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Expats hail family visa opening, but salary cap rankles

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s large expatriate community heaved a sigh of relief as the government resumed issuing family visas, although the minimum salary requirement of KD 800 has left many in low-income categories distressed. The exemption from the salary requirement for those engaged in 14 types of jobs has also been greeted with much joy and excitement.“It is a big relief for many expats like me who have been waiting for long to reunite with their...

Asaf Ali explains the craft to Shaikha Paula Al-Sabah.

Kashmir textile exhibition: Where tradition meets the contemporary

India’s Kashmir Loom, in collaboration with Sadu House, opened a unique textile exhibition at Sadu House on Sunday featuring exquisite textiles, heirloom Kani weave and Sozni embroidered pashmina shawls from Kashmir. For the first time in Kuwait, the exhibition showcases Kashmir Loom’s vintage-style coats with hand embroidery and Ikat-dyed pashmina, along with a curated collection of hand-embroidered cushions and home objects in the...

KUWAIT: IMF Director for Middle East and Central Asia Development Jihad Azour (left) during the press briefing on Tuesday. Director Paulo Dummond looks on. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Expedite diversification, scale up non-oil growth, IMF urges Kuwait

KUWAIT: Kuwait needs to expedite the diversification of its economy further to scale up the non-oil sector in tune with the economic transformation taking place across the world. Government-led reforms and the growth of private sector investment in new sectors could push non-oil economic growth in the country despite a marginal slowdown in the growth due to OPEC+ production cuts, said a senior IMF official on Tuesday.Jihad Azour, IMF’s director...

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