major IT solution provider, Infologic Consultancy Services PVT Ltd (ICSPL), on Monday launched a bilingual biometric-enabled attendance system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) for schools and educational institutions, eliminating the need for manual attendance registers.
Saudi Arabia has launched a pioneering prisoners’ locator system, which will deliver information about the health conditions and the legal status of prisoners to their respective families. This site, called “Window for communication,” provides Internet users with information about a wide variety of offenders who are currently in jails on terror-related charges across the Kingdom.
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, hosted a state dinner in honor of Prince Charles and his accompanying delegation, here last night.
Interior ministers of the 22-nation Arab League will meet in the Saudi capital today to discuss a range of regional security issues besides a major Arab plan to combat terrorism and monitor Al-Qaeda’s communication networks. The 34-point Arab plan calls on the governments of Arab states and the security agencies to set up a high-tech mechanism to monitor websites, which are spreading extremist ideologies, influencing public opinion and soliciting new terror recruits.
The Kingdom has detained 551 foreigners of 41 different nationalities including Asian and Arab expatriates on crime and terror-related charges, said Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, here Thursday night. “In fact, a total of 2,772 Saudi citizens and 551 expatriates are held in security prisons across the country today,” said Al-Turki, adding that 178 people were previously arrested in Qatif by security agencies besides those detained recently in the central city of Buraidah.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey are embarking on a “new era” in their relations after talks between the nations’ leaders on Sunday, which included Yemen, Syria and Iran’s nuclear program, a senior diplomat said on Monday.