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Jaishankar arrives in Qatar on first visit, to ‘strengthen bilateral relationship’

During the visit, the External Affairs Minister will hold talks with his counterpart on bilateral issues as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest.

UAE says Qatar media ‘determined to undermine’ efforts to end standoff

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain & Egypt cut links with Qatar in 2017, accusing it of maintaining close ties with Iran. But talks of a breakthrough began to circulate this month.

‘Soft diplomacy’ Pakistan style — Qatar royals get special permission to hunt endangered bird

New Delhi: The Pakistani government granted special permission to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and 14 other members of his family,...

Now, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are nearing a US-brokered deal to end their 3-year rift

The rapprochement is likely to include reopening air space and land borders, an end to the information war Qatar and Saudi Arabia have waged.

US is now working with Qatar to normalise ties with Israel

Qatar has said it won’t join its Gulf Arab neighbours in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel until its conflict with Palestine is resolved.

Qatar has a new ambition after 2022 soccer World Cup – convincing expats to stay

Qatar is bringing in sweeping labour reforms, imposing a standard minimum wage applicable to employees of all nationalities and professions and making it easier to change jobs.

IMF believes Qatar can pull of a budget feat only few countries can

Qatar’s government revenue has yet to recover to a level it reached seven years ago, before the last oil crash, after slumping more than 30% in 2016.

Singapore and Qatar, the two rich countries which have kept Covid death toll below 0.1%

Singapore & Qatar are among some of the wealthiest nations in the world, which means they can better afford the test kits and hospital beds they need.

Migrant worker camps in Qatar on lockdown as coronavirus cases spike among community

Workers from countries like India, Nepal and Bangladesh make up much of Qatar’s blue-collar labour force and typically live in camps on the edges of Doha.

IndiGo cancels flights to Doha till 17 March following Qatar travel ban over coronavirus

Qatar has temporarily banned entry of people coming from India and 13 other countries in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands of people.

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China’s Brahmaputra dam is also a military asset. It raises alarm for India

China didn't consult India over the Brahmaputra dam. It acted unilaterally over a transboundary river system that feeds millions downstream.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.