PM Modi in UAE pushes ahead with India-Mideast-Europe corridor despite Israel-Hamas warPrime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE resulted in agreements on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), a bilatera...
14 Feb, 2024, 06.19 PM IST
Day before FIFA World Cup, Qatar faces overcrowding troublesQatar, home to 3 million people, will see its population swell as the tournament begins. It has spent over $200 billion for improvements ac...
20 Nov, 2022, 09.37 AM IST
Middle East container ports most efficient in the world, India’s Pipavav ranked at 26Middle Eastern and Chinese ports top the ranking as efficient, modern ports that can handle large cargo volumes.
26 May, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Oman eyes PTA with India; to boost India's trade ties with Gulf after UAE CEPAThe start up was wholly funded by Oman banks with significant share-holding by Oman investors. It was a major breakthrough in international...
09 May, 2022, 10.57 PM IST
Could Sri Lanka's ship fire have been avoided? Here's what we can learn from the shocking disasterIn the wake of the disaster, many commentators have sought to explain what went wrong. But these have largely missed a broader, though cruc...
09 Jul, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
Strategic Dialogue: India & Oman to pursue slew of pacts for future-oriented partnershipThis was the first high-level official visit from Oman to India since the onset of Covid-19. Both sides expressed satisfaction that despite...
14 Jan, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
Oman announces directive to form Friendship Association with IndiaThe aim of the association to provide a platform that promotes friendship, understanding and matters of mutual interest between Oman and In...
03 Dec, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
What we know so far about the Beirut explosions that killed a hundred and injured thousandsSeismologists measures the explosions -- heard in Nicosia, 240 kilometres away in Cyprus -- as being the equivalent of a 3.3-magnitude eart...
05 Aug, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
Maritime bodies to fly seafarers back home, to foreign ports; Chartered flight to Doha on June 3The first such chartered flight carrying 150 seafarers will depart from New Delhi to Doha on Wednesday, as per maritime bodies MASSA and FO...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
India, Oman sign maritime pact; foreign ministers of India-Oman-Iran meet in MuscatAdditionally, in a significant development that will have a far-reaching impact on stability in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Indi...
24 Dec, 2019, 11.05 PM IST
Oman provides India strategic depth in West Asia and Eastern African regionPrime Minister Narinder Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman in 2018 initiated a new energy in bilateral relations with enhanced cooperati...
17 Nov, 2019, 12.57 PM IST
DMK’s Jagathrakshakan Swamikannu travelled to Sri Lanka for record FDI oil refinery deal signingSo far, there has been no official word on the Indian interest in the project.
24 Mar, 2019, 12.20 PM IST
Pakistan to inspect boat used by 26/11 terrorists on ThursdayThe commission will travel to Karachi on October 6 to examine the boat, Al-Fouz, and will also record the testimony of a witness who saw th...
12 Jul, 2018, 08.32 PM IST
View: One year of the unjust blockade against the State of QatarThe blockade as declared by many international institutions including UN is abusive, coercive, discriminatory and arbitrary having a seriou...
08 Jun, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Seven Mumbai terror attacks accused file bail applicationsSeven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks today filed bail applications in the anti-terrori...
17 Dec, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
HPCL to buy 11-15 per cent stake in Petronet's east coast terminalState-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd is likely to buy 11-15 per cent stake in Petronet LNG Ltd's Rs 5,000 crore LNG import terminal on ...
21 May, 2014, 01.25 PM IST
Oman keen to buy 20 per cent stake in Petronet's LNG terminalThe company received final approval from its board of directors last year to build a third LNG terminal at Gangavaram, the first on the eas...
02 Apr, 2014, 05.53 PM IST