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Qatar raises minimum wage by 25%, lifts restrictions on changing jobs

The new minimum wage, which comes into effect in six months and is 250 riyals more a month than the old one, is non-discriminatory and applies to all workers

Qatar emir says Beirut blast is extreme, Lebanon can't recover on its own

The emir of energy-rich Qatar has said that the Beirut blast is a dire circumstance that Lebanon cannot get over on its own.

Covid-19 Factoid: Some worrying signs from India, Qatar and elsewhere

While India has seen its biggest single-day jump in cases, cases being added daily in Qatar has nearly doubled; the global death toll has taken just 15 days to rise from 100,000 to 200,000

Qatar's Black Cat Engineering ties up with TCS for digital solutions

IT firm TCS on Thursday said it has partnered with Qatar-based Black Cat Engineering & Construction (BCEC) to provide digital solutions and innovation strategy. "Tata Consultancy Services...has been selected by BCEC..as the strategic partner to drive the latter's digital transformation and co-innovation strategy," TCS said in a BSE filing. As part of the tie-up, TCS is enabling BCEC to reimagine its end-to-end business processes from tendering to construction, incorporating EPC industry's best practices, to design and implement multifunctional and multiservice solution on Oracle Cloud ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). The seamless enterprise-wide system integrates multiple disparate business functions and eliminates data duplication and redundancy. "We...will bring our technology expertise, industry experience, proprietary solutions, and innovation ecosystem to make BCEC an industry benchmark," TCS Qatar Country Head Devashis Goswami said. BCEC is Qatar's largest EPC and ...

Coronavirus: Qatar bans entry of people from India, 13 other countries

Flagship carrier Qatar Airways has also stopped flights from India, according to sources

GoAir's Mumbai-Doha service hits turbulence, shuts bookings for flight

The airline is facing a hurdle and has quietly closed reservation for this flight

Qatar scraps mandatory exit permits for migrant domestic staff, others

Qatar has made a series of reforms to its employment regulations since being selected to host the 2022 World Cup.

Norway wealth fund drops G4S Plc over Qatar migrant-worker abuses

Norway's wealth fund, the world's biggest of its kind, is managed according to a set of ethical principles

Qatar shortlists partners for North Field expansion, but may go it alone

Expanding Qatar's liquefied natural gas facilities is one of the energy sector's most lucrative projects.

Qatar, Exxon to proceed with $10 billion Texas LNG project: Report

Worldwide consumption of the fuel is expected to more than double to 550 million tonnes a year (mtpa) by 2030, triggering a race among oil and gas companies eager to dominate the market

Qatar plans to invest 10 bn euros in auto, tech, banking sectors of Germany

In recent years its German investments in larger industrial or financial firms have often soured, Deutsche Bank

Macau set to overtake Qatar as world's richest place, predicts IMF

The global casino hub's economy will reach the equivalent of about $143,116 per person by 2020

Probe UAE bank for bogus FX deals aimed at undermining economy: Qatar to US

FAB, which was created from the merger of First Gulf Bank and National Bank of Abu Dhabi last year, denied it had tried to manipulate the riyal

A first for Gulf: Qatar may give some expats permanent residency

Residency permit gives similar rights as Qataris in terms of property ownership

Qatar remains committed to oil supply cut deal: Energy minister

Qatar will from honour its international commitment, says Qatar energy minister

Qatar could defend currency for years, its balance sheet shows

It's so rich that it can offset threatened capital outflows by liquidating a portion of its reserves

Indians in Qatar advised to stay alert amid diplomatic crisis

Gulf nations cut off diplomatic ties with Doha accusing it of supporting terrorism

Facts so far: Gulf Arab states, Egypt, sever ties with Qatar over terrorism

-- Qatar has been expelled from a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

Qatar convicts Dutch woman who says she was raped

Laura, the woman who got raped, has denied the charge of adultery against her

Modi takes up issues faced by Indian workers in Qatar

The Qatari side briefed the Indian side on the reforms in labour laws which would protect the interests of skilled and unskilled labour