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Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and land border

Saudi Arabia will open its air and land borders with Qatar in the first steps toward ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional US allies since 2017

Jaishankar meets Qatari Amir, PM; discusses bilateral economic cooperation

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar concluded his two-day stand-alone visit to Qatar from 27 to 28 December, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on 2-day visit to Qatar from Sunday

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made an announcement about Jaishankar's visit to the Gulf nation

Qatar to host 2030 Asian Games, 2034 event goes to Saudi Arabia

The 2034 event went to Riyadh after a deal was struck between the rival nations

India, Qatar set up task force to identify projects for investment

India and its biggest LNG supplier Qatar on Friday agreed to set up a task force to identify projects in India for investment by the gas-rich Gulf nation, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. India imports 8.5 million tonnes per annum of gas in its liquid form (LNG) from Qatar under a long-term contract. It also buys LPG to meet the fast-expanding cooking gas requirements in the country. "Had a telecall with HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President & CEO Qatar Petroleum on promoting Qatari investments in the entire energy value chain in India," Pradhan tweeted. The call, he said, was a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's discussion with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani on December 8. "Minister Al-Kaabi and I have agreed to set up a Task Force on Energy, represented by VP of Qatar Petroleum and a senior officer from @PetroleumMin to identify specific projects in India's energy sector for Qatari investments," he .

Special task force to boost Qatari investment into India: PM Modi to Amir

In a telephonic conversation, Modi conveyed his felicitations to the Qatar Amir for the forthcoming National Day of Qatar, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement

You can call Qatar your home if you buy property in the Gulf nation

The scheme, announced in September, is the latest in a series of measures designed to diversify Qatar's economy away from fossil fuel dependency and attract foreign capital ahead of the 2022 World Cup

Saudi Arabia foreign minister sees path toward ending rift with Qatar

The rift in relations started in June 2017, when Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt abruptly severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with Qatar

Israel to oppose Qatari purchase of F-35 jets, even at the cost of ties

Maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge in the region takes precedence over other considerations, Intelligence Minister Cohen said in an Army Radio interview

Over 300,000 workers returned to India under Vande Bharat Mission: Govt

The minister also gave a break up of the workers who returned from various countries with the maximum of them returning from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations

Doha talks make progress at first meeting: Afghan government negotiators

Participants in the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban that are currently underway in Qatar have made some progress during the Sunday contact group session

US hopes Doha peace negotiations can end protracted war in Afghanistan

A top American diplomat hoped that the warring factions can come to an agreement on a political roadmap to end the protracted war that Afghanistan has had

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