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UP, Bihar Replace Kerala As Top Supplier Of Blue-Collar Workforce To Gulf Nations: Report
According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.
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Saudi Government 'Infiltrated' Wikipedia, Jailed Two: Report
Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, activists said Thursday, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed for "spying" for the Saudis.
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Ex-Twitter Employee In US Jailed For 3 Years For Spying For Saudi Arabia
US justice officials on Thursday said a former Twitter worker convicted of spying for Saudi officials was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
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Concerned About Alleged Torture Of Aid Worker In Saudi Arabia: US House Speaker
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she was "deeply concerned" about the alleged torture of a Saudi aid worker while in detention in Saudi Arabia.
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2 Indian Workers Held Captive By Saudi Arabia Employer Return Home
Two Indian workers, who alleged that they were held captive by their employer in Yanbu city of Saudi Arabia for months after their work agreement expired, returned to Rajasthan on Thursday.
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2 Rajasthan Workers Allegedly Being Held Captive By Employer In Saudi Arabia
Two Indian workers are being held captive by their employer in Saudi Arabia despite an assurance by authorities that they will be allowed to return by April-end, a Rajasthan Congress leader alleged today and appealed to President Kovind to intervene.
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Unable To Pay For Covid Test, Woman In Saudi Says Denied Flight To India
A 40-year-old woman, who was set to fly back to India after allegedly being held hostage by her employer in Saudi Arabia, has claimed that she was not allowed to board the flight as she could not pay the money for the mandatory coronavirus test.
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Saudi Arabia Removes Controversial Restrictions On Foreign Workers
Saudi Arabia will remove several controversial restrictions on foreign workers in a labor policy overhaul that officials hope will attract overseas talent and reduce citizen unemployment.
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Trapped Illegal Workers In Saudi See Pandemic As Only Escape Route
Jobless and broke, Sudanese electrician Hatem is stranded in limbo in Riyadh like countless other illegal workers, but he hopes the fast-spreading coronavirus will offer a chance for escape. While coronavirus drives a huge exodus of expatriates, campaigners say potentially hundreds of thousands of illegal workers remain stranded in Saudi Arabia, co...
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24-Hour Curfew In Muslim Holy Cities Mecca, Medina Over COVID-19
Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew today in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, extending measures to combat coronavirus, while other Gulf Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations.
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Indian Man Flies Back Home From Saudi After Travel Ban Over Loan Lifted
An Indian man in Saudi Arabia, who was barred from travelling over a car loan, has left the country after the community workers and the Consulate General of India in Jeddah helped lift his travel ban.
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Saudi Encouraged "Oil Boom" Foreign Workers To Leave. Now It's Struggling
Mohammed Iqbal joined the throng of foreign workers bound for Saudi Arabia during the oil boom of the 1970s, after recruiters from Pepsi visited his native India and dangled an opportunity in the kingdom driving a delivery truck.
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Centre Provides Return Tickets To 3,000 Stranded Indians In Saudi
In a major relief to 3,000 Indian workers stranded in Saudi Arabia, the government has provided return tickets to those willing to come back and is making efforts to renew permits of those wanting to work there, Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Thursday.
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He Was On Forbes '100 Richest' List. Now Saudi Will Auction His Assets
Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions of riyals due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Saudi Arabia Arrests Egyptian Man Over Breakfast Video With Woman
Saudi authorities have arrested an Egyptian hotel worker who appeared in what officials described as an "offensive" video eating breakfast with a female co-worker.
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UP, Bihar Replace Kerala As Top Supplier Of Blue-Collar Workforce To Gulf Nations: Report
According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.
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Saudi Government 'Infiltrated' Wikipedia, Jailed Two: Report
Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, activists said Thursday, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed for "spying" for the Saudis.
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Ex-Twitter Employee In US Jailed For 3 Years For Spying For Saudi Arabia
US justice officials on Thursday said a former Twitter worker convicted of spying for Saudi officials was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
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Concerned About Alleged Torture Of Aid Worker In Saudi Arabia: US House Speaker
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she was "deeply concerned" about the alleged torture of a Saudi aid worker while in detention in Saudi Arabia.
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2 Indian Workers Held Captive By Saudi Arabia Employer Return Home
Two Indian workers, who alleged that they were held captive by their employer in Yanbu city of Saudi Arabia for months after their work agreement expired, returned to Rajasthan on Thursday.
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2 Rajasthan Workers Allegedly Being Held Captive By Employer In Saudi Arabia
Two Indian workers are being held captive by their employer in Saudi Arabia despite an assurance by authorities that they will be allowed to return by April-end, a Rajasthan Congress leader alleged today and appealed to President Kovind to intervene.
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Unable To Pay For Covid Test, Woman In Saudi Says Denied Flight To India
A 40-year-old woman, who was set to fly back to India after allegedly being held hostage by her employer in Saudi Arabia, has claimed that she was not allowed to board the flight as she could not pay the money for the mandatory coronavirus test.
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Saudi Arabia Removes Controversial Restrictions On Foreign Workers
Saudi Arabia will remove several controversial restrictions on foreign workers in a labor policy overhaul that officials hope will attract overseas talent and reduce citizen unemployment.
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Trapped Illegal Workers In Saudi See Pandemic As Only Escape Route
Jobless and broke, Sudanese electrician Hatem is stranded in limbo in Riyadh like countless other illegal workers, but he hopes the fast-spreading coronavirus will offer a chance for escape. While coronavirus drives a huge exodus of expatriates, campaigners say potentially hundreds of thousands of illegal workers remain stranded in Saudi Arabia, co...
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24-Hour Curfew In Muslim Holy Cities Mecca, Medina Over COVID-19
Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew today in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, extending measures to combat coronavirus, while other Gulf Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations.
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Indian Man Flies Back Home From Saudi After Travel Ban Over Loan Lifted
An Indian man in Saudi Arabia, who was barred from travelling over a car loan, has left the country after the community workers and the Consulate General of India in Jeddah helped lift his travel ban.
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Saudi Encouraged "Oil Boom" Foreign Workers To Leave. Now It's Struggling
Mohammed Iqbal joined the throng of foreign workers bound for Saudi Arabia during the oil boom of the 1970s, after recruiters from Pepsi visited his native India and dangled an opportunity in the kingdom driving a delivery truck.
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Centre Provides Return Tickets To 3,000 Stranded Indians In Saudi
In a major relief to 3,000 Indian workers stranded in Saudi Arabia, the government has provided return tickets to those willing to come back and is making efforts to renew permits of those wanting to work there, Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Thursday.
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He Was On Forbes '100 Richest' List. Now Saudi Will Auction His Assets
Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions of riyals due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Saudi Arabia Arrests Egyptian Man Over Breakfast Video With Woman
Saudi authorities have arrested an Egyptian hotel worker who appeared in what officials described as an "offensive" video eating breakfast with a female co-worker.
