External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj To Visit Saudi Arabia From February 6-8
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Saudi Arabia from February 6-8 during which she will inaugurate a prestigious festival of the Gulf nation, the external affairs ministry said on Sund...
February 05, 20183538Category: India
INDIA And Saudi Arabia Discussed On Oil Prices, Energy Investments
INDIA and Saudi Arabia discussed investment opportunities in a proposed oil refinery on the west coast of India with a capacity of 1.2 million barrels per day and a petrochemicals project in the south...
February 24, 20182706Category: India
24 Killed, Over 100 Injured As Dust Storm Wreaks Havoc In India
At least 24 were killed and more than 100 injured in different parts of Rajasthan as a high-speed dust storm on Wednesday night wreaked havoc in Bharatpur, Alwar and Dholpur districts and left a trail...
May 03, 20182646Category: India
Freak Storm Hits India Kills More Than 125
Severe thunderstorms lashed many parts of the country on Wednesday night, killing at least 127 people in the last 24 hours and leaving a trail of destruction, with houses flattened, trees uprooted and...
May 04, 20182204Category: India
Stranded Indian Family Travels Home Thanks To Consulate's Help
Thanks to the timely assistance from the Consulate General of India, a six-member expatriate family was able to leave the Kingdom after they got stranded when their passports and other official docume...
July 01, 20182055Category: India
Rice Exporters Urge Govt Intervention As Saudi Arabia Halts Basmati Imports
Basmati Rice exporters have urged the centre to initiate steps to resume export to Saudi Arabia, the second largest importer of basmati, which halted Rice imports from India since June for non-complia...
July 30, 20181567Category: India
India-Saudi Ties Are Anchored In Shared Interests
On the occasion of the 72nd Independence Day of India, I extend my heartiest congratulations and felicitations to all my fellow countrymen residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
I also avail this o...
August 15, 20181293Category: India
Flights Restored From Kingdom To Flood Wreaked Cochin Airport
The Cochin International airport, which had been rendered non-functional for two weeks due to flooding and torrential rains in India’s southern state Kerala reopened on Wednesday. The first flig...
August 30, 20181272Category: India
32 Labourers Return To Jharkhand From Saudi Arabia
Thirty-two labourers from Jharkhand who were allegedly forced to work for a company in Riyadh since 2016 and held hostage there, have returned home following the intervention of the External Affairs M...
October 12, 20181185Category: India
Benefits Of PAN Card For NRIs And How To Get It Online
A PAN (Permanent Account Number) card is a unique 10 character code that is assigned to all tax paying entities in India.
Issued by the Income Tax Department, the card links all transactions that a...
December 08, 20182275Category: India
ECNR Registration For NRIs - 12 Questions Answered
According to a recent advisory from Ministry of External Affairs, all Indians travelling on employment visa to 18 countries including GCC countries has to register on a government website at least 24 ...
December 08, 20181543Category: India
India-UAE Sign Rs 3,500 Crore Currency Swap Deal
India and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a currency swap agreement to boost investment and enable direct trade without using dollars or other international currencies.
The swap is for 2...
December 11, 2018822Category: India
Travel Guide - How Much Currency Can You Carry To India
This article explains the Indian Customs limit on the amount of cash (Indian and Foreign currency) you can carry in and out of India with you.
Ever since India Government announced the ban on denom...
December 12, 20181042Category: India
Indian Airport Customs Duty On LCD Or LED Televisions 2018
One of the most repeated questions on our website is regarding customs duty on carrying LCD/LED televisions as baggage to India.
The main issue with this subject is that there are conflicting repor...
December 20, 201810292Category: India
Lightning Storm Kills 33 In Northern India
Officials say dozens of people have died in a thunderstorm that struck the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
State disaster relief official Sandhya says that lightning Sunday killed 33 people and ...
July 22, 2019410Category: India
India Aborts Moon Mission Launch
India is ready to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon on Monday a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.
The Indian Space Research Organization said that ...
July 22, 2019375Category: India
17 Rare One-horned Rhinos Killed By Floods In India
Devastating floods have killed more than 200 wild animals — including 17 threatened one-horned rhinos — in one of India's best-known national parks, officials said on Wednesday.
For...
July 25, 2019450Category: India
India's Parliament Votes To Ban Muslim Instant Divorce
India's parliament passed on Tuesday a law against the controversial Muslim practice of "instant divorce", making it a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
Prim...
July 31, 2019351Category: India
Indian Authorities Eased Restrictions In Some Parts Of Kashmir
Indian authorities eased restrictions on movement and restored landline telephone links in some parts of Kashmir on Saturday, the biggest relaxation in a crippling lockdown since New Delhi announced i...
August 18, 2019360Category: India
Indian Nurse Tested Positive For Coronavirus In Saudi Arabia
The nurse found positive for coronavirus was suffering for MERS-CoV and not 2019-NCoV (Wuhan).
An Indian nurse working in Saudi Arabia has tested positive for a coronavirus, but with a different stra...
January 24, 20207184Category: India