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Bodies Of 45 Indians Who Died In Kuwait Fire Reach Kerala
The bodies of 45 Indian workers, who died in a massive fire in Kuwaittwo days ago, were brought back this morning. A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force landed in Kerala's Kochi and handed over 31 bodies of workers from three southern states.
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Kuwait Building Fire: Bodies Of 45 Indians, Air Force Aircraft On Standby
Kuwait Thursday said authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers as the Gulf Kingdom vowed to promptly investigate the incident.
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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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World Cup Migrant Workers Still Jailed In Qatar For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.
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Workers Death On Construction Sites Rises In Qatar Ahead World Cup
The number of worker deaths from Qatar's giant World Cup campaign may never be known but the debate has already taken a toll on the Gulf state's name, experts say.
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As Qatar World Cup Looms, Street Cricket Rules For Gulf Migrant Workers
About 200 people, mostly men, wielding bats and taped-up tennis balls in a weekly festival of street cricket
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Limit To How Players Can Protest In Qatar, Say England's Harry Kane And Gareth Southgate
The English Football Association also announced on Wednesday that Gareth Southgate's players will meet with migrant workers after their arrival in the Gulf state.
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Government Pursuing Return Of Indian Workers With Gulf Nations: Foreign Minister
The government is working to ensure that Indian workers are back to their work and jobs in the Gulf and is pursuing the issue with its counterparts in the region at the highest level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha.
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Norway Decides Against Qatar World Cup Boycott
Norway's football community on Sunday voted against boycotting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite pressure from its grassroots over alleged human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Gulf state.
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India, Kuwait Sign Pact For Cooperation On Recruitment Of Indian Workers
India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit of a legal framework that streamlines their recruitment and provides them with the protection of the law.
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Salary Income Of Indians In Gulf Exempt From Income Tax: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said salary income earned by non-resident Indians in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from tax in India.
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Opinion: Kerala's Remittance Rush From Abroad May Be Over For Good
"Gone to Gulf." That phrase came up a lot in conversations among grown-ups that I overheard as a schoolboy in Kerala during the early 1980s. My father, who managed a lobster-export business in the port of Kochi, was constantly griping about workers who quit on short notice - or none at all - to take up jobs in the Gulf cities of Muscat, Doha or Jed...
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8 Lakh Indians May Have To Leave As Kuwait Approves A Draft Expat Quota Bill: Report
A total of 8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait as its National Assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to reduce the number of foreign workers in the Gulf country.
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Kuwait Doesn't Want To Be An Expat-Majority Nation Anymore
Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.
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Sick, Stranded And Broke: COVID-19 Crisis Hits Gulf's Migrant Workers
When all nine men in his dormitory caught coronavirus, 27-year-old Nurudhin was bused to a remote quarantine camp -- becoming one of many migrant workers Gulf states are struggling to accomodate adequately.
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Bodies Of 45 Indians Who Died In Kuwait Fire Reach Kerala
The bodies of 45 Indian workers, who died in a massive fire in Kuwaittwo days ago, were brought back this morning. A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force landed in Kerala's Kochi and handed over 31 bodies of workers from three southern states.
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Kuwait Building Fire: Bodies Of 45 Indians, Air Force Aircraft On Standby
Kuwait Thursday said authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers as the Gulf Kingdom vowed to promptly investigate the incident.
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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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World Cup Migrant Workers Still Jailed In Qatar For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Since protests in January over unpaid wages, three migrant workers for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been detained in the Gulf nation.
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Workers Death On Construction Sites Rises In Qatar Ahead World Cup
The number of worker deaths from Qatar's giant World Cup campaign may never be known but the debate has already taken a toll on the Gulf state's name, experts say.
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As Qatar World Cup Looms, Street Cricket Rules For Gulf Migrant Workers
About 200 people, mostly men, wielding bats and taped-up tennis balls in a weekly festival of street cricket
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Limit To How Players Can Protest In Qatar, Say England's Harry Kane And Gareth Southgate
The English Football Association also announced on Wednesday that Gareth Southgate's players will meet with migrant workers after their arrival in the Gulf state.
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Government Pursuing Return Of Indian Workers With Gulf Nations: Foreign Minister
The government is working to ensure that Indian workers are back to their work and jobs in the Gulf and is pursuing the issue with its counterparts in the region at the highest level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha.
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Norway Decides Against Qatar World Cup Boycott
Norway's football community on Sunday voted against boycotting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite pressure from its grassroots over alleged human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Gulf state.
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India, Kuwait Sign Pact For Cooperation On Recruitment Of Indian Workers
India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit of a legal framework that streamlines their recruitment and provides them with the protection of the law.
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Salary Income Of Indians In Gulf Exempt From Income Tax: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said salary income earned by non-resident Indians in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from tax in India.
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Opinion: Kerala's Remittance Rush From Abroad May Be Over For Good
"Gone to Gulf." That phrase came up a lot in conversations among grown-ups that I overheard as a schoolboy in Kerala during the early 1980s. My father, who managed a lobster-export business in the port of Kochi, was constantly griping about workers who quit on short notice - or none at all - to take up jobs in the Gulf cities of Muscat, Doha or Jed...
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8 Lakh Indians May Have To Leave As Kuwait Approves A Draft Expat Quota Bill: Report
A total of 8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait as its National Assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to reduce the number of foreign workers in the Gulf country.
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Kuwait Doesn't Want To Be An Expat-Majority Nation Anymore
Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.
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Sick, Stranded And Broke: COVID-19 Crisis Hits Gulf's Migrant Workers
When all nine men in his dormitory caught coronavirus, 27-year-old Nurudhin was bused to a remote quarantine camp -- becoming one of many migrant workers Gulf states are struggling to accomodate adequately.
