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Employers ready to recruit laid off Indian workers
By Shams Ahsan JEDDAH — Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development branch in Makkah Abdullah Al-Olayan addressed on Monday the representatives of a number of companies willing to employ Indian workers rendered jobless. The meeting was facilitated by ...
Permanent residency for expats, a welcome move
  Shams Ahsan JEDDAH — Expatriates have overwhelmingly welcomed the announcement by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, that Saudi Arabia was planning to give permanent residency to foreign workers similar to the US Green ...
You are my family, Modi tells workers
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette Namar, RIYADH — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at home in the midst of hundreds of Indian workers of Larsen and Toubro, an Indian engineering and construction company involved in the Riyadh Metro project. When the prime minister ...
Modi mesmerizes workers in Riyadh camp
Shams Ahsan RIYADH — It is the smell of your sweat that has brought me here, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a packed marquee of skilled and manual workers of Larson and Tourbo involved in the Riyadh Metro project. Modi ...
Indian PM to visit Riyadh on April 2
Shams Ahsan JEDDAH — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day state visit to Saudi Arabia on April 2, according to reliable sources. Modi will hold talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. They will discuss key ...
Haj Committee of India to be shifted to Minority Affairs Ministry
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A  proposal to transfer the Central Haj Committee of India from the Ministry of External Affairs to the Ministry of Minority Affairs could soon see the light of day, former Union minister of India and Chairman ...
A hug that brought smiles to the faces of Indian, Pakistani expats
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — They have the mandate, the will and, to top it all, the courage. What happened on Friday in the subcontinent was unparalleled. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, breaking all protocols and overcoming any fear of an ...
Saudi efforts to assist refugees win EU praise
Shams Ahsan A SENIOR European Union official has appreciated the efforts of Saudi Arabia as well as those of other Gulf countries to help refugees displayed by wars in Syria and Iraq. “There is an interesting parallel between what Saudi Arabia and ...
Saudis find new Indian labor system ‘unfair’
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The e-Migrate system, which was launched by the Indian government on June 1 to protect its workers from fraudulent job offers, has come in for criticism from some Saudi officials. The system, which is an initiative of ...
Kimchi in Korea
Shams Ahsan What comes to mind when we think of Korea? Electronic brands such as Samsung and LG, automobile giants like Hyundai, Kia and Daewoo, emotional reunions of divided relatives living north or south of the demilitarized zone, and — of ...
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