Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Mohammed Shahid Alam, the new consul general of India, is upbeat about a promising future for the 2.5 million Indian community in Saudi Arabia in the post pandemic scenario.
"This is a very difficult and challenging time for (...)
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JEDDAH — Minister of Commerce and Acting Minister of Media Majed Al-Qasabi launched on Tuesday the new identity of Saudi Gazette newspaper, representing a major turning point in its evolution that features staying abreast with the (...)
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JEDDAH — Center for Information and Guidance India (CIGI) International is organizing webinars on Feb. 6 and 27 to unveil vast opportunities for pursuing higher studies and living in the United Kingdom.
The organizers of the event (...)
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JEDDAH — Members of the Indian Community in Jeddah gave a big salute to the patriotic valor and great sacrifice of Brig. Mohammed Usman, who laid his life defending the honor of his great nation. Brig. Usman, who at a young age, (...)
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JEDDAH — A number of prominent Saudi and Indian speakers called upon the younger generation to reset their goals in life by applying knowledge in a proper way to surmount the challenges while scaling the ladders of success in the post (...)
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JEDDAH — Eleven years ago, precisely in a winter evening in January 2009, an elderly Saudi citizen in Madinah was attending a send off party to an Indian national, who had been instrumental in helping him establish his first date (...)
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JEDDAH — Abeer Medical Group President Mohammed Alungal unveiled plans to give top priority to young Saudi men and women while hiring staff in the group's sales and marketing divisions. "At present, there are around 600 Saudis working (...)
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JEDDAH — Malayalam Mission, a global initiative of the government of Kerala, has made unprecedented progress and remarkable achievements by spreading its wings to as many as 45 countries around the world within a short span of (...)
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JEDDAH — Eko Hartono, consul general of Indonesia, said that language is the best gateway to understand a nation and its culture. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the passing out of the 17th batch of the Indonesian Language (...)
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JEDDAH — Jasmine Ali, the 21-year-old engineering graduate, and her two siblings — Shahna and Jamshid — could not control their emotions when they were united with their father after years of anxious wait covering their childhood and (...)
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THUWAL — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced on Wednesday the launch of Saudi Arabia's first university engagement program intended specifically to foster the growth of small and medium-sized (...)
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JEDDAH — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has warned bank customers — citizens and expatriates — in the Kingdom not to fall victim to financial frauds being perpetrated by scammers.
The warning comes after SAMA, the central (...)
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JEDDAH – Mohammed Shahid Alam, former deputy consul general and Hajj consul, has been appointed new Consul General of India in Jeddah. He succeeds Mohammed Noor Rahman Sheikh, who left the Kingdom on July 6. India's Ministry of (...)
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JEDDAH — A recent virtual event organized by the Jeddah-based Goodwill Global Initiative (GGI) paid glowing tribute to Sheikh Abdullah Mohyaddin Melibari, a veteran Saudi citizen of Indian origin. Sheikh Abdullah died last Monday in (...)
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has repatriated as many as 1945 Indian deportees during the current period of temporary suspension of the international flight service following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabian Airlines (...)
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JEDDAH — Thousands of Indians from various parts of the Eastern Province mourned the tragic death of three youth who died in a car crash on Thursday morning. A large number of people, including relatives and friends, attended the (...)
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JEDDAH — A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, carrying 231 deportees on board, left here on Wednesday afternoon for Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This is the second batch of deportees leaving for India during the (...)
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JEDDAH — Aneeza Baiju has been elected president of the newly formed Jeddah CIGI Women's Collective (JCWC), the women's wing of Jeddah Chapter of Center for Information and Guidance India (CIGI) International. She was chosen to lead (...)
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JEDDAH — International flights resumed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following the decision of the Saudi authorities to exempt certain categories of Saudis and expatriates from the temporary travel ban imposed since March as part (...)
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JEDDAH — The Jeddah-based Educational Consulting & Guidance Services (ECGS) will be holding virtual coaching classes for students of international schools following India's Central Board of Secondary School (CBSE) curriculum. Riaz (...)
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JEDDAH — A recent webinar organized by the Jeddah Chapter of the Farook College Old Students' Association (FOSA) had an in depth and critical analysis of India's New Education Policy (NEP). Muralee Thummarukudy, chief of Disaster Risk (...)
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JEDDAH — In the biggest ever repatriation in its history, India's diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia has so far repatriated over 87,000 most distressing Indians stranded by coronavirus pandemic on board 480 flights, according to (...)
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MAKKAH — Pilgrims started leaving Makkah on Sunday evening after completing this year's exceptional Hajj pilgrimage. They had left earlier the tent city of Mina after completing the stoning ritual for Makkah to perform Tawaf Al-Wida (...)
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MINA — As the annual pilgrimage of Hajj reached its final phase on the fourth day on Saturday, pilgrims threw stones at all the three pillars or Jamarat, symbolizing Satan. In total compliance with the coronavirus preventive protocols (...)
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MINA — Pilgrims performed four main rituals of Hajj on Friday, (Dhul Hijjah 10), which is also known as Yaum Al-Nahr or the Day of Sacrifice when most Muslims other than pilgrims all over the world started celebrating Eid Al-Adha (...)