Masah specialized Contracting Co. is one of the leading contracting companies in the Saudi market that took its place in a short span of time. Since its inception in 2006, Masah delivered and executed competitive projects with the highest level of (...)
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JEDDAH — The online sales in several sectors including communications and entertainment posted a record increase during the first quarter of 2021, it was found during a monitoring by Okaz/Saudi Gazette.
The total sales amounted to (...)
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JEDDAH — The General Authority for Foreign Trade has recently resumed its free trade negotiations with a number of countries and economic blocs, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from sources.
The authority has directed the Council of (...)
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JEDDAH — As many as 129,000 expatriates left the Kingdom on final exit during the year 2020. At the same time, the number of Saudi men and women who joined the local employment market during the year accounted for 74,000, (...)
KONDOTTY, Kerala — Kerala's ruling Communist Marxist Party (CPM) was playing "a dangerous" game using the communal card to grab votes in the recently held local body elections, said Hameed Vaniyambalam, state president of the Welfare Party of India (...)
In a train of thought trailing back to 2002, one cannot help but come across iRobot's Roomba, a vacuum cleaning robot and one of our first encounters with machines performing human tasks. Since then, robotics has come a long way, with its growth (...)
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TAIF — Taif is one of the Kingdom's most favorite tourist destinations to where thousands of vacationers flock during the summer season. Moderate temperature, rain and pleasant weather offer a real breathing space for the (...)
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MAKKAH – The Agency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque under the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is currently carrying out extensive studies about the entire aspects of its (...)
As the world is battling against COVID-19, the pandemic has an uneven effect on the supply chain industry. Industries such as auto, travel, consumer goods, electronics, and retail have been profoundly impacted. The supply chain economy has a large (...)
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JEDDAH — There has been a steady decline in the volume of remittance by foreign workers amounting to a total of SR31.33 billion (20 percent) over the last four years.
The figures came to light as Okaz/Saudi Gazette was monitoring (...)
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TAIF — The Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) is preparing the longest recreational tourist path in the country with a length of 1,835 km as part of its ambitious drive to promote domestic tourism.
The path would connect the Kingdom's (...)
According to official statistics, a total of 6,408,501 people have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) all over the world, and among these the number of fatalities is 383,616, equivalent to 5.9 percent of the total infected cases.
The (...)
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MAKKAH – The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs granted permission to grocery stores and supermarkets to sell tobacco and shisha products, well-informed sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette.
Sources said deputy minister for (...)
We have long had the perception that as artificial intelligence (AI) enters our life it will continue to take over until we are living in a world that is controlled by machines. Or so that's what Hollywood would have us believe. This idea has (...)
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JEDDAH – The National Water Company (NWC) has started distribution of Zamzam water bottles among the people of Makkah in the first phase of a national drive. Home delivery of the holy water to the applicants will be made in (...)
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JEDDAH — Muhannad Al-Naim, director of Credit Relations Department at Industrial Development Fund, said that the Fund has launched initiatives worth more than SR4 billion to mitigate the negative economic effects of the (...)
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TAIF — Setting a unique humanitarian example, a young Saudi woman official donated her kidney to her ailing father. Hanouf Al-Baqmi, head of the women's wing of Taif municipality, is convalescing after undergoing surgical (...)
Saudi Gazette
KONDOTTY, Kerala — The nationwide agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register for Citizens (NRC) has turned the heat on the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The controversial (...)
PERINTHALMANNA, Kerala: The convocation ceremony of Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya Santhapuram concluded here recently, expressing its solidarity with the ongoing nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Registration for (...)
PERINTHALMANNA — The International academic conference, which began at Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya Santhapuram on Saturday as part of its convocation ceremony, called for the total reformation of Islamic higher education in India, by updating curricula, (...)
PERINTHALMANNA, Kerala: An International Academic Conference will be held at Al-Jamia Al-Islamiya Santhapuram as part of its convocation ceremony on Dec. 21, 22 to discuss the current situation of Islamic higher education in India and present (...)
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JEDDAH — The Haramain High Speed Train resumed on Wednesday its service between Jeddah and Madinah after a gap of nearly two and a half months.
This was for the first time, the train started operation from the railway station of (...)
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TAIF — Five female teachers were seriously injured in a car accident recently, a report issued by the Taif traffic police said.
Col. Ali Al-Shibani, director of Taif traffic police, said the accident happened on Wednesday while (...)
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JEDDAH – Saudi higher authorities have directed all the Vision 2030 Realization Program Committees to submit an action plan within 90 days to the Strategic Committee at the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA) to (...)
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TAIF — Residents of this summer resort city are upset as a public park project, announced two years ago, still gathers dust in the bureaucratic files. Exasperated residents of this beautiful and historic city want to know exactly (...)