سعودی عرب میں مقیم غیر ملکی تارکینِ وطن کی تعداد اور وہاں مختلف پیشوں سے وابستہ نمایاں غیرملکیوں کے حوالے سے بالعموم غلط فہمی پائی جاتی ہے اور یہ سمجھا جاتا ہے کہ اس وقت وہاں فلپائنی اور بنگلہ دیشی کم اجرتوں پر کام کی وجہ سے چھائے ہوئے ہیں لیکن اعداد و شمار اس غلط تصور کی تردید کرتے ہیں۔ جبکہ حقی

At least 100 students from unions attached to Students Federation of India cooked and consumed beef in their rooms in ‘C’ Hostel, Triveni Hostel and Ambedkar Hostel of Osmania University Thursday, even as hundreds of policemen in riot gear surrounded the campus and prevented anyone from outside from

GENEVA/AMMAN: The United Nations urged Jordan on Tuesday to allow in 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at the border in deteriorating humanitarian conditions and offered to help reinforce security at registration points. The Syrians are fleeing escalating air strikes on their battered homeland as w

JEDDAH: Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said that 250,000 Umrah visas have been issued since the season began a month ago. He said that last year a total of 6 million visas were issued. The number was made possible due to the sheer speed of issuing visas which resulted from single visa’s taking only

Many people feel that piracy and ad-supported apps define the Android experience, but there are actually quite a few great Android apps out there; apps that are worth paying for, to get the best experience with your phone. Google has slowly been making it easier for Indians to buy apps by selling

بڑھاپے میں عبادت کی طرف رجحان اگرچہ بڑھ جاتا ہے مگر اس میں مستقل مزاجی کی ہمت اور توفیق کم ہی لوگوں کو ہوتی ہے۔ سعودی عرب کے ایک بزرگ مؤذن کا جذبہ اور مستقل مزاجی سے اذان دینے کا نیک کام دادِ تحسین کے لائق ہے کہ وہ 130 سال کی عمر میں بھی پوری ہمت کے ساتھ یہ فریضہ خوش اسلوبی سے انجام دے رہے ہیں۔ الع

JEDDAH: There were 35,500 foreign nationals without work in the Kingdom at the end of June 2015, making up 5.2 percent of all unemployed individuals in the Kingdom. There were a total of 682,300 Saudis and expatriates without jobs at the end of the same period. The number of unemployed expats incre

Microsoft Corp has launched its new line of Lumia smartphones that run on the company's latest operating system Windows 10 in India. The all-new Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL are priced at Rs 43,699 and Rs 49,399 respectively. Lumia 950 includes a 5.2-inch display and a hexacore processor, while

According to Towers Watson 2015-16 Asia-Pacific Salary Budget Planning Report says, "India is expected to see an overall projected salary increase of 10.8 per cent. Factoring inflation at 6.1 per cent, the net salary increase in 2016 is expected to be marginally higher at 4.7 per cent as against 4.5

PARIS: French police have carried out more than 2,000 raids without judicial warrants and detained 210 people since a state of emergency was enforced in the wake of the November 13 Paris attacks. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday told Europe 1 radio station that police have seized 320

MANGALURU: Vijaya Bank will strive to convert 50 percent of its exposure to distribution companies (Discoms) in to bonds by the end of this fiscal. The bank that is awaiting the nod of its board in this regard, will make full use of union power ministry's UDAY scheme to convert its nearly Rs 9,000 c

Petroleum companies have hiked the price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 61.50 a cylinder while price of jet fuel or Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) has been reduced by 1.2 per cent. Oil firms have raised the prices of non-subsidised LPG, which consumers buy after exhausting their quota of

A new type of wireless internet technology has been developed that could provide a connection that's 100 times faster than traditional WiFi. The tech is called LiFi, and was tested by an Estonian start-up called Velmenni, who are currently trialling it in offices. LiFi has proved capable of se

برلن: براعظم یورپ، امریکا اور آسٹریلیا کی فضاؤں میں سفر کرنے والے لاکھوں مسافر عام طور پر 20 گھنٹے تک تھکا دینے والا سفر طے کرکے اپنی منزل پر پہنچتے ہیں لیکن اب ماہرین نے ایسے طیارے کا منصوبہ بنا لیا ہے جو اس سفر کو نہ صرف 90 منٹ میں طے کرے گا بلکہ آواز کی رفتار سے 20 گنا زیادہ تیزی سے سفر کرے گا

BENGALURU: Marking the celebration of World Organ Donation Day, a city hospital launched a drive that encouraged its entire staff to register for organ donation. 640 donors in Manipal Hospitals came forward to pledge support to this noble gesture. Dr Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman of Manipal Hospital

BALASORE(ODISHA): India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the Army. The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test

ایڈن برگ: انٹرنیٹ کی رفتار سے اکثر لوگ پریشان رہتے ہیں اور شکایت کرتے نظر آتے ہیں لیکن اب انہیں پریشان ہونے کی ضرورت نہیں کیوں کہ اب وائی فائی سے 100 گنا زیادہ تیز رفتار لائی فائی میدان میں آگیا ہے جو ڈیٹا کو زیادہ تیزی سے منتقل کرنے کی صلاحیت رکھتا ہے۔ یونیورسٹی آف ایڈن برگ کے سائنس دانوں نے ری

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has proposed to acquire huge tract of land exclusively for dumping and processing city's garbage. Replying to the debate on the issue in the assembly on Monday, Bengaluru Development minister K J George agreed to a suggestion from speaker Kagodu Thimmappa who d