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SYDNEY: India Cricket team celebrates winning the T20 International cricket series against Australia in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. — AP
India clinch thriller to complete sweep over Aussies
SYDNEY: India Cricket team celebrates winning the T20 International cricket series against Australia in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. — APSYDNEY: Shane Watson's unbeaten hundred could not prevent Australia falling to a seven-wicket defeat to India in the third and final Twenty20 match yesterday as Suresh Raina hit a four on the last ball to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the series.India were chasing 198 to win and needed 17 runs in the final...
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Omar Alghanim, Chairman of Gulf Bank
Gulf Bank net profit rises 10% to KD 39m - 4 fils per share cash dividend recommended
Omar Alghanim, Chairman of Gulf BankKUWAIT: Gulf Bank yesterday announced an operating profit before provisions of KD 108 million for the year ended, 31 December 2015, and a Net profit at KD 39 million, which is a 10 percent increase over 2014. At the end of December 2015, the Bank's total assets were KD 5,438 million. The growth in deposits was 5 percent, increasing the total deposits at the bank to KD 4,563 million. Total shareholders' equity...
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KFH focuses on increasing sustainable profitability, core banking business - Al-Nahedh outlines policy in an interview with CNBC
Al-NahedhKUWAIT: "KFH's policy focuses on increasing sustainable profitability and the core banking business. This has been translated in the 2015 financial results where KFH posted a net profit of KD 145.8 million, an increase by 15.3 percent over last year. The finance portfolio increased by 8.1 percent to KD 8.127 billion, which is a healthy rate. KFH continues its efforts in expanding its banking business at the level of the Group while...
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NBK the most valuable banking brand in Kuwait: Brand Finance
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) was recognized as the most valuable banking brand in Kuwait in 2016 according to Brand Finance, the renowned brand valuation agency. NBK ranks among the Top Tier of the Most 500 Valuable Banking Brands in the world.According to Brand Finance, NBK's Brand value reached $1.39 billion, up 33 percent year-on-year. Also, NBK's brand rating is ranked AA, among the top in the region.This recognition reflects...
Chairman Rashid Al-Nafisi
Al-Mazaya reports KD 9.32m net profit for 2015 - Operating revenue jumps 258.9% to KD 59.82m
Chairman Rashid Al-NafisiKUWAIT: Al-Mazaya Holding has announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. The announcement was made following a meeting of the board of directors that was held January 28, 2016. The meeting was chaired by Chairman Rashid Al-Nafisi and attended by members of the board and the group's CEO.Addressing the meeting, Rashid Al-Nafisi said: "The Company has continued to achieve positive leaps in...
BEIJING: In this Oct. 17, 2015 photo, a drone-flying aficionado prepares his model aircrafts for flight on the outskirts of Beijing. Even as drones offer law enforcement sharply expanded capabilities, authorities in China, as in many other countries, are scrambling to regulate their use. The country is now beginning to set nationwide regulations, which are applauded by many in the Chinese industry. — AP
Drone schools spread in China to field pilots for new sector
BEIJING: In this Oct. 17, 2015 photo, a drone-flying aficionado prepares his model aircrafts for flight on the outskirts of Beijing. Even as drones offer law enforcement sharply expanded capabilities, authorities in China, as in many other countries, are scrambling to regulate their use. The country is now beginning to set nationwide regulations, which are applauded by many in the Chinese industry. — APBEIJING: Joysticks at their fingertips,...
KUWAIT: (From left) Dr Waleed Al-Dahi, Consultant Endocrine & Diabetes, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Prof Dr Nabila Abdella, Professor of Medicine & Consultant Diabetologist, Mubarak Hospital, Dr Thaier Almuaili, Consultant Internist & Diabetologist, Al-Amiri hospital and Dasman Diabetes Institute and representative from AstraZeneca.
Diabetes doctors welcome novel once weekly diabetes treatment to Kuwait MoH
KUWAIT: (From left) Dr Waleed Al-Dahi, Consultant Endocrine & Diabetes, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Prof Dr Nabila Abdella, Professor of Medicine & Consultant Diabetologist, Mubarak Hospital, Dr Thaier Almuaili, Consultant Internist & Diabetologist, Al-Amiri hospital and Dasman Diabetes Institute and representative from AstraZeneca.KUWAIT: An innovative new class of medicines for type 2 diabetes (T2D) will soon be available to patients in Kuwait...
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Hala February festival celebrated with Dashti, Al-Blushi, Al-Iraqi and Lamjarred
(Top )Kuwaiti singers Ibrahim Dashti & Musaed Al-Blushi (Above) Iraqi singer Hatem Al-Iraqi & Moroccan singer LamjarredKUWAIT: For the first time since the Hala February Festival was launched 17 years ago, the administration decided to hold a musical concert on Saturday. And although the next day is regular working day the 2000 seats theatre was fully booked. Four singers participated in this concert, and the majority of the audience were of the...
Nate Parker, the star, director and producer of “The Birth of a Nation,” holds aloft the US Dramatic Audience Award for the film during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. —AP photos
Sundance: 'The Birth of a Nation' sweeps top prizes
Nate Parker, the star, director and producer of “The Birth of a Nation,” holds aloft the US Dramatic Audience Award for the film during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. —AP photos"The Birth of a Nation," writer-director-star Nate Parker's stirring drama about the life of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion he led in antebellum Virginia, won the grand jury prize and the audience award for American dramatic features at the...
The cast of “Spotlight,” from left, Billy Crudup, Brian d’Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Michael Keaton and Liev leading role for “Room”. Schreiber pose in the press room with the award for outstanding cast in a motion picture for “Spotlight”.
'Spotlight' wins best ensemble at not-so-white SAG Awards
The cast of “Spotlight,” from left, Billy Crudup, Brian d’Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Michael Keaton and Liev leading role for “Room”. Schreiber pose in the press room with the award for outstanding cast in a motion picture for “Spotlight”.The Screen Actors Guild Awards were not so white. While the Academy Awards remain enveloped in a crisis over the diversity of its nominees, the 22nd annual SAG Awards...
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Integrating students with special needs in education - Part V
The aim of the strategy of vocational development for integration school directors in Kuwait is to achieve comprehensive quality in achieving vocational development for those directors as well as public education through creating a solid infrastructure of experts with public education in general and for students with special needs in particular. This has to be done in a way that suits the Kuwaiti society’s goals and through seeking excellence...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones