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India's poor fight desperate battle to find work as slowdown bites

NEW DELHI: The hunt for work becomes more desperate every day on Delhi's street corner labor markets as India's economic slowdown bites deeper, piling pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi just half a year into his second term. With the central bank cutting interest rates five times this year - but on Thursday unable to lower them any further because of high inflation - patience was running thin at the "labour Chowk", or market, in the packed,...

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Vardy scores again as Leicester win seventh straight match

LEICESTER: Leicester City forward Jamie Vardy struck for the seventh Premier League game in a row to help his rampant side to a 2-0 home win over basement club Watford on Wednesday, a seventh consecutive league victory that leaves them second in the table. Vardy, the league's top scorer, smashed home from the penalty spot in the 55th minute to net his 14th goal of the season while midfielder James Maddison sealed the points with a strike deep in...

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Kosgei targets Olympic gold after smashing world record

ELDORET: Kenya's Brigid Kosgei, the fastest-ever woman marathon runner, has set her sights on next year's Olympic games, where a win will solidify her place among the greatest to have ever competed in the sport. The 25-year old mother of twins smashed Briton's Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old world record by 81 seconds at the Chicago Marathon in October, recording a time of two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds to cap a stunning rise to the sport's...

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A massive fire engulfed an electronics workshop in Al-Rai area

KUWAIT: A massive fire engulfed an electronics workshop in Al-Rai area around 1:15am this morning. The fire spread over an area of 10,000 square meters. Nine different fire brigades from the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate including Ardiya, Mishref, Industrial Shuwaikh, AlHilaly, Salmiya, Subhan, Sulibikhat and Mina Abdullah responded to the blaze.No causalities were reported but the value of the damages is expected to be high.

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Volvo Cars changes hands from Al-Mutawa to Al-Kharafi

KUWAIT: Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi (left) and Ahmad A Aziz Al-Mutawa sign the Volvo Cars transfer agreement. KUWAIT: Al-Qurain Automotive, part of the A Aziz Ali Al-Mutawa Group of Companies, announced that it has mutually agreed with Volvo Cars and BNK Automotive, owned by Bader Al-Kharafi, the transfer of the Volvo Cars agency while retaining the Volvo truck and bus businesses. Earlier this year, following a rigorous selection process by the...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah meets Audit Bureau chief Faisal Al-Shaye and his deputy Abdulaziz Al-Saraawi yesterday during a visit to the Audit Bureau. – KUNA

Premier visits Audit Bureau as part of fight against corruption

Lawmakers, clerics launch amnesty campaign KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah meets Audit Bureau chief Faisal Al-Shaye and his deputy Abdulaziz Al-Saraawi yesterday during a visit to the Audit Bureau. – KUNA KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah yesterday visited the Audit Bureau as part of his efforts to beef up the fight against corruption. He said that his visit comes in implementation of...

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Kuwait calls Iraq to exercise more control to stop violence

Confront those who seek to harm Iraq and its people: Kuwait's envoy BASRA: An Iraqi demonstrator with make-up to represent violence takes part in an anti-government march in the center of the southern city of Basra on December 2, 2019. —AFP NEW YORK: Kuwait called for more self-control and refrain from using violence during demonstrations in Iraq, expressing hope that fellow Arab country will overcome the current exceptional circumstances. This...

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Qatar, Saudi edge towards thaw despite hurdles

DOHA: A handout picture released by the Qatar News Agency on Tuesday shows Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council AbdulLatif Al-Zayani (left) meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. – AFP DOHA: The Saudi monarch’s personal invitation to Qatar’s amir to take part in a Gulf summit in Riyadh next week is the latest sign of a highly anticipated thaw in a damaging two-year row. Observers are eagerly...

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Japan firm develops fine spray-on skin

TOKYO: A Japanese cosmetics company yesterday unveiled what it said was the world’s first spray-on skin, a moisturizing facemask made of fibers one-100th the thickness of a human hair. After applying an absorbent lotion, users spray the fibers onto their face and a thin translucent sheet is quickly formed, acting as a “greenhouse” for the real skin below to soak up the moisture and still be able to breathe. The “second skin” can be worn...

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Prime Minister meets audit, fatwa, tenders authorities' officials

In implementation of Amir's directives to fight corruption, protect public funds KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in a group photo with State Audit Bureau officials. — KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday at Seif Palace the Head of the Fatwa and Legislation Department Salah Hussein Al-Mesad. His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled...

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KFAED signs agreement to develop 400-kV transmission network in Bahrain

Part of GCC program to improve Bahrain's economic situation MANAMA: KFAED’s Director General Abdulwahab Al-Bader (left), Bahraini Minister of Finance and Economy Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa (center) and Bahraini Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs Wael Al-Mubarak sign the agreement. — KUNA MANAMA: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed yesterday a KD 29.5 million ($100 million) loan agreement with Bahrain to help finance...

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KFSD conducts fire drills in various locations

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) conducted a number of fire drills in various locations recently to make sure the concerned installations were ready in case of any fires or catastrophes. The first drill was made in a building under construction in Merqab in a bid to train firemen on handling fires in high towers. The second fire drill was at Shaikha Hassan Al-Ibrahim polyclinic in Nuzha, where clinic staff were trained on how to...