Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
04 May, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
After Saudi Arabia sends back Pakistanis caught begging, UAE tightens visa rules to curb surge in criminal casesThe United Arab Emirates has halted regular visa issuance for Pakistanis. This move follows concerns about Pakistanis engaging in criminal ...
28 Nov, 2025, 05.00 PM IST
UAE stops issuing visas to Pakistanis over 'criminal activities' concern: Pak officialsAdditional Interior Secretary Salman Chaudhry told Pakistan's Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Thursday that the UAE had unof...
27 Nov, 2025, 08.26 PM IST
Operation Sindoor: India to keep hawk eye on Gulf imports to spot Pakistan goodsA stricter check of labels of imported goods and the origin criteria of items coming from these countries is being conducted as India had e...
17 May, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Customs holds 800 containers of heavy melting scrap across key portsThe authorities said the consignments had been held on the grounds of misdeclaration of the port of origin as the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
10 May, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
Saudi lifts suspension of direct entry for travellers from six countries, including IndiaThe ban covered Lebanon, UAE, Egypt, Turkey, the US, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, Argen...
26 Nov, 2021, 06.49 AM IST
UAE lifts ban on transit flights from India, Pakistan & several other countriesThe UAE, a major international travel hub, has banned passengers from many South Asian and African countries for several months due to the ...
04 Aug, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
COVID: Emirates suspends passenger flights from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka until July 15As per the airline's notice, the passengers who have travelled through Bangladesh, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka in the last 14 days will also not...
07 Jul, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
UAE citizens barred from travelling to India, several other countriesThe bar on entry from India into UAE also remains in place, the authorities had conveyed a few days ago. The ban on entry from India began ...
02 Jul, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
UAE ban on entry from India unchanged, says new federal aviation noticeDubai, a business and tourism hub, is the most populous of the UAE's seven emirates. Throughout the pandemic the UAE's seven emirates have ...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
Healthcare workers from Indian subcontinent stranded home urge UAE government for their early return: reportThe healthcare workers, who mostly hail from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, are currently stranded in their resp...
27 May, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
UAE adds Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka to travel curbs list"Flights between the four countries will continue to allow the transport of passengers from the UAE to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri ...
11 May, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
UAE halts new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim statesA source briefed on the matter told Reuters the visas had temporarily stopped being issued to Afghans, Pakistanis and citizens of several o...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
UAE suspends issuance of visitor visas to Pakistan & 11 other countries"We have learnt that the UAE has temporarily suspended the issuance of new visit visas until further announcement for 12 countries, includi...
24 Nov, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
UAE bans five Pakistan-based outfits among 86 terror groupsThe UAE has come out with a list of 86 banned terror outfits that has five Pakistan-based groups, including the dreaded Haqqani network and...
16 Nov, 2014, 08.21 PM IST
- Gulf states look to harvest food from foreign investment
Faced with a scarcity of fertile land, water shortages and surging world food prices, wealthy Arab states in the Gulf are seeking to secure...
20 Jul, 2008, 09.22 AM IST
- India's rice export ban lead to food crisis in UAE
UAE and other Gulf countries are facing a surge in the prices of rice due to a supply shortage owing to India's ban on export of non-basmat...
08 Jul, 2008, 04.33 PM IST