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All About Kafala Labour System Scrapped By Saudi That Affected 2.3 Million Indians
Saudi Arabia this month confirmed it had abolished the controversial 50-year-old kafala labour sponsorship system reviled as 'modern-day slavery', allowing employers - called kafeel - inhuman levels of control over employees.
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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 Firm Flies Home Over 1,600 Stranded Indian Staff On Chartered Flights
In one of the largest COVID-19-related repatriations from the Gulf by a private employer, a Saudi Arabia-based company has begun operating chartered flights to send home over 1,600 of its Indian employees.
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90 Women From India Allege Sexual Abuse By Saudi Bosses
As many as 90 women from various parts of India have alleged physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their Saudi Arabian employers leading police to arrest a Mumbai-based labour supplying agent after a two-year-long investigation, an official said on Wednesday.
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Stranded Indian Nurse Leaves Saudi Arabia After Long Legal Battle
An Indian nurse who was stranded in Saudi Arabia along with her newborn baby following a dispute with her employer has finally left the Kingdom after a long legal battle.
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Hyderabad Woman Dies In Saudi Arabia, Family Seeks Sushma Swaraj's Help
The family of the woman alleged that she might have been murdered by her employer and have urged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to look into the matter.
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A Ghost Army Of The Not-Very-Employed Haunts Gulf Rulers
The government was trying to trim a wage bill that eats up more than half its budget -- an outlandish share even by Gulf standards. Last year, it required public employees to swipe their fingers on a biometric reader every morning.
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The Rise Of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Reveals A Harsh Truth
The crown prince inherited a sclerotic state with limited administrative capacity and an economy that is largely reliant on declining oil revenues. The country is burdened by a venal elite comprised of thousands of royals and hangers-on who operate with impunity and are a huge drain on the economy. It is saddled with a bloated public sector which e...
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All About Kafala Labour System Scrapped By Saudi That Affected 2.3 Million Indians
Saudi Arabia this month confirmed it had abolished the controversial 50-year-old kafala labour sponsorship system reviled as 'modern-day slavery', allowing employers - called kafeel - inhuman levels of control over employees.
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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 Firm Flies Home Over 1,600 Stranded Indian Staff On Chartered Flights
In one of the largest COVID-19-related repatriations from the Gulf by a private employer, a Saudi Arabia-based company has begun operating chartered flights to send home over 1,600 of its Indian employees.
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90 Women From India Allege Sexual Abuse By Saudi Bosses
As many as 90 women from various parts of India have alleged physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their Saudi Arabian employers leading police to arrest a Mumbai-based labour supplying agent after a two-year-long investigation, an official said on Wednesday.
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Stranded Indian Nurse Leaves Saudi Arabia After Long Legal Battle
An Indian nurse who was stranded in Saudi Arabia along with her newborn baby following a dispute with her employer has finally left the Kingdom after a long legal battle.
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Hyderabad Woman Dies In Saudi Arabia, Family Seeks Sushma Swaraj's Help
The family of the woman alleged that she might have been murdered by her employer and have urged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to look into the matter.
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A Ghost Army Of The Not-Very-Employed Haunts Gulf Rulers
The government was trying to trim a wage bill that eats up more than half its budget -- an outlandish share even by Gulf standards. Last year, it required public employees to swipe their fingers on a biometric reader every morning.
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The Rise Of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Reveals A Harsh Truth
The crown prince inherited a sclerotic state with limited administrative capacity and an economy that is largely reliant on declining oil revenues. The country is burdened by a venal elite comprised of thousands of royals and hangers-on who operate with impunity and are a huge drain on the economy. It is saddled with a bloated public sector which e...
