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UAE to host 3rd edition of International Business Conference ‘MahaBiz 2018’
The 3rd edition of acclaimed International Business Conference ‘MahaBiz 2018’ will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 12th and 13th October 2018. MahaBiz is considered a bridge for business opportunities between Maharashtra state and Gulf Cooperation Council ..
Which is the only country in the Middle East that has no desert?
Lebanon is the only country without desert in the Middle East.Lebanon has traditionally been an important commercial hub for the middle East.Lebanon is also known as Pearl of the Middle East.
Netanyahu favours bill to stop mosque noise
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has come in favour of the bill which calls for reducing the volume of calls to prayer coming from mosques resting his stance on the complaints coming from citizens. Netanyahu has stated that people from all ..
What is happening in Kurdistan Now?
The Kurdish people are indigenous to the Middle East region. They form the 4th largest ethnic group of the region and are also the world’s largest ethnic group without their own state. They are mostly Sunni Muslims and the estimated ..
India and Jordan ink 6 MoUs to cooperate in various fields
India and Jordan have signed six Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in various fields. These MoUs were signed in presence of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in Amman. Jordan was first leg of President Pranab Mukherjee’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Middle East solution needs moderation
Middle East solution needs moderation. The failure of talks between Palestine and Israel has pushed Palestine to take recourse to international legal instruments. Palestinian Authority has thus quickly acceded to the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court as the UNSC ..
Prince Saud al-Faisal, World's longest serving Foreign Minister passes away
Prince Saud al-Faisal, former foreign minister of Saudi Arabia passed away in United States. He was 75. He was the Saudi kingdom’s foreign minister for 4 decades (from 1975 to 2015). He had retired in April 2015 and was succeeded ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015
MERS claims two lives in South Korea
Two people have died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea making it country’s first fatalities from the disease. The first victim was a 58-year-old woman who had contact with the original case, a South Korean who visited ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to death by Cairo court for his part in a mass jailbreak in 2011. Now, country’s religious authorities will have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out. Morsi who ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Yemen government resigns under pressure from Shia Houthi rebels
President Mansour Hadi of Yemen along with Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet have resigned. Yemen government’s resignation comes after the President agreed to the demands of Shia Houthi rebels, who had stormed his palace and private home in ..