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  Kuwait’s Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Sabah, son of late emir, dies at 72

  World | December 20, 2020 20:26 IST

  Kuwait’s Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Sabah, the eldest son of the late emir, who emerged as an influential reformer in the oil-rich Gulf sheikhdom, died on Sunday, the country’s state-run news agency reported. He was 72.  

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  Govt announces state mourning on October 4 as mark of respect to Kuwait's Emir

  India | October 01, 2020 17:27 IST

  The Centre on Thursday announced one-day state mourning on October 4 across India as a mark of respect to Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who passed away on September 29. 

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  Kuwait ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, dies at 91, PM Modi expresses grief

  World | September 29, 2020 22:04 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, "Today, the State of Kuwait and the Arab world has lost a beloved leader, India a close friend, and the world a great statesman."

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  Kuwait halts accrediting Indian engineering degrees

  Education | August 16, 2020 23:51 IST

  Kuwait has temporarily halted accrediting Indian engineering certificates after forgeries were discovered in related documents, according to a media report.

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  8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait after approval of expat quota bill

  World | July 06, 2020 16:34 IST

  About 8 lakh Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait after the Gulf country's parliamentary committee approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to gradually slash the number of foreign workers in the region, news agency PTI quoted media reports as saying.

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  155 Indians deported by Kuwait land in Guwahati

  India | May 29, 2020 22:03 IST

  According to health and security officials, 52 deportees are from Tripura and 103 from Assam

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  Vande Bharat Mission: Air India Express flight from Kuwait arrives in Ahmedabad

  News | May 14, 2020 14:49 IST

  Air India Express special flight landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad.

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  COVID-19: Death toll reaches 2663 in China, Kuwait confirms 1st case

  News | February 25, 2020 12:26 IST

  The world continues to shed tears due to the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus. South Korea has reported 60 new cases of coronavirus as well as new fatality, taking the total number to 893, with overall number of deaths touching to 8. In past 24 hours, Kuwait has also reported first case of COVID-19. Meanwhile, death toll in China has reached to 2663. Around 79,331 cases have been confirmed globally, according to World Health Organization report. The virus has spread to over 24 countries since December after it first originated from China's Wuhan city.

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  Jazeera Airways to provide connectivity to Delhi-Kuwait pax on London flight

  World | August 05, 2019 16:57 IST

  Jazeera Airways continues to expand its services in 2019 and as part of this announces London as its first new destination of the year. This is a first for a middle-east based budget carrier to fly long-haul, using its new A320neo aircraft," said Jazeera Airways, chairman, Marwan Boodai in a release.

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  HRD sends list of premiere engineering institutions to Kuwait following invalidation of IIT degrees

  Education | June 30, 2019 12:30 IST

  The Public Authority for Manpower, a government body in Kuwait, had last year issued a circular asking the labour department to not give work permits to expatriate engineers unless they got no-objection certificates from the Kuwait Engineers Society.

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  Indian arrested for stealing Kuwaiti woman's credit card

  World | June 14, 2019 13:47 IST

  Personnel from the crime branch checked the CCTV footage of the cameras installed in shops from where the suspect had made the purchases using the stolen and took him in custody.

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  Sushma Swaraj arrives in Qatar on 1st leg of four-day visit to two nations

  World | October 28, 2018 23:33 IST

  Swaraj's next leg of visit would be to Kuwait with which India has close and friendly bilateral relations.

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  Death sentence of 15 Indians commuted to life term in Kuwait: Sushma Swaraj

  India | September 30, 2017 17:44 IST

  In a series of tweets, she said "the Emir of Kuwait has been pleased to commute the sentence of 15 Indian nationals from death to life imprisonment".

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  Qatar denies terror funding allegations, says blockade based on 'false and fabricated news’

  World | June 09, 2017 7:21 IST

  Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani denied that his country funded extremists.

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  Kuwait imposes visa ban on five Muslim-majority nations including Pakistan

  World | February 02, 2017 13:33 IST

  Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for travellers belonging to five nations - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

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  Kuwait decides not to imprison or penalise over 24,000 illegal Indian workers

  World | December 09, 2016 8:15 IST

  In a rare gesture, the Kuwait government has said that it will not imprison or penalise over 24,000 illegal Indian workers if they report to the Interior Ministry for deportation or transfer of job visas.

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  Kuwait arrests alleged financer of IS sympathisers in India

  World | August 06, 2016 16:41 IST

  In a bid to suppress the footing of terror outfit Islamic State (IS), authorities in Kuwait arrested a man who allegedly financed the group’s sympathisers in India. This arrest by Kuwait was based on a

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  Indian women being sold to Gulf states like products in retail shop, says Andhra minister

  Politics | May 24, 2016 19:20 IST

  Chennai: A minister from Andhra Pradesh has sought urgent intervention from India’s Ministry of External Affairs to bring back women domestic workers languishing in Gulf jails for attempting to flee abusive employers or overstaying their

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  Akshay Kumar humbled by phenomenal response to 'Airlift'

  Bollywood | January 24, 2016 17:16 IST

  Mumbai: After the successful takeoff of his film “Airlift”, Akshay Kumar has thanked his fans for the love and support showered on the Raja Krishna Menon directorial.The film, which revolves around the evacuation of Indians

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  Know about Ranjit Katyal “ The man who saved 1.7 Lakh Indian in Kuwait

  India | May 29, 2016 16:07 IST

  New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's upcoming movie ‘Airlift' – based on World's biggest air evacuation carried out by Air India is attracting everyone's attention for its storyline.Also, the character ‘Ranjit Katyal' which is being played by