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It may not be easier any more for newly-arriving foreign workers to acquire a Qatari driver’s licence as the authorities are mulling imposing restrictions to help ease increasing traffic chaos and snarls on Doha roads.

Many Qatari women refuse to join the job market due to mixed gender working environment, calling on authorities to set up a separate section for women to protect their privacy.

A Qatari sociologist has called for providing the option to married working mothers who are still breastfeeding to work from home and urged the GCC governments to extend the duration of paid maternity leave.

A visiting German health delegation is offering support to Qatar in fighting diabetes in the country.

Around 300 suspected cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) - Coronavirus have been found in Qatar, but tested negative, a senior official said yesterday.