Goa and Brazil share a few common similarities dating back to the Portuguese colonial rule, of language and football. But on Thursday night, Brazilian Ambassador to Qatar Anuar Nahes highlighted yet another little known artistic link -

As a five-day anti-corruption convention got underway on Monday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the United Nations said the cost of political corruption to governments around the world is about $1.6 trillion each year.

Former Federal minister of state for foreign affairs Eduardo Faleiro’s entourage will dock in Oman for two days for the Global Goans convention in the first week of next month.

The PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool ended dramatically Sunday, as pool legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante of Philippine team B, bagged the coveted world championship and went home $60,000 richer.

The decision by Sri Lanka Airlines to stop its operations to the Indian resort state of Goa from March 28 was part of the bad news which the tourism industry in the Indian state had to face in the days of the worldwide economic recession.

On Friday, Qatar Holdings announced it will buy a significant stake inside Volkswagon AG, which is merging with Porsche.

“Konkani does not have a script, isn’t it,” thundered, my Kerala-born photojournalist friend. I shot back saying: “the problem for the Konkani language is not having a script, but scripts?

"I fear for the safety of my step-brother and my father,” said Qatar-based Sara in a trembling tone to her friend speaking at the other end of the telephone line from Mumbai.

Heta Pandit’s book Hidden Hands-Masterbuilders of Goa amply illustrated with photographs and gives the reader an insight into the lives of the artisans-carpenters, masons, stonecutters, roofers, basket weavers, potters, painters and gardeners.

The eighth annual Arab Media Forum will include a number of workshops and sessions that debates some of the vital issues that concern the media in the region.