While Indian expats across Qatar brought in Diwali with all sorts of festivities, the Punjabi Association of India – Qatar (PAI) lived up to the famed celebratory fervour of Punjabis by launching into a colourful revelry complete with music, dance, games, gifts, bonhomie, and delicious food.

Dilating on the powerful relationship between food and good health, British expat Sarah Tavola tells Anand Holla, ‘it’s easy to just eat whatever you enjoy without giving too much thought to how it might be beneficial or harmful. So I would urge people to put their health first’

The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) is an institutionalised and incorporated movement of all Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs). It also welcomes people of Nepali origin.

Keane fans feared the band would break up three years ago. They released a greatest hits album, The Best of Keane, and announced an indefinite hiatus.

Sohni Dharti in Al Khor organised a children’s cricket league hotly contested by five teams named after the teams from Pakistan Super League.

It is not just about glitter, gleam and a show of power. These mighty machines too have a softer side to them.

Shah Rukh Khan celebrated his birthday last week and for those who have been following him ever since he burst into Hindi movies in the early 1990s, it is hard to imagine that he has turned 51.

With the completion of 40 days of the swearing in of officers and Council of United Filipino Organisations in Qatar (UFOQ) 2016-2017, the overarching umbrella body of around 165 Filipino organisations in Qatar presented its accomplishment and look-ahead report of this time period — September 22 to O

– Dr Thomas Hawkins, Director, ASD

Over the coming weeks we can expect to hear reports of the pollution in China becoming unbearable.

Over a 100 people attended the recent Pink October Awareness Afternoon Tea

Over a 100 people attended the recent Pink October Awareness Afternoon Tea