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India embassy celebrates 71st Independence Day - Amir congratulates Indians, leaders
Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain hoists the national flag as embassy officials look on. —Photos by Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Braving the excruciating summer heat, thousands of Indians gathered yesterday at the Indian Embassy premises to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day. The celebration commenced with the hoisting of the national flag by Ambassador Sunil Jain followed by the singing of the national anthem. The ambassador read out Indian...
Kuwait's cultural center wins ENR Award of Merit
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre (JACC)KUWAIT: Kuwait's Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Cultural Centre (JACC) has been recognized with the Award of Merit at Engineering News Record (ENR)'s Global Best Projects Awards. The Amiri Diwan's complex will be honored at a gala ceremony on 23 October, at the Sheraton hotel, Times Square, New York. The Engineering News Record (ENR) Global Best Projects Awards focus on the challenges, risks and rewards of...
'Bird sound system'
KUWAIT: The customs department issued a ban on importing a "bird sound system" based on several rules and laws that protect the environment. The device makes sounds that attract birds, which are then caught.Sri Lankan delegationActing Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al-Mutoutah received the deputy Sri Lankan labor employment minister and his delegation. Both sides discussed issues of mutual interest.Signing...
Training halls for teachers
KUWAIT: Director of Development Department at the Education Ministry Saad Abu Marzouq said training halls at Jabriya, Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Ahmadi and Jahra centers are ready to receive new teachers for the 2017-2018 school year. The idea is to provide new teachers with the technical support on how to deal with students. They will also be told about their rights and duties.North Zour stationMEW Undersecretary Eng Mohammad Bushehri said that the...
Kuwait delivers 55 tons of healthcare aid to Mosul
IRBIL: Kuwaiti medical aid weighing 55 tons poured into the war-ravaged Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, the latest in a special campaign Kuwait has created for its Gulf neighbor. Speaking to KUNA, Kuwait's Consul General in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, Dr Omar Al-Kandari, said that Kuwait's Consulate General and the Kurdish government were overseeing the aid process, where medical supplies were delivered to hospitals...
Anti-Corruption Authority and Awqaf ink MoU
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs yesterday inked a memorandum with the Anti-Corruption Authority for cooperation against corruption and enhancing values such as integrity and transparency. Mohammad Al-Jabri, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, indicated in a statement that scholars, in Friday prayers’ sermons and other lectures, could contribute to promoting necessity of combating...
Abdulredha's death a 'big loss for art': GCC actors
Kuwait artist Abdullah Bahman and Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussain AbdulredhaKUWAIT: Many Gulf actors and artists has expressed sorrow over the passing of renowned Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussain Abdulredha, who to them, represented a father figured that taught valuable life and artistic lessons. In separate statement yesterday, the actors said Abdulhussain Abdulredha was one of the most remarkable pillars of Kuwaiti and Gulf culture and arts. Saudi actor...
Kids getting drunk with aftershave cologne
KUWAIT: Several citizens sought the help of police after they noticed their children were returning home drunk. They discovered they were buying some type of aftershave cologne from a grocery store in Khaitan. Detectives reviewed a video recorded by parents speaking to the grocer, and found the cologne is not banned. The grocer said he sells the cologne legally, and that youngsters buy it, adding he did not know they were drinking it. Detectives...
Qatar: Time needed to rebuild trust - Boycott adds to woes of migrant workers
DOHA: Qatar's foreign minister said yesterday it will take a "lot of time" to rebuild any trust between sparring Gulf countries because of the region's continuing diplomatic crisis. As the impasse between Doha and four Arab states led by Saudi Arabia entered its 11th week, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said regional relations had been transformed by the dispute."Qatar has always been one of the founders of the GCC organization and we...
Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years
RIYADH, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, Saudi local media reported on Tuesday.Saudi and Iraqi officials toured the site on Monday and spoke with Iraqi religious pilgrims, who for the past 27 years had access to the crossing only once annually during the haj season,...
Egypt discovers three millennia-old tombs
A handout picture shows three ancient tombs containing sarcophagi which were discovered in a cemetery dating back about 2,000 years in the Al-Kamin Al-Sahrawi area in Minya province. - AFPCAIRO: Egypt archaeologists have discovered three ancient tombs containing sarcophagi in the south of the country in a cemetery dating back about 2,000 years, the antiquities ministry said yesterday. The tombs excavated in the Al-Kamin Al-Sahrawi area in Minya...
Iran threatens to boost nuke program
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives at his seat after a speech in a session of parliament to debate his proposed cabinet yesterday. – APTEHRAN: Iran's president warned yesterday that it could ramp up its nuclear program and quickly achieve a more advanced level if the US continues "threats and sanctions" against the country, which signed a landmark nuclear accord with world powers in 2015. Hassan Rouhani's remarks to lawmakers...
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