The Prime Minister's Office wants preliminary negotiations on a proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to be completed before the PM's first bilateral visit of 2022. The commerce department says work is still underway to identify trade opportunities with the UAE, India's third largest trading partner.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar reported new cases, raising the total number in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to 963, with no deaths reported.
Along with its Gulf peers -- Dubai's Emirates Airlines and Abu Dhabi's Etihad -- Qatar's national carrier has captured a sizable portion of transit travel, capitalising on the Gulf's central geographic location.
As the euro zone is so far behind other developed nations in its attempts to return to growth, it could struggle to meet rising oil costs.
R Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Menaka Doshi gave his perspective of what is going on in the region and whether this will spread to the Gulf because of recent newsflow over heated uprisings across Saudi Arabia.