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15th BRICS summit: An expansion of the emerging economies

The expansion of the emerging economies was announced at the 3-day BRICS summit that took place in Johannesburg earlier this week. The six additional countries that will be part of the BRICS string include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Argentina. The criteria and determining factors of these nations remain unknown to the public. Speaking on VOC's Sunday Live programme today, political analyst Theo Venter said […]

27 August 2023

Tourism – Hajj and Umrah

Capacity of 2 Harams to expand manifold

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is establishing two new companies to increase the number of pilgrims that the Kingdom can host at Two Holy Mosques. The Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund said the companies — Rou’a Al-Haram and Rou’a Al-Madinah — will develop residential and commercial areas around the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina. The fund said on Monday that the new companies will help the […]

3 October 2017

Tourism – Hajj and Umrah

Expansion of holy sites, better services up number of pilgrims

Sustained and continuous expansion of the Two Holy Mosques and other holy sites and consummate services provided by the government have played a major role in increasing the number of pilgrims arriving here perform Haj in recent years. Upgradation and improvement of services and infrastructure including communications, roads, airports, hotels and pilgrim camps have also contributed in attarcting more and more pilgrims. From 431,270 pilgrims in 1390 Hijri (lunar year) […]

27 August 2017

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15th BRICS summit: An expansion of the emerging economies

Capacity of 2 Harams to expand manifold

Expansion of holy sites, better services up number of pilgrims

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