the capital city of Qatar. Arabic Al-Dawah City (pop., 1997: 264,009), capital of Qatar. Located on the east coast of the Qatar Peninsula, it contains about three-fifths of the country's population. Long a centre of pirate activity in the Persian Gulf, Doha was a small village when it became the capital of newly independent Qatar in 1971. The city has been thoroughly modernized. Its Government House (1969) was built on reclaimed waterfront land; its water supply is obtained by distilling seawater. The deepwater port, built in the 1970s, accommodates oceangoing vessels
The venue for the talks last November that launched a new round of trade talks in the World Trade Organisation In Doha, the United States joined other industrialised countries in offering to negotiate cuts, and the eventual phaseout, of food export subsidies, which do enormous damage to farmers in poor countries Since then, the United States has done a U-turn, deciding to increase subsidies to US farmers by 80 percent over 10 years
Verse form used commonly by Guru Nanak and Kabir consisting of stanzas of two rhyming lines
A verse form used commonly by Guru Nanak Dev ji and Bhagat Kabir ji It consists of stanzas of two rhyming lines