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  Kafala System abolished by Saudi Arabia: What was the law and how the move benefits migrant workers

  World | October 22, 2025 9:35 IST

  The term Kafala, meaning "sponsorship" in Arabic, came to represent a system across the Gulf under which employers exercised almost complete control over migrant workers.

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  No travel ban on Indians to Saudi Arabia, visa controls in place for Hajj season: Sources

  World | June 09, 2025 14:52 IST

  As a matter of practice, during the Hajj season, there are temporary restrictions on short term visas to avoid overcrowding during this season, which end with the conclusion of Hajj.

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  Saudi women hit the road as driving ban ends

  World | June 24, 2018 7:01 IST

  Saudi women are in the driver’s seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted on Sunday.

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  Saudi woman gets 200 lashes, 6 months jail for being raped by seven men

  World | October 03, 2013 6:30 IST

  New Delhi: A Saudi woman has got 200 lashes and six months jail for being raped by seven men in the eastern Qatif province in 2006. The woman got into a car with a teenage