New Delhi India and Qatar have signed an agreement to forge cooperation in skill development and facilitate mobility of workers from India to the gulf nation. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Sunday. Under the pact, Qatar will specify the areas in which it requires manpower and India will provide skill development to its nationals in those very areas before they go to the ...Read More

Doha Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Switzerland after finishing his engagements in Qatar, where he held wide-ranging talks with the leadership of the gas-rich Gulf nation to curb hawala and terror financing. "Ma'a Salama Qatar! After a productive visit, PM @narendramodi departs for Geneva, the third leg of his journey," External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swaroop tweeted. "My gratitude to the people and Government of Qatar for their exceptional warmth & hospitality d...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha India on Sunday evinced interest in joint exploration of new oil and gas fields as well development of discovered assets in resource-rich Qatar as the two countries decided to focus on enhancing cooperation in the energy sector. India also invited Qatar to invest in the country's exploration and production sector by bidding for the blocks under the new 'Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing' Policy and take part in disinvestment of Indian PSUs. An MoU was signed wi...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha Vowing to root out corruption in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he has "faced problems" by depriving the "sweets of many" and saved over Rs 36,000 crore annually by stopping leakage and theft in government schemes. Addressing the Indian diaspora at the end of his two-day visit to Qatar, Modi said, "We have only cleaned up the surface (on corruption) and a detailed clean-up remains." "We have stopped the sweets of many and in doing so, I have als...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha Prime Minister Narendra Modi today discussed the problems faced by Indian workers with the Qatari leadership, who briefed him about the reforms being undertaken to protect the interests of the skilled and unskilled labour in the gas-rich Gulf nation. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, appreciated the role and contribution of of the Indian community for the development and progress of Qatar. In his meeting with Modi, the two leaders "noted"...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha India and Qatar today signed seven agreements, including one on finance intelligence to check money laundering and terrorism financing and another to woo foreign investment in the infrastructure sector from the gas-rich Gulf state. Cooperation and investment in areas of skill development and education, health, tourism and sports between the two countries were the other agreements signed by Indian and Qatar officials in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha The Leela Group and Qatar's Al Faisal Group today signed an agreement to build a five-star hotel near Taj Mahal in Agra with an FDI of about Rs 500 crore, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Gulf state. The 250-room hotel, to be built in 30 months, will entail an FDI of about Rs 500 crore, Leela Group Chairman Vivek Nair told PTI after signing the pact with Chairman of Al Faisal Group Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani. The agreement was signe...Read More

From Ajay Kaul Doha Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight held a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, who also hosted a banquet in his honour. The meeting with the Qatari Premier was the last of Modi's the engagements on the first day of his two-day visit here. "Ist day in Doha ends with a meeting with PM Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani who also holds banquet in PM's honour," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. Earli...Read More