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- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University opens admission for women
Riyadh: The King Fahd University of Petroleum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it has opened the door for admission to female students to pursue bachelor’s degree courses, for…
- Middle East
Kuwait 190, 000 illegal expats don’t have access to COVID-19 vaccine
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti 190,000 illegal expatriates do not have access to COVID-19 vaccine alarming concerns in the country, which is struggling to curb the spread of the virus and achieve immunity. Earlier…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese vegetables, fruits over drug smuggling
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced a ban on the entry of consignments of Lebanese vegetables and fruits, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The ban effective from April 25 also covers consignments transit…
- Middle East
Women security guards deployed for first time at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is now appointing women as security guards at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. This is the first time in the country that women have been deployed as Hajj and Umrah…
- Middle East
Only Saudis can work in malls, supermarkets as local hiring drive accelerates
Riyadh: Shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, and cafes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must only hire locals as a part of a raft of initiatives aimed at increasing local employment, the country’s…
- Middle East
Saudi to allow only ‘vaccinated’ pilgrims into two holy mosques
Riyadh: Saudi authorities announced on Monday that they will only allow people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to perform the Umrah and as well as prayers at Grand Mosque in Makkah and…
- Middle East
Children not allowed to enter Masjid Nabawi in Madinah during Ramadan
Riyadh: Ahead of Ramadan 1442 (the year according to the Islamic lunar calendar), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday announced that children under 15 years of age will not be allowed…
- Middle East
Saudi police arrests armed man entering Makkah mosque
Riyadh: Saudi police on Thursday arrested a man with knife in Masjid Al Haram, Makkah where a man chanting slogans and disrupted other worshipers after asr prayers and attempted violence as well, the…
- India
Tax exemption to continue on salary income by NRIs in Gulf: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that salary income earned by non-resident Indians in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from tax in India. Reacting to the…
- Top Stories
Pandemic times: Gulf between rich and poor widens alarmingly
We live in an unequal world striving towards decline in economic inequality. But COVID-19 has put serious break on our efforts to heal the gap between the rich and the poor. The…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: HRC, MCA signs agreement to combat domestic violence
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Mawaddah charitable association (MCA) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase coordination to protect human rights and increase awareness to reduce…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s Haramain train to start bookings from March 15
Riyadh: The Haramain high-speed railway will resume its operation between Makkah and Madinah from March 31 this year, the Saudi press agency reported. Engineer Rayan Al-Harbi, deputy director of Haramain High Speed…
- Telangana
Paralysed gulf migrant loses medical aid, family alleges fraud by agency
Hyderabad: The family of a Gulf migrant returnee has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged fraud by a recruiting agency in Telangana’s Jagityal district. Kokeni Posanna, the…
- NRIs Corner
Republic day celebrations low key affair this year in Gulf
By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah: The Indian missions in most Gulf nations have scaled-down Republic Day celebrations this year in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Due to Covid-19 triggered restrictions and social distancing…
- Hyderabad
Govt only cares about lofty investments from NRIs, not issues of migrants: Worker groups
Hyderabad: The migrant labour rights groups here on Thursday accused the Central and the state governments of neglecting the Indian workers who are struggling to make a living in the Gulf countries.…
