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February 18, 2025 10:01 PM

India, Qatar aim to double annual trade in five years from existing USD 14 billion

India and Qatar have agreed to double their annual bilateral trade from the current USD 14 billion to USD 28 billion within the next five years. The announcement came following bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Qatar’s Amir S...

February 18, 2025 8:05 PM

India negotiating FTA with GCC and Qatar: MEA

India is actively negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and exploring a similar pact with Qatar, aiming to deepen bilateral ties and boost cooperation in trade, energy, investment, and security. The develop...

February 18, 2025 4:36 PM

India and Qatar elevate bilateral ties to strategic partnership following PM Modi’s talks with Qatari Amir

India and Qatar upgraded their bilateral relations to a 'strategic partnership' on Tuesday, with a focus on strengthening cooperation in trade, energy, investments, innovation, technology, food security, culture, and people-to-people ties. The Agree...

February 18, 2025 11:09 AM

Qatar’s Emir receives ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, who is in India for a two-day state visit, was accorded a grand ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. This marks his second visit to the country since March 2015, following an invitation ...

February 18, 2025 9:29 AM

Qatar’s Amir to hold meeting with PM Modi, receive ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, is in India for a two-day state visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This marks his second visit to the country since March 2015. The Emir, accompanied by a high-level delegation c...

Palestinians, who were forcibly displaced as a result of Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip for more than 15 months, try to get warm by lighting fire as they continue to wait at a point close to the Netzarim Corridor on al-Rashid Street to return to their homes in the north after the completion of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement on January 26, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza. Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 27, 2025 9:33 AM

Hamas to release three Israeli hostages as Israel allows Gazans to return home north

Palestinian militant group Hamas will hand over female Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud and two other hostages before Friday, mediator Qatar said on Sunday, and Israel said it would allow residents of the northern Gaza Strip to go back home early on Monda...

Palestinians are trying to extinguish the fire that broke out as a result of an Israeli army attack targeting tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, despite the ceasefire agreement in Gaza between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on January 16, 2025. Photo by Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 16, 2025 12:42 PM

Israel, Hamas ceasefire accord followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say

Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ahead of the truce's start on Sunday. The complex ce...

September 20, 2024 9:50 AM

Rajasthan Woos Qatari Investors Ahead of Global Summit

Rajasthan's Industry and Commerce Minister, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, led an investors' roadshow in Doha, Qatar on Thursday, as part of the international outreach for the upcoming 'Rising Rajasthan' Global Investment Summit 2024. The delegation's v...

August 28, 2024 8:48 PM

Qatar returns two seized ‘Saroops’ of Guru Granth Sahib to Indian Embassy in Doha: MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday that Qatar has returned two 'Saroops' (copies) of the Guru Granth Sahib to the Indian Embassy in Doha. These sacred texts were earlier seized by Qatari authorities due to their connection ...

August 24, 2024 1:42 PM

Biden speaks to Egypt, Qatar leaders in Gaza ceasefire push

President Joe Biden spoke by phone to the leaders of Qatar and Egypt on Friday, pushing for an elusive Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal as negotiators met in Cairo to try to overcome remaining obstacles. A White House description of the calls said B...