- The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) organized a workshop titled "Verification of the Global Strategy for Food Safety Assessment Tool 2022 2030 (GSFS)", in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
- The Ministry of Labour, represented by its Departments of Qualifying and Skills Development and National Workforce Employment, participated in the second edition of the career fair organized by Lusail University.
- The Ministry of Culture (MOC) announced the holding of the first edition of the Fareej festival for art and design at Darb Al Saai in Umm Salal from October 31 to November 6 with the participation of 19 different entities.
- In cooperation with Qatar Development Bank (QDB), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) organized a workshop entitled "intellectual property rights between law and application," in the presence of Assistant Undersecretary for Commerce Affairs Ayed Al Qahtani and a number of entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium enterprises.
- The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding arrangements for Qatar hosting the ICAO Facilitation Conference 2025 (FLAC 2025), slated for Q2 of 2025.
- The Police Academy's Women's Police Institute celebrated today the graduation of two INTERPOL senior leadership programs.
- The Doha Declaration issued at the conclusion of the Second Doha Data Forum for Innovation in Sustainable Development affirmed the pivotal role of data in addressing sustainability challenges, promoting innovation, and guiding evidence-based policies.
- The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed this week with a 3.1 percent decrease, losing 332.9 points to reach 10,400 points, compared to last week's close, under pressure from various sectors.
- The price of gold in the Qatari market rose by 0.027 percent during the current week, reaching USD 2,723.37500 per ounce, according to data issued by Qatar National Bank (QNB).
- The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice during the period from Oct. 13-17 reached QR 389,384,578 while the total sales contracts for the real estate bulletin for residential units during the same period reached QR 36,888,879.
- Qatari Investors Group disclosed the interim financial statement for the nine-month period ending Sep. 30 that saw net profit decline more than 4 percent to QR 117.7 million, from QR 122.9 million in the same period of the previous year.
- Qatar University's (QU) Young Scientists Center (YSC) won three medals in the 9th Istanbul International Inventions Fair (ISIF24) held in Adana, Turkiye.
- The Qatar Precision Health Institute (QPHI), a center for research and implementation under Qatar Foundation (QF), gathered members of Qatar's healthcare and research community for a special event to unveil groundbreaking genomic data and announce new research initiatives.
- Over the course of two days, Lusail University organized its 2nd career fair to provide a platform for students and graduates to access available job opportunities and discover practical training opportunities.
- The Cultural Village (Katara) on Thursday inaugurated the Katara Astronomy Exhibition.
- The 85th Congress of the International Gymnastics Federation kicked off in Doha on Thursday, with the participation of more than 500 officials from national gymnastics federations representing 157 countries, in the presence of HE Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain and President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Morinari Watanabe.
- The Qatari U-17 football team will face Nepal on Friday, at Aspire Academy 7 Stadium, in the second round of Group F in the 2025 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. (QNA)