Describing Saudi Arabia as an important factor of stability in the region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the continuing conflict in Gaza and called for an early ceasefire.
Notably, the timing of the auction coincides with the third and fourth days of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth.
Coco Gauff, currently ranked world number three, has expressed hope that the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia could “open doors” and pave the way for women’s progress and positive change in the conservative kingdom.
During the visit, Goyal participated in the Plenary Session of the 8th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII), with representatives from global governments and the industry.
On October 7, last year, Hamas’ attack on Israel marked a turning point in West Asia’s geopolitical landscape.
Vajpayee was to use his brilliant 'Sherpa' and handpicked Foreign Minister, Jaswant Singh, for thawing and warming relations with Saudi Arabia, in particular. Jaswant, with a manifest sense of history and destiny would soon charm the House of Saud with his own desert ancestry and lifelong interest in horses
Every tenet of human rights was thus violated. By advancing what they call a “free pass” to MBS, America’s President has proffered a feeble excuse to justify his defence of the de facto leader of the desert kingdom. Biden, who had referred to Saudi Arabia as a “pariah kingdom with no redeeming social value” in course of his election campaign, has now softened his stance to a dramatic degree.
"There should be an emphasis on the plantation of the trees that provide wide-spreading canopies, consume minimum water and are suitable to climatic conditions of the capital."
And yet the cruel irony of her predicament must be that she was put behind bars just weeks before the ban was lifted by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, reckoned as a liberal by the standards of the palace in Riyadh.
This simply means that even though the prices of crude oil may continue to rise from the present levels of $60 a barrel, Asian market would continue to get discounts over the prevailing price.
