News that you need to know! Selected news stories from Qatar, India, Middle East and around the world, with focus on news that matters to Indians in Qatar.
Google Inc launched an email service called “Inbox”on Wednesday that will better organise emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly way.…
The Qatari identity (ID) card for citizens as well as expatriates may soon begin featuring residential addresses of the holder for security and other reasons. The State Cabinet yesterday approved…
Ooredoo has won a record-breaking 14 awards at the 2014 International Business Awards, known as “the Stevies,” as the company’s efforts to enrich people’s lives continue to win global recognition.…
Air India started the festive season on a positive note with the launch of a Mobile App to make bookings quick, simple and convenient while on the go. It also…
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are working on a policy document to reduce the number of expatriate workers, especially in professions in which Gulf nationals fit in. “The labour…
The ongoing campaign of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning against partitioned villas has been slowed down by difficulties in identifying such villas, a municipal official has disclosed. A…
More than 20 people, including several women and children were hospitalised following severe food poisoning from dishes served by a popular Turkish restaurant in Frij Klaib area. The source of…
A diamond merchant in Gujarat has given his employees cars, jewellery and homes worth Rupees 50 crores as a reward for meeting targets. Savjibhai Dholakia, who runs a diamond export company…
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will soon introduce a Schengen-style, unified visa for tourists and businessmen from 35 foreign and Arab countries, according to a high-ranking Kuwaiti official. Samira Al-Gharib,…
The first batch of 55,000 iPhone 6 and iPhone 6Plus units shipped to India are sold out. Prospective buyers will now have to wait for a minimum of three days…