Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.

Kuwait

India and Kuwait revised the air service agreement in 2007 and carriers of both sides are entitled to deploy 12,000 seats per week each, but that limit has now got exhausted

Updated On: 21 Mar 2023 | 6:17 PM IST

Dr Adarsh Swaika, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Kuwait.

Updated On: 13 Oct 2022 | 6:52 AM IST

India picked up a crucial win in their AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers campaign in the early hours, defeating Kuwait 3-0 in a thrilling encounter at the Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium in Al Khobar

Updated On: 06 Oct 2022 | 11:08 AM IST

It's one of a number of attacks, some fatal, against women in recent years that are focusing attention on gender-based violence, political representation and rights as Kuwaitis prepare to vote

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 8:26 AM IST

Hong Kong Cricket team will play India in the Asia Cup 2022 after defeating the United Arab Emirates in the qualifiers. Read this article to know how the events unfolded at Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers

Updated On: 25 Aug 2022 | 12:33 PM IST

Asia Cup 2022 will be played in UAE, starting from August 27 through September 11

Updated On: 24 Aug 2022 | 10:31 AM IST

Underdogs Kuwait to face Hong Kong in the Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers. When will the match start? Who has an upper hand? How's the weather and pitch? Read this article to know everything

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 3:50 PM IST

The US Air Force said Saturday it was the subject of a propaganda attack by a previously unheard-of Iraqi militant group that falsely claimed it had launched a drone attack targeting American troops at an air base in Kuwait. The statement by the Air Force's 386th Air Expeditionary Wing came hours after the group calling itself Al-Waretheen, or The Inheritors," put out an online statement claiming that on Aug. 12, it targeted Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base. The statement included a video showing a drone being launched from a stand, but offered no evidence of an attack or any damage done at the base. The statement claimed the alleged attack aimed to avenge the US drone strike that killed a prominent Iranian Revolution Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in January 2020. The air base is located a few dozen kilometers (miles) from the Iraqi border. The misinformation falsely stated an Iranian militia group used (drones) to carry out an attack on base, the Air Force statement to The

Updated On: 21 Aug 2022 | 7:24 AM IST

The Kuwaiti emir on Sunday issued a decree appointing Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the prime minister and tasking him with forming the new cabinet

Updated On: 25 Jul 2022 | 6:40 AM IST

Workers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and other products into trolleys in a protest against comments denounced as "Islamophobic"

Updated On: 06 Jun 2022 | 11:02 PM IST

Qatar, Iran and Kuwait on Sunday summoned India's Ambassadors and the key Gulf nations expressed their strong protest and condemnation of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet

Updated On: 06 Jun 2022 | 6:25 AM IST

The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupura Sharma from the party following her alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad which had ignited protests from Muslim groups.

Updated On: 06 Jun 2022 | 1:39 AM IST

Passengers arriving in India from Kuwait will only have to submit a self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal along with their Covid-19 vaccination certificate, officials said

Updated On: 30 Apr 2022 | 6:46 AM IST

The Indian Embassy in Kuwait on Friday slammed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for retweeting what it said was an "anti-India tweet" by a "Pakistani agent", and asserted that such anti-India elements should not be encouraged. The sharp response from the Indian Embassy in Kuwait came after Tharoor retweeted a tweet which claimed that a group of "powerful" Kuwaiti parliamentarians have demanded from the government of Kuwait to put an immediate ban on the entry of any member of the ruling BJP of India into Kuwait. The tweet further said, "We can't sit back and watch Muslim girls being publicly persecuted they said. Time for the Ummah to unite." Referring to the tweet, Tharoor said on Twitter, "Domestic actions have international repercussions. I hear from friends across the Gulf of their dismay at rising Islamophobia in India & the PM's unwillingness to condemn it, let alone act decisively against it. 'We like India. But don't make it so hard for us to be your friends'." Hitting out at ...

Updated On: 18 Feb 2022 | 8:13 PM IST

Parts of Kuwait could get as much as 4.5C hotter from 2071 to 2100 compared with the historical average

Updated On: 16 Jan 2022 | 11:04 PM IST

Kuwait has formed a new government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the state media reported.

Updated On: 29 Dec 2021 | 1:01 PM IST

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Kuwait has extended oil supply contracts for Indian refiners by three months to March 2022 due to a delay in the commissioning of its 615,000 barrel-per-day Al-Zour refinery, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Updated On: 20 Dec 2021 | 8:40 AM IST

A fire erupted on Monday at a major oil refinery in Kuwait, the state-owned oil company said, reporting no immediate casualties

Updated On: 18 Oct 2021 | 12:54 PM IST

The corporation is the sole remaining claimant

Updated On: 27 Jul 2021 | 4:04 PM IST

KIA, the world's oldest sovereign wealth fund whose roots predate the birth of the modern state of Kuwait, doesn't officially disclose the value of its assets.

Updated On: 03 Jul 2021 | 7:10 PM IST