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  'Under duress of threats from external powers': Congress on BJP's action against its leaders

  India | June 05, 2022 22:02 IST

  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal on Sunday after their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad.

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  Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summon Indian envoys over BJP leaders' remarks against Prophet

  India | June 06, 2022 0:07 IST

  Seeking to defuse a diplomatic row, a spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Qatar said that the "Ambassador conveyed that the tweets do not, in any manner, reflect the views of the Government of India. These are the views of fringe elements."

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  Al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan: Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

  World | September 09, 2021 13:48 IST

  Austin spoke to a small group of reporters in Kuwait City at the conclusion of a 4-day tour of Persian Gulf states. He said the United States is prepared to prevent an al-Qaida comeback in Afghanistan that would threaten the US.

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  Covid 19: Kuwait prepares to receive vaccinated expatriates

  World | July 31, 2021 10:36 IST

  Abdullah Al-Sanad, spokesman of the Health Ministry, said that the Kuwait Airport will allow the return of fully-vaccinated expats starting from August 1.

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  EAM Jaishankar likely to visit Kuwait on Wednesday

  India | June 07, 2021 15:10 IST

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is expected to visit Kuwait on Wednesday to explore steps to further deepen India's ties with the oil-rich Gulf nation.

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  Kuwait Foreign Minister meets EAM Dr S Jaishankar

  News | March 18, 2021 12:00 IST

  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State of Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait, Dr Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah met External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House in Delhi.

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  Kuwait’s Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Sabah, son of late emir, dies at 72

  World | December 20, 2020 20:26 IST

  Kuwait’s Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Sabah, the eldest son of the late emir, who emerged as an influential reformer in the oil-rich Gulf sheikhdom, died on Sunday, the country’s state-run news agency reported. He was 72.  

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  Govt announces state mourning on October 4 as mark of respect to Kuwait's Emir

  India | October 01, 2020 17:27 IST

  The Centre on Thursday announced one-day state mourning on October 4 across India as a mark of respect to Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who passed away on September 29. 

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  Kuwait ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, dies at 91, PM Modi expresses grief

  World | September 29, 2020 22:04 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, "Today, the State of Kuwait and the Arab world has lost a beloved leader, India a close friend, and the world a great statesman."

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  Kuwait halts accrediting Indian engineering degrees

  Education | August 16, 2020 23:51 IST

  Kuwait has temporarily halted accrediting Indian engineering certificates after forgeries were discovered in related documents, according to a media report.

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  8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait after approval of expat quota bill

  World | July 06, 2020 16:34 IST

  About 8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait after the Gulf country's parliamentary committee approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to gradually slash the number of foreign workers in the region, news agency PTI quoted media reports as saying.

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  155 Indians deported by Kuwait land in Guwahati

  India | May 29, 2020 22:03 IST

  According to health and security officials, 52 deportees are from Tripura and 103 from Assam

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  Vande Bharat Mission: Air India Express flight from Kuwait arrives in Ahmedabad

  News | May 14, 2020 14:49 IST

  Air India Express special flight landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad.

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  COVID-19: Death toll reaches 2663 in China, Kuwait confirms 1st case

  News | February 25, 2020 12:26 IST

  The world continues to shed tears due to the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus. South Korea has reported 60 new cases of coronavirus as well as new fatality, taking the total number to 893, with overall number of deaths touching to 8. In past 24 hours, Kuwait has also reported first case of COVID-19. Meanwhile, death toll in China has reached to 2663. Around 79,331 cases have been confirmed globally, according to World Health Organization report. The virus has spread to over 24 countries since December after it first originated from China's Wuhan city.

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  Jazeera Airways to provide connectivity to Delhi-Kuwait pax on London flight

  World | August 05, 2019 16:57 IST

  Jazeera Airways continues to expand its services in 2019 and as part of this announces London as its first new destination of the year. This is a first for a middle-east based budget carrier to fly long-haul, using its new A320neo aircraft," said Jazeera Airways, chairman, Marwan Boodai in a release.

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  HRD sends list of premiere engineering institutions to Kuwait following invalidation of IIT degrees

  Education | June 30, 2019 12:30 IST

  The Public Authority for Manpower, a government body in Kuwait, had last year issued a circular asking the labour department to not give work permits to expatriate engineers unless they got no-objection certificates from the Kuwait Engineers Society.

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  Indian arrested for stealing Kuwaiti woman's credit card

  World | June 14, 2019 13:47 IST

  Personnel from the crime branch checked the CCTV footage of the cameras installed in shops from where the suspect had made the purchases using the stolen and took him in custody.

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  Sushma Swaraj arrives in Qatar on 1st leg of four-day visit to two nations

  World | October 28, 2018 23:33 IST

  Swaraj's next leg of visit would be to Kuwait with which India has close and friendly bilateral relations.

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  Death sentence of 15 Indians commuted to life term in Kuwait: Sushma Swaraj

  India | September 30, 2017 17:44 IST

  In a series of tweets, she said "the Emir of Kuwait has been pleased to commute the sentence of 15 Indian nationals from death to life imprisonment".

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  Qatar denies terror funding allegations, says blockade based on 'false and fabricated news’

  World | June 09, 2017 7:21 IST

  Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani denied that his country funded extremists.