One of the UAE's largest expatriate communities is being counted as part of a first-of-its-kind census in India.
The southern state of Kerala started its door-to-door census on May 1 to determine the number of its residents living overseas and their job profiles.
About 2.2 million Keralites live and work abroad, with 875,000 in the UAE and 574,...
Non-resident Indian (NRI) investors in the Gulf region have opted to invest more in life and pensions products this year, moving away from cash deposits in India, according to a study by Invesco.
“NRI allocations to cash have fallen from 20% to 9% while allocations to life insurance products have risen to 52% from 42%,” the study said.
The co...
State-run Saudi Aramco has awarded India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) a contract to build facilities including a gas processing plant for its Midyan gas field, state news agency SPA reported.
The world’s top oil exporter is boosting its output of the natural gas needed to meet rapidly rising domestic power demand and supply raw materials to its strat...
Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group has announced that it has received all regulatory approvals to establish a fully owned subsidiary in India.
Under the name of QNB (India) Private Limited, the new unit is expected to start operations during the third quarter of 2013.
QNB (India) will take the role of extending consultancy and advisory services in t...
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover on Monday said it has opened a new engineering test centre in Dubai to conduct extreme hot weather vehicle research, development and testing.
The new 11,120 sq ft facility in the Al Barsha area of Dubai will offer a comprehensive range of tests including durability, calibration and hot weather testing for hea...
With a view to attracting foreign investments, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will visit Dubai on May 26 and engage with sovereign wealth funds to sell the India growth story.
The Minister is scheduled to meet his counterpart in Dubai and also hold bilateral consultations with the SWFs (Sovereign Wealth Funds) in his day-long visit to the Gulf n...
