Major Setback! Saudi Arabia Bans Travel To And From India

by M. Nuruddin Sep 23, 2020 • 08:18 PM Views 874

In a major setback, Saudi Arabia has banned flights to and from India along with Brazil and Argentina, citing growing cases of Coronavirus. The Kingdom is home to the second-largest Indian expatriate community after the UAE, which hosts 25,94,947 overseas Indians. The Saudi government's decision to ban India's flights may prompt other Gulf countries to take the same steps which could prove detrimental to India, whose daily caseload is increasing globally. Government figures show 81,47,851 Indians live in the Gulf countries