Planning early shipments, exploring alternate routes amid West Asia crisis: ExportersIn light of the West Asia turmoil, Indian exporters are becoming agile strategists, monitoring the movements of shipping companies with a k...
16 Mar, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Kuwait to increase fees for organisations hiring foreign workersKuwait plans to increase fees for firms employing foreign workers. This is to boost private-sector jobs for Kuwaiti citizens. The Public Au...
28 Aug, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
Opportunities emerging for India's gems & jewellery in the Middle East: GJEPCIndian jewellery exporters are seeing rising demand in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The Gem & Jewellery Export...
18 Sep, 2024, 01.04 PM IST
India praises Kuwait's stand of neutrality in regionThe Indian Ambassador, on Sunday, called on the Information Minister of the State of Kuwait, Abdulrahman B Almutairi. The focus of the disc...
13 Aug, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
UAE to introduce unemployment insurance in latest economic reformInsured workers would receive some money for a limited time period if made unemployed, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President Sheikh Mohamme...
09 May, 2022, 07.31 PM IST
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1stUnlike other Gulf Arab states that have administered doses to masses of foreign workers in a race to reach herd immunity, Kuwait has come u...
06 Apr, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
For Indians in the Gulf, Covid paints an uncertain futureMillions of Indian workers are staring at an uncertain future as Covid shuttered businesses and crashed oil.
09 May, 2020, 11.50 PM IST
Indian workers in Gulf down by half since 2015There has been a steady decline over the past few years and the recent immigration policies adopted by Gulf countries are a mixed bag for I...
04 Jul, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
How economic downturn in Gulf states has resulted in a drop in remittances into IndiaIndia, the largest remittance-receiving country worldwide, witnessed a near 9% drop in NRI pay-in flows to $62.7 billion in 2016 over the p...
05 Nov, 2017, 03.59 PM IST
Government plans overseas roadshows to boost textile exportsAt this juncture, the roadshows will provide an opportunity to capitalise on India's potential in the sector," Secretary General, Binoy Job...
23 Oct, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Nitaqat law: Karunanidhi seeks intervention of Centre, state governments'M Karunanidhi sought intervention of the Centre and state govts' to protect the livelihood of thousands of Tamil labourers living in Saudi ...
27 Jun, 2013, 12.23 PM IST
Kerala voices concern over deportations from KuwaitIt was the illegal migrants who faced problems in Saudi Arabia but in Kuwait even those having valid visas were facing deportation, Chandy ...
14 Jun, 2013, 02.28 PM IST
After Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to crack down on illegal workersAfter Saudi Arabia’s decision to implement the restrictive labour law, Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to implement a policy of reducing expat...
03 Jun, 2013, 04.59 AM IST
New law to regulate foreign labour in Gulf countriesThe new law being mulled by the GCC would include returning 'marginal' and unskilled foreign workers to their home countries.
18 Apr, 2013, 03.48 PM IST
- GCC slowdown cause for concern, say experts
The good news is that there is no fall, and indeed a rise, in inward remittances to India, but the gloomy side is that in the years ahead, ...
21 Jul, 2009, 05.08 PM IST
- Gulf states condemn US human trafficking report
The Arab countries of the Gulf have dismissed as unjustified and political a recent US report which accused the rich countries of not comba...
10 Jun, 2008, 02.10 PM IST
- US puts India, China on watch list over human trafficking
The United States has placed India and China on watch list for not doing enough to fight human trafficking and claimed that part of the eno...
05 Jun, 2008, 10.21 AM IST