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NEW DELHI: In this June 15, 2017 photo, employees wait for customers at a toy shop in Khan Market. —AP photos
India switches to single tax
Shopkeepers rushing to comply with changes NEW DELHI: In this June 15, 2017 photo, employees wait for customers at a toy shop in Khan Market. —AP photosNEW DELHI: The daily bustle of tourists and shoppers has died down in an upscale market in central New Delhi, but a toy shop owner is still busy poring over new Indian tax rules that take effect next month. The new tax regime - replacing a messy mix of state and federal taxes built up over seven...
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Kuwait-backed movie theme park loses Hollywood partner
KUWAIT: A Kuwait-backed movie theme park planned for southern England has parted ways with its Hollywood movie partner. London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) launched plans for the London Paramount Entertainment Resort in October 2012. Located on an 872-acre site on Kent’s Swanscombe peninsula, around 17 minutes by train from central London, the $3.2 billion project included a partnership with Paramount Pictures. But the Kent Online news...
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Cisco unveils network of the future that can learn, adapt and evolve
Chuck RobbinsDUBAI: Cisco unveiled intent-based networking solutions that represent one of the most significant breakthroughs in enterprise networking. The introduction is the culmination of Cisco's vision to create an intuitive system that anticipates actions, stops security threats in their tracks, and continues to evolve and learn. It will help businesses to unlock new opportunities and solve previously unsolvable challenges in an era of...
YULIN: A man sits behind his pet dogs near a restaurant which serves dog meat. —AFP
China’s dog meat festival opens despite ban rumors
YULIN: A man sits behind his pet dogs near a restaurant which serves dog meat. —AFPYULIN: A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened yesterday with sellers torching the hair off carcasses, butchers chopping slabs of canines and cooks frying up dishes, dispelling rumors that authorities would ban sales this year. After earlier reports of a sales ban at the summer solstice event in the southern city of Yulin, animal rights groups said vendors...
This photo taken on January 8, 2015 shows Naznin Akter Happy, at a court in Dhaka after making rape allegations against cricket star Rubel Hossain.
Bangladeshi actress' film to faith tale proves smash hit
This photo taken on January 8, 2015 shows Naznin Akter Happy, at a court in Dhaka after making rape allegations against cricket star Rubel Hossain.In Bangladesh, where morality tales top bestseller lists, the real-life transformation of Naznin Akter Happy from an actress embroiled in scandal to a fully-veiled ultra-conservative Islamic preacher has proved sensational. An expose shedding new light on the 22-year-old's moment of revelation is...
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Manpower systems don’t accept less than KD 75 minimum wage
KUWAIT: Ministerial decision number 14/2017 set the minimum monthly wages paid for workers in the private and oil sectors at KD 75, said Ahmad Al-Moussa, Acting Director of the Public Authority for Manpower said. This applies for new or renewed contracts including government ones signed after the decision was issued, he added, further explaining that the authority's systems will not accept wages less that the aforementioned number.Meanwhile,...
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Kuwait Airways chairperson willingly resigned
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh stressed that the former chairperson of Kuwait Airways Rasha Al-Roumi had willingly resigned from office without being asked to do so. Responding to an inquiry made by MP Mohammed Al-Dallal about the obstacles Roumi claimed she faced during her tenure, Sabeeh said that Kuwait Airways' former head office building was in use since the 1970's and...
Photo essay by Joseph Shagra and Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait 56th in Creativity Index
KUWAIT: The Business Administration College issued the Global Creativity Index 2017 noting that Switzerland came first for the seventh year followed by Sweden then Holland. The results also showed that Kuwait was ranked 56 worldwide and fourth in the Arab world.By A Saleh
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Keep on dreaming
Talal Al-Ghannam Good morning dear and honorable brothers and sisters, and I wish all of you a happy Eid Al-Fitr to come. In this article, I would like to pretend that I had dreams over various issues in the Kuwaiti society and wish they would come true. There are so many wrongdoings taking place around us here that have not been probed or studied thoroughly. Instead, they are left unresolved; a matter that would make finding a solution a...
KUWAIT: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, coming from Turkey on charter flights provided b Kuwait Airways.— Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
New measures introduced for smooth travel season
KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has introduced a raft of new measures to ensure smooth travel just in time for the start of summer travel season.Speaking yesterday, DGCA’s Deputy General Manager of Airport Affairs Mohammad Al- Thuwaini said that the airport will beef up the presence of its staff members to cater to the legions of travelers.He underscored that DGCA is fully prepared to cooperate with travelers and...
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We are to blame, not expats
For such a long time, many parliamentary and official statements have been made about Kuwait's demographic imbalances, and pointing fingers at expats blaming them for this problem. The most recent of such accusations pointed to expats is 'they have eaten up everything,' as stated by MP Safa Al-Hashem. In addition, the Interior Ministry recently decided banning the renewal of residency visas of expats' parents and siblings, with the excuse of...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
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