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Indian embassy steps in protect rights of housemaids in Kuwait
As women too begin joining the Punjabi workforce in Kuwait to work as housemaids, the Indian embassy has stepped in to ensure that the recent incidents of women being denied their basic rights are checked. As a step in this direction, prospective sponsors will have to give a bank guarantee of a sum equivalent to US $ 2,500 for employing an Indian woman domestic servant. Continue Reading »
Every month a new car for girlfriend
A Kuwaiti man, who is believed to be in his 50s, and allegedly gifted a car to his girlfriend, every month and who deserves the title of ‘the biggest thief in Kuwait’ has finally been arrested by the plainclothes police of the Mubarak Al-Kabir governorate, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. Continue Reading »
No compound names for newborns (via Kuwait Times)
The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) has started shortening names on the new smart civil IDs. A meeting between the three institutions in charge – Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, and PACI – also resulted in taking a decision to ban parents giving compound names to their children.
This decision hasn’t been approved yet by the Cabinet, but PACI, which is responsible for issuing civil IDs, is already shortening names so they are no longer than four names.
Source : http://news.kuwaittimes.net/compound-names-newborns/
International Street Show Performers in The Avenues @the_avenues #kuwait #q8
The 2nd Annual Carnival will kick off today Thursday effectively at Noon and for a period of 17 days in all different districts at The Avenues, featuring a group of international street show performers from nine different nationalities to include Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Continue Reading »
