Pratap John

QLM Life & Medical Insurance Company (QLMI) is “best positioned” from the implementation of mandatory health insurance in Qatar, Arqaam Capital has said in a report.

After a very challenging 2020, the year started with lots of promise, following successful Covid vaccine roll out around the world.

?Industries Qatar (IQ) looks forward to a “further improved macroeconomic environment, which would yield positive results” in terms of enhanced performance for the group, said its chairman HE Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi, also the Minister of State for Energy Affairs.

Operation Clean Sweep, a global initiative to reduce plastic pellet, flake and powder loss to the environment, has gained significant momentum since its adoption in the GCC region by GPCA by attracting a number of new members from across the value chain,

Qatar’s fiscal deficit is expected to narrow to 1% of GDP in 2021 from an estimated 2.3% of GDP in 2020, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in a recent update.

The impact of Covid-19 in 2020 is estimated to have led to around a 7% reduction in global energy-related CO2 emissions; the GECF said and noted this decline, however, will be short-lived with a rebound in 2021 and 2022 as energy demand recovers.

Despite Covid-19 and slowdown in the growth of expatriate population, the annual fall in rents and capital values of residential units during 2020 was less compared to year-on-year (YoY) decline in 2019, the researcher said in its country report

Climate change is already happening. Temperatures are rising, drought and wild fires are starting to occur more frequently, rainfall patterns are shifting, glaciers and snow are melting and the global mean sea level is rising.