The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has announced the recall of 2012 models of Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado, Tahoe and Suburban due to a possible defect in the ignition key, the official Qatar News Agency reported yesterday.
The recall comes within the framework of ongoing co-ordination and follow-up by the ministry to ascertain the extent of car dealerships’ commitment to follow up on vehicles’ defects and repair them to protect consumer rights.
The MEC has stressed it will co-ordinate with the dealership to follow up on maintenance and repair and communicate with customers to ensure implementation of the procedures to fix defects. The ministry has urged consumers to report irregularities to the Department of Consumer Protection and Commercial Fraud Combat.

NHRC holds training course on protection of migrant workers

Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has organised, in collaboration with the University of  Lyon Institute of Human Rights (IDHL), a two-day training course on international mechanisms of workers’ protection.
Addressing the training session, Dr Abdulaziz Abdulqader al-Mughaiseeb, NHRC member, said that the training course seeks to discuss the issue of immigration and rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, saying that the course aims to tackle effects of migrant workers and providing a suitable atmosphere for them in host countries.
He confirmed that the humanitarian immigration problems are more dangerous in the case of irregular migration.
He pointed out that the course also seeks to support appropriate measures to prevent and eliminate clandestine movements and trafficking in migrant workers and to ensure fundamental rights’ protection.  
In this context, he praised the “strenuous efforts and great humanitarian attention” given by Qatar to expatriate workers to make available a “legal environment” that provides them with job security.

Thundershowers likely
in offshore areas today

Strong winds and thundershowers are expected in offshore areas today along with high seas, the Met office has said.
The wind speed will go up to 28kt in these areas during the day, according to the forecast.
It will be hazy at first, followed by a hot day with blowing dust in some places. It will be partly cloudy later with a chance of scattered rain, the weather office has said.
Partly cloudy and hazy conditions are expected in offshore areas, along with a chance of scattered rain and thunder.
Visibility, meanwhile, may drop to 3km in some places due to dust.
The minimum and maximum temperatures in the country are likely to be 26C and 36C, with the forecast for Doha being 27C and 35C.

Indian embassy holiday

The Indian embassy will remain closed tomorrow on the occasion of Diwali, it was announced yesterday.