| Iran agrees to export natural gas to UAE |
| INT39International/Energy/BusinessIran agrees to export natural gas to UAETehran, Oct 11 Xinhua Iran signed a $2 billion gas deal with Crescent Petroleum of the United Arab Emirates UAE, the English-language Press TV reported Saturday. According to the 25-year gas deal signed Friday, Iran will export natural gas from the country's Salman field to UAE, said the report. The agreed price of natural gas is reportedly four times the price Crescent Petroleum pays for importing gas from Qatar and more than five times the average weighted price for gas in the Middle East and North Africa read more |
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Posted by IANS on Sunday Oct 12 |
| Tata firm to invest $12 mn in Qatar science park |
| BUS16Business/Science/InternationalTata firm to invest $12 mn in Qatar science parkDubai, Oct 8 IANS TCE Consulting Engineers, a Tata Group subsidiary, will invest $12 million over the next five years in the Qatar Science and Technology Park QSTP. The investment will see development of new engineering solutions to meet environmental challenges. "Buildings account for 40 percent of energy consumption worldwide, so with the right technology we can make a real difference in this area," Qatar's local media quoted TCE chief executive A read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 08 |
| Qatar banks remain stable amid global financial crisis |
| BUS28Business/InternationalQatar banks remain stable amid global financial crisisDubai, Oct 8 IANS Banks in Qatar remain stable in the face of the global financial crisis with that country's central bank ready to provide liquidity to banks if needed, a senior government official has said.Sheikh Fahd Bin Faisal Al-Thani, deputy governor of the Qatar Central Bank QCB, told the state-run Qatar News Agency that instructions issued to banks by the central bank have had significant effect on enhancing the financial stability of the Qatari banking apparatus read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 08 |
| Indians in Qatar celebrate Onam, Eid-ul-Fitr together |
| INT32International/Diaspora/ReligionIndians in Qatar celebrate Onam, Eid-ul-Fitr togetherDubai, Oct 4 IANS Expatriate Indians in Qatar are celebrating Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, along with ... read more |
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Posted by IANS on Saturday Oct 04 |
| Eight-day Eid holidays for Indian schools in Qatar |
| INT39International/Diaspora/EducationEight-day Eid holidays for Indian schools in QatarDubai, Sep 29 IANS Students of Indian schools in Qatar have got an Eid-ul-Fitr gift in the form of an eight-day holiday for the festival instead of three days announced earlier.Schools like MES Indian School, Birla Public School, Doha Modern Indian School and DPS-Modern Indian School are implementing the new holiday schedule starting Sep 29 following a directive to this effect from Qatar's Department of Private Education, the Gulf Times reported read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 01 |
| Nepal bans its women from working as domestic maids in Gulf |
| INT48International/ImmigrationNepal bans its women from working as domestic maids in GulfDubai, Sep 29 IANS Nepal has banned its women from taking up jobs as domestic maids in the Gulf countries and Malaysia.Following reports of women from Nepal being brought illegally to the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC countries and Malaysia, the Nepal government has issued an order formally banning the recruitment of women from Nepal as domestic maids in the region and that southeast Asian nation, the Gulf Times reported read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Oct 01 |
| Rupee fall, festivals lead to surge in remittances from Gulf |
| INT12International/Diaspora/BusinessRupee fall, festivals lead to surge in remittances from GulfBy Aroonim BhuyanDubai, Sep 27 IANS The fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar has led to a surge in remittances from expatriate Indians in the Gulf in the last couple of weeks, especially as the festival season is on back home.Exchange houses and banks in the region have reported that the fall in the value of the rupee, coupled with the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramadan and Kerala's read more |
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Posted by IANS on Monday Sep 29 |
| Embassy helps repatriate 10 Indians from Qatar |
| INT73International/Diaspora/Immigration/RightsEmbassy helps repatriate 10 Indians from QatarDubai, Sep 25 IANS A group of Indian workers in Qatar will get to return home after having complained to the Indian embassy in the Gulf nation of woeful living and working conditions.The Indian embassy decided to help 10 workers after they sought repatriation on grounds of poor working conditions at a manpower resource company they were employed in, the Gulf Times reported Thursday.There are around 100 workers in the company, most of them from Kerala read more |
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Posted by IANS on Friday Sep 26 |
| Gulf ministers to hold talks with India, other countries in |
| INT69International/DiplomacyGulf ministers to hold talks with India, other countries in New YorkDubai, Sep 23 IANS India is among a group of countries the Gulf foreign ministers will hold meetings with during the course of the ongoing 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC held an annual coordination meeting ahead of the General Assembly meeting, the state-run Saudi Press Agency SPA reported from New York.GCC secretary general Abdulrahman read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Sep 24 |
| Indian passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi airport grows |
| INT16International/Diaspora/Aviation/BusinessIndian passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi airport growsDubai, Sep 24 IANS India and the Philippines were significant contributors to Abu Dhabi International Airport's 22.9 percent year-on-year growth in passenger traffic in the month of August.The Abu Dhabi Airports Company ADAC announced that a total of 869,868 passengers used the airport during August this year, compared to 707,671 last year, with the year-to-date figures crossing 5.9 million - up 34 read more |
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Posted by IANS on Wednesday Sep 24 |
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