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India – Saudi Arabia signed defense cooperation deal

March 3, 2014

India and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defense cooperation for greater exchange of information and training in New Delhi. The agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Bin Obaid Madani ..

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India-Saudi Arabia inked pact to protect interests of Indian domestic sector workers

January 6, 2014

India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to protect the interests and rights of Indian domestic sector workers in the Gulf Kingdom. The pact signed by Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and visiting Labour Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel ..

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India, Saudi Arabia decided to establish Saudi-Indian Business Network

July 27, 2013

India and Saudi Arabia have decided to create a Saudi-India Business Network (SIBN) separately in Riyadh and Dammam.  What will be the focus of SIBN? SIBN would catalyze the promotion of India-Saudi bilateral commerce and trade relations, investment, Business-to-Business interactions and exchanges. The proposed network would ..

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Saudi Arabia extends ‘Nitaqat’ deadline to November 3, 2013

July 7, 2013

Giving some relief to Indians in Saudi Arabia who are facing trouble in adjusting to the changes in the employment opportunities introduced by the ongoing “Nitaqat” (naturalisation) legislation being implemented by the Labour Ministry of the Kingdom, King Abdullah has extended the ..

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200 Indians victim of cheating stranded in Saudi Arabia

June 11, 2013

Around 200 skilled and unskilled laborers from different states of India are stranded in Saudi Arabia after their Bangladeshi employer cheated them. The worker were promised jobs in a plastic factory, but were made to clean toilets. They have appealed to the government of India for ..

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Fact Box: Nitaqat – Over 1 lakh Indians fear arrest in Saudi Arabia

May 28, 2013

Over 1 lakh Indians fear arrest in Saudi Arabia The Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who have not been able regularise their work status are likely to be arrested as the country implements its controversial naturalisation law or Nitaqat, which seeks ..

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India expresses concerns to Saudi Arabia over 'Nitaqat'

April 30, 2013

India has expressed its concerns to Saudi Arabia over the possibility of job losses of a large number of Indian workers in the kingdom because of a new labour law (Nitaqat). Both the nations have set up a Joint Working ..

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