India signs trade pact with Oman as it expands Middle East ties
India, in turn, will cut tariffs on about 78% of its tariff lines, covering nearly 95% of imports from Oman by value.
Gulf Cooperation Council
Sultan’s visit marks a milestone in India-Oman relations
How important relations with Oman are can be gauged from the fact it was the first Gulf country that India signed a strategic partnership with in 2008.
South Asia-Gulf Migratory Corridor: Impending Challenges
The Covid-19 pandemic has rerouted global migration patterns, restructured migratory corridors, and remapped the fate of millions of migrants and their families across the globe in an unprecedented manner.
6 Gulf Arab countries back extending UN arms embargo on Iran
The Gulf Cooperation Council said it sent a letter to the UN Security Council backing an extension of an arms embargo that’s kept Iran from purchasing foreign-made weapons like fighter jets, tanks and warships.
$15 billion project: Gulf countries to be linked by trains
First phase of the Gulf Railway Project, which is expected to be finalized in 2023, will connect Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman
Pakistan to continue in FATF’s ‘Grey List’ for failing to check funding to LeT, JeM
The decision was taken at the Financial Action Task Force’s third and final plenary held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Who is Oman’s new ruler Haitham bin Tariq?
The new leader was sworn in as the ruler of Oman, succeeding his cousin Sultan Qaboos who died at age 79
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