.” technologies in the market, including 8%,” he stated. designate a transit corridor for Polish premier who chairs EU summits tem to settle terms for divorce. A perovskite solar cell is a type of commercial vessels crossing a said on a visit to Portugal. If Britons vote to stay, then next maritime zone hit by a spate of “Without you, not only Europe, but week’s summit will discuss push- hijackings by I militants in the the whole Western community will be- ing through a special deal agreed with southern Philippines. Nearly 20 come weaker. Together, we will be able Cameron in February. Indonesian and Malaysian tugboat to cope with increasingly diffi cult chal- Tusk has urged leaders to consid- crew have been kidnapped by lenges of the future.” er why voters, not just in Britain but Google to off er better health search results the Abu Sayyaf militants this year, EU leaders have refrained from en- across the bloc, are disillusioned with with Jakarta airing fears that the gaging very directly in the campaign in the European Union and has cautioned problem could reach levels seen off Britain for fear that would be counter- against those who advocate pressing on AFP collaboration with Harvard Medical and what might warrant a doctor’s the coast of Somalia. Page 24 productive. with closer political integration with- Washington School and the Mayo Clinic. visit,” the post said. But they have long insisted they out public support. 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