April 20th, 2011: United Development Company (UDC) and its flagship project, The Pearl-Qatar recently organized a special tour for a group of outstanding Qatari students from Al Bayan Girls School. The tour came as part of UDC’s strong sense of social responsibility, to not only support local students who excel and display outstanding academic results but to also link Qatari nationals with a historical location, once famous for pearl diving

Qatar Foundation International (QFI) Executive Director, Maggie Salem, has used a new monitoring device developed at Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), Rasad, in the Boston Marathon. QSTP and Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital have partnered with Qatar Foundation International (QFI) to showcase the innovative monitoring technology.

Ezdan Real Estate Company has launched its Village 31 - a new complex comprising 956 fully furnished residential units in Al Wukair.

Vodafone Qatar has launched the Google Nexus S Smartphone from Samsung, the world’s first Android ‘Gingerbread’ Device. Vodafone Qatar is the first operator in the region to launch the Nexus S.

To bring down prices of medicines and ensure a continuous supply, all registered and licensed importers as well as dealers in drug importations have been allowed to fix retail prices of the medicines as against the initial price control being done by the council.