Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 20 February, 2016 11:24 am

Saudi Embassy in Turkey accredits 13 visa offices

The Saudi Embassy in Turkey has accredited 13 offices to issue visas and provide services, with the aim of boosting trade ties between the two countries.  The step has been taken to ease visa formalities for those who want to travel to Saudi Arabia and know its markets, especially Turkish...

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Business & Money | Saturday 20 February, 2016 11:18 am

India honors Saudi Haj guides for excellent service

The Indian Haj mission honored five of the 28 Haj operators involved in providing services to Indian pilgrims on Thursday. The winning operators, called muttawifeen in Arabic, were Mamdooh Mohammed Amin Mahboob, Naif Najeeb Abdul Hamid Khan, Zohair Ibrahim Mohammed Hussain, Saeed Mohammed Saleh...

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Business & Money | Saturday 20 February, 2016 6:21 am

Egypt looks to expand F&B xport base and halal influence at Gulfood

Egypt’s food and beverage industry is looking to expand its worldwide export footprint and leverage growing demand for halal products with a major promotion at next month’s Gulfood exhibition in Dubai – the world’s largest annual food and hospitality trade...

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Culture & Education | Friday 19 February, 2016 10:15 am

King Salman to attend education forum

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will attend Ta’leem 2016, the fifth annual Saudi International Exhibition and Forum for Education from April 12 to 14. France will be the guest of honor at the forum, according to Minister of Education Ahmed Al-Issa. He thanked King Salman for...

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Business & Money | Friday 19 February, 2016 10:09 am

Roads of Arabia to benefit from Chinese experience

Saudi archaeological masterpieces through the ages, popularly known as the “Roads of Arabia” exhibition, which is to be staged this year in Beijing, will play crucial role in cultural cooperation benefiting the Kingdom from Chinese experience with sunken antiquities, rock arts and...

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Culture & Education | Friday 19 February, 2016 10:06 am

Top world universities to open branches in KSA

 The Ministry of Education plans to have universities ranked in the top 100 globally to open in the Kingdom, with an announcement on the details to be made within weeks. According to a source at the ministry, who did not want to be named, the institutions would be required to offer courses...

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Cars & Autos | Friday 19 February, 2016 7:02 am

Abdul Latif Jameel unveils long awaited Hybrid Toyota Prius

At a special event attended by automotive experts, anticipating motorists, and environment-conscious consumers, the new 2016 Toyota Prius was launched in Saudi Arabia, making its first debut to the GCC.    The Prius is also the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle in the market. Since ...

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Business & Money | Friday 19 February, 2016 3:13 am

Progress Distribution And Entrust Datacard Sign Distribution Agreement For The Middle East

Progress Distribution, a fast-growing IT distributor specializing in introducing emerging and disruptive technologies, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Entrust Datacard to promote its Certificate Services in the Middle East. As per agreement, Progress will strengthen ...

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Business & Money | Friday 19 February, 2016 2:15 am

SRMG, Nibras ink pact to fight drugs

Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and the National Project for the Prevention of Narcotics (Nibras) have signed a partnership to fight drugs     The signing ceremony was attended by SRMG Managing Director Azzam Al-Dakhil, several SRMG executives and representatives of...

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Technology & IT | Friday 19 February, 2016 2:09 am

Sony Announces a New Type 1/2.6 22.5 Megapixel Exmor RS™

Sony Corporation (“Sony”) is announcing the commercialization of a new Exmor RS™ image sensor for smartphones and other devices that require increasingly better cameras and thinner form factors. The IMX318 is a type 1/2.6 stacked CMOS image sensor with 22.5 effective megapixels,...

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