Doha, April 6 (IANS) India and Qatar stressed the need to halt the “unjustified Iranian attacks” on several Gulf nations during a phone conversation between Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, the West Asian nation’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Both leaders also stressed the need for dialogue to ensure global energy security.EAM Jaishankar called Qatar Prime Minister Al-Thani on Sunday evening and discussed re…
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New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The flight situation from the Gulf region to India continues to improve with 90 non-scheduled flights expected to arrive from the UAE on Sunday, according to an official statement. Flights are also operating from multiple airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman to India, while the Qatar airspace is partially open with around 8-10 flights expected to arrive on Sunday.While the airspace in Kuwait and Bahrain is closed, flights are operating via Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to India. T…
Seoul, April 5 (IANS) Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol urged Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to strengthen cooperation to help stabilise energy and raw material supply chains amid prolonged tensions in the Middle East, the finance ministry said on Sunday.Koo, who also serves as deputy prime minister, met with ambassadors from the six GCC countries in Seoul on Friday at the residence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to discuss economic cooperation, according to the Ministry of …
Brussels, April 4 (IANS) With Pakistan’s economy under strain and domestic security deteriorating amid a renewed insurgency in Balochistan, the Afghan Taliban appear to be pursuing a long-term strategy in their conflict with Islamabad, prioritising survival and ideological expansion over Qatar or Turkey brokered ceasefires, a recent report has detailed. “For decades, the Islamabad establishment has played a dangerous game, nurturing the Taliban as a strategic depth agent against India. Today…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s energy sector has been thrown into turmoil after a sudden geopolitical shock flipped the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) market from oversupply to acute shortage within weeks, a report has said.At the start of 2026, Pakistan was grappling with excess LNG. Demand had been declining steadily for three years, falling from 8.2 million tonnes in 2021 to about 6.1 million tonnes by late 2025, according to Al Jazeera report.The drop was driven by the rapid…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Top government officials including the Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, the Power Secretary, and the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) held a meeting on Friday to discuss ways to increase the domestic production of induction heaters and cooking utensils to bring down the use of cooking gas consumption amid supply chain disruptions due to the Iran war, according to official sources.Demand for induction heaters and other electrica…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India’s digital payments ecosystem saw a strong comeback in March 2026, with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) registering its highest-ever monthly transaction volume since its launch in 2016, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India on Wednesday.UPI processed 22.64 billion transactions in March, marking a sharp rise from 20.39 billion transactions recorded in February. The March figure also surpassed the previous high of 21.70 billi…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Around 5,72,000 passengers have returned from the West Asia region to India and with the Qatar airspace partially open, around 8–10 non-scheduled commercial flights are expected to operate to the country on Tuesday, the government said.In the UAE, around 85 flights are expected to operate across the day. Limited non-scheduled flights continue based on operational and safety considerations. Flights continue to operate from Oman and Saudi Arabia to India, according to …
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, Pakistan is actively seeking to project itself as a mediator, a reflection of the pressures and constraints it faces, both external and internal, according to a report. A meeting was recently held in Islamabad, which witnessed the participation of Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. However, the actual parties to the conflict – Israel, the US, and Iran were not part of the meeting. This portrayal of Pakistan as a potential mediator …
Washington, March 30 (IANS) President Donald Trump said that a deal with Iran may be close, even as he described extensive US strikes that he said had weakened the country’s military and leadership and accelerated negotiations.“I do see a deal in Iran… could be soon too,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from Mar-a-Lago in Florida.He said the United States was engaged in both direct and indirect talks with Tehran. “We are negotiating with them directly and indi…