'India can secure release of naval officers'

'There is a view that there is a Pakistan angle to this. Pakistan has a large presence in Qatar and would want India to be blacklisted.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from......

'Israel like James Bond has a licence to kill'

'But unlike Bond who killed an individual, Israel is killing a nation.' IMAGE: An image taken from a video released by Hamas shows what it says are its fighters firing mortar shells at Israeli......

West Asia crucial for our long-term energy security: Talmiz Ahmad

Talmiz Ahmad is a former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE. In an interview with Aditi Phadnis, he says the disequilibrium in Iraq will continue to prevail. Ahmad......

'Hundreds of Palestinians will be killed'

'Israel has received an extremely hard and rude reminder that it cannot talk of normalisation of relations with other Arab countries without addressing the issues pertaining to Palestine.' IMAGE:......

Indian language TV ads warn Gulf job aspirants

In a bid to spread awareness and warn job aspirants of illegal recruiting agents, the Indian government has released a series of TV advertisements in Dubai.Over the last one month, several......

Welfare scheme for Indians in UAE

The Indian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates is working out a comprehensive scheme, including setting up of a grievance redressal mechanism, for the welfare of Indians living there. "Besides......

Why Vietnam Beckons

'The success of the country's economic policies is affirmed by receipt of FDI of $15 billion last year, the highest in the Asia-Pacific after China and India, and well ahead of Indonesia,......

Will OVL get Petrokazakh stake?

The Kazakhstan government has assured India that it will consider allowing ONGC Videsh Ltd to acquire a share in the assets of Canadian oil company Petrokazakhstan, a top government official said.......