The General Directorate of Residency Affairs Investigations seizes (45) persons in violation of the residence and work law within a week, and deports (6112) persons of different nationalities during the months of August and September

The General Directorate of Residency Affairs Investigations from 28th Sep 2022 to 6th Oct 2022 arrested 45 expats of various nationalities violating residence and work law. In the month of August 585 were arrested through 43 security campaigns. In September 204 were arrested through 52 security campaign 

In Aug 3,451 were deported. In September 2,661 expats were deported.

Kuwait intends to establish a completely carbon-free green city – the largest in the world and the first of its kind in the region, reports Al-Seyassah daily. The green city, which will be called ‘XZERO’, can accommodate about 100,000 people who shall constitute a completely sustainable community; in which living, working and tourism facilities will be available.

In this context, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported that URP Company is currently working on designing the green city; indicating the company has published some pictures of the design and the exterior such that the city will look like a flower. The company, which is based in Dubai, has been quoted as saying, “XZero will be the most walkable city in the world.

The design of the city, which takes the shape of a flower, limits the access of cars to it, has large and safe areas for walking and it will provide 30,000 green jobs.” The Daily Mail also stated that a timetable for the construction of this city has yet to be announced; disclosing it will be divided into hubs for different types of facilities like medicine, education and others. The newspaper added the design engineers at URP Company confirmed that the city will provide food and energy security, while promoting a green recycling economy.

Head of the Violations Removal Department in the Hawally branch of Kuwait Municipality Ayed Al-Qahtani confirmed that “a certificate of description will not be issued for any building if the basement is not restored to its original structure as per the license – as a parking lot, a space for the provision of services to the residents of the building or a warehouse for building supplies,” reports Al-Rai daily.

Al-Qahtani told the daily that “this mechanism will oblige the owners of buildings in the investment housing areas to restore the actual structure and use basements as licensed by the relevant departments in the Municipality, especially since Director General of the Municipality Eng Ahmed Al-Manfouhi stressed the importance of taking legal measures against those who do not abide by the law.” Meanwhile, sources affirmed that “the inspection teams carry out their duties through the subsequent disclosure; as it is not enough to issue reports and warnings, while follow up is necessary to complete the process.”

Following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of private Arab schools are experiencing high student density problems, reports Al-Anba daily. The daily added, the schools have no option but to allocate separate morning assembly sessions simultaneously for middle school students and high school students. Meanwhile, the Civil Service Commission is still studying all the proposals put forward regarding the flexible working system before choosing what is best, reports Al-Rai daily.

Sources said "the CSC is holding intensive meetings to study all the scenarios accurately without rushing," pointing out that it gave itself a deadline so that those involved can study all the scenarios and come up with the best solution. A study was done earlier on how to implement flexible working systems in government agencies, which was submitted by the former head of the Civil Service Commission, Maryam Al-Aqeel, to the Council of Ministers.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India could have been responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. 

In addition, the UN health agency warned that the contaminated medicines may have been distributed outside of the West African country, posing a global threat.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that the four cold and cough syrups in question "have been potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children."

"The loss of these young lives is beyond heartbreaking for their families."

Tedros said that WHO was also "conducting further investigation with the company and regulatory authorities in India."

Alert issued

According to the medical product alert issued by WHO Wednesday, the four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup.

"To date, the stated manufacturer has not provided guarantees to WHO on the safety and quality of these products," the alert said, adding that laboratory analysis of samples of the products "confirms that they contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants."

The WHO said laboratory analysis of Maiden cough syrup had confirmed "unacceptable" amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury.

Symptoms and other details

Those substances are toxic to humans and can be fatal, it said, adding that the toxic effect "can include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, inability to pass urine, headache, altered mental state and acute kidney injury which may lead to death."

The Gambia's health ministry asked hospitals last month to stop using a syrup paracetamol, pending the outcome of an investigation, after at least 28 children died of kidney failure.

WHO said that information received from India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation indicated that the manufacturer had only supplied the contaminated medications to The Gambia.

Global exposure

"However, the supply of these products through informal or unregulated markets to other countries in Africa, cannot be ruled out," the UN agency said in an email.

"In addition, the manufacturer may have used the same contaminated material in other products and distributed them locally or exported," it warned.

"Global exposure is therefore possible."

Tedros urged caution, calling on all countries to work to "detect and remove these products from circulation to prevent further harm to patients."

The Gambian health ministry's advice on syrup paracetamol was issued on September 9, a month after investigators reported the death of at least 28 children aged five months to four years from acute renal failure.

The investigation had been opened on July 19. No details were given as to when the children died.

India investigating deaths

India is investigating the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia linked to the use of an India-made cough syrup, two federal health ministry sources told Reuters on Thursday.

The sources said the Indian government had asked the WHO to share the report establishing causal relation to death with the cough syrup.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) took up the matter immediately and further investigation was launched, "CDSCO while responding to WHO within an hour and a half, took up the matter immediately thereafter with the concerned State Regulatory Authority, under whose jurisdiction the drug manufacturing unit is located.

Further, a detailed investigation was launched to ascertain the facts/ details in the matter in collaboration with State Drugs Controller, Haryana (the concerned State Drug Control Authority), said sources.

From the preliminary enquiry, it has been made out that Maiden Pharmaceutical Limited, Sonipat, Haryana is a manufacturer licensed by the State Drug Controller for the products under reference, and holds manufacturing permission for these products. The company has manufactured and exported these products only to The Gambia so far.

India awaits WHO information

"While all required steps will be taken in the matter", India was awaiting a report establishing "causal relation to death with the medical products in question" and other details from the WHO.

Naresh Kumar Goyal, a Maiden director, told Reuters it heard about the deaths only on Thursday morning and were trying to find out details.

"We are trying to find out the situation because it cropped up only today," he said by phone. "We are trying to find out with the buyer and all that what has happened exactly. We are not selling anything in India." He declined to speak further.

'No supply in India'

Maiden, which launched its operations in November 1990, manufactured and exported the syrup only to Gambia, the Indian ministry sources said. Maiden says on its website it has two manufacturing plants, in Kundli and Panipat, both near New Delhi in Haryana state, and has recently set up another one.

It has an annual production capacity of 2.2 million syrup bottles, 600 million capsules, 18 million injections, 300,000 ointment tubes and 1.2 billion tablets.

Maiden says on its website it sells its products at home and exports to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, though Goyal said they were not currently selling in India.

The two health ministry sources said that importing countries typically test such products before allowing their use.

The WHO said the Maiden products - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup - may have been distributed elsewhere through informal markets but it had only been identified in Gambia.

Gambia urgently recalls syrups

Gambia has launched an urgent door-to-door campaign to remove cough and cold syrups blamed for the deaths. Teaming up with the Gambia Red Cross Society, the Ministry of Health has dispatched hundreds of young people to collect the suspect syrups through a house-to-house campaign.

Gambia's Medical Research Council has also issued an alarm.

"Over the last week, we admitted a child with this condition (acute kidney injury) ... and she has unfortunately died. We were able to confirm that she had taken one of the drugs that is suspected to be causing this, prior to her arrival at our clinic. It had been bought at a pharmacy within The Gambia," the council said in a statement.

"The drug has been identified as containing a significant amount of a toxin which damages kidneys irreversibly."

The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Sibi George hosted a special reception on INS Tir, INS Sujata and Indian Coast guard Ship Sarathi at Al-Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait on Oct 5 with an overwhelming participation by Kuwaiti officials, diplomats and members of Indian community. In his address the ambassador said, “It is a matter of great pleasure for me to welcome you all to this evening reception on board Indian Naval Ship Tir. I am so happy to see the overwhelming response to my invitation today. I thank the Kuwaiti leadership and Brigadier-General Ahmed Mohammed Al Bati, Brigadier General Operations and his team for the excellent arrangements and for the support extended to the visiting team.

Important
He said what makes this visit of the ships to Kuwait so important is it is happening during the year when “we celebrate the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Kuwait and when we celebrate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav – 75th year of India’s independence. This important ship visit is refl ective of the growing bilateral partnership between India and Kuwait in all sectors, particularly in the field of defense cooperation.” He called the, “India and Kuwait relationship ‘traditional and vibrant’. “Over the years,” he said, “this engagement has become a long-standing dynamic partnership involving several stakeholders such as government agencies, business establishments, industry groups, universities, science and technology establishments, academicians, scholars, students, innovation and research organizations, and importantly our Indian community with its most vibrant people to people contacts.”

He went on to say, despite the many difficulties and challenges posed by Covid 19 pandemic, our relationship continued to grow in recent years. In fact, our bilateral cooperation in the fight against Covid 19 pandemic further strengthened our partnership. You would recall the dispatch of emergency medical team from India to Kuwait and then supply of Made in India Vaccines to Kuwait. We recall the supply of medical oxygen from Kuwait to India, which made Kuwait one of the largest suppliers of medical oxygen to India. In this context I recall the visit of six Indian Naval Ships to Kuwait last year which further strengthened our bilateral cooperation. You would also recall the visit of INS TEG in June this year. “Today morning I had a ceremonial visit to INS Sujata. I was very happy to interact with the officer trainees on board. I was very happy to see the professional standards that they displayed during my visit. I wish Captain Sarvpreet Singh and the senior officers and the Officer Trainees all the best in their career ahead

Commitment
The visit of these three naval ships to Kuwait signifies India’s commitment to establish cooperative partnership with friendly nations of the Indian Ocean region and beyond to address maritime challenges together. “I am so happy to see the significant achievements India has made in building a very strong Navy, which is contributing immensely in ensuring the safety, security and stability of the Indian ocean and beyond,” he said. The Indian envoy concluded by saying, “I am confident in coming months we will have more ship visits and more bilateral engagements between our defense forces. Once again.” He took this opportunity to thank Captain Captain Sarvpreet Singh, Excellencies, Senior Officers from Kuwait Navy, Senior Officers of Indian Navy, India’s friends from Kuwait, media personalities and other distinguished guests for their presence.

Informed sources suggested that the Insurance Regulatory Unit and some creditor sector companies will request to open bankruptcy procedures against four insurance companies, to guarantee the rights of creditors, policyholders and shareholders, noting that the bankruptcy of insurance companies may be subject to increase, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The sources said according to the IRU and bankruptcy laws, the executive regulations and amendments, each of the supervisory authority represented by the unit and the company’s creditors – creditor insurance companies and others – has the right to request opening settlement procedures, preventive restructuring or declaring bankruptcy.

The sources indicated that the decision issued by the unit at the end of last week regulated the method of calculating the minimum value of the application for opening settlement procedures, preventive restructuring or declaring bankruptcy in the insurance market.

The decision stipulates that the minimum order for opening preventive settlement procedures, restructuring or bankruptcy for insurance and/or reinsurance companies is calculated according to two equations:

1 – Equity value (according to the latest interim revision or audited annual financial statements submitted to the unit or when there is any change therein) x Fixed ratio (equal to 5%)

2 – The value of the paid-up capital (according to the latest audited or audited annual financial statements submitted to the unit or whenever there is any change in it) X a fixed percentage (equal to 5%) The sources pointed out that the companies expected to apply for bankruptcy procedures have over the past years burned the prices of insurance policies and refrained from implementing judicial rulings to compensate policy holders.

The Health Insurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) is expected to open at the end of this year; taking into consideration that the project, which is included in Kuwait Vision 2035, has entered the operating stage to start serving expatriates, reports Al-Rai daily. It seems the operation of Dhaman for expatriates is still theoretical, although the operation date has yet to be specified. This depends on the ministries of Health, Interior and Public Works; as well as the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) and Kuwait Municipality, which must take certain measures; otherwise, the operation of Dhaman will be disrupted.

In principle, Dhaman has completed the logistical preparations to open in December; as it already opened four health centers and the fifth is expected to open in November according to the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, sources confirmed that Dhaman has equipped the two hospitals with a capacity of 330 beds each; although the main target is 600 beds. However, it appears that the actual operation of Dhaman is not only related to the extent of the company’s preparations and the readiness of its structure. In practice, this necessitates completion of government procedures; otherwise, the company will continue to operate its centers as per the existing system in private health centers, which operate for commercial purposes rather than serving the expatriat

Crucial
Perhaps, the crucial measure now is for the company to obtain medical licenses from the Ministry of Health for 150 doctors and technicians, in addition to 250 nurses. While the company has completed the procedural contract with the medical professionals needed for the operating stage, it is still waiting for approval. It takes about a month for these professionals to arrive and this could extend for months depending on the ministry’s acquisition of the required licenses.

Sources from the company revealed that the needed professionals were hired from abroad; such that the public or private medical sector in the country could avoid operational woes brought about by the possibility of attracting their existing medical staff to transfer to the company. This means both the ministries of health and interior must exert tremendous efforts, since the recruitment of medical staff from abroad necessitates the application of entry visas for them. Such procedures must be expedited without neglecting the need to open entrances and exits to various Dhaman sites to ensure the efficient operation of the company’s facilities, flexibility in the entry and exit of clients, and the ability of staff to perform their duties.

The Public Authority for Manpower is involved as well due to the need to obtain work permits for the entire medical staff; while the Ministry of Public Works is in charge of linking the two Dhaman hospitals with the main services like the rain and sewage networks to guarantee the safety of everyone. Kuwait Municipality comes in the picture due to the need to speed up the allocation of land for the establishment of health centers as part of the expansion plan. This step takes about two years, which requires moving early to avoid any disruption in the company’s expansion plan.

Expansion
Achieving all of the above is necessary to start the operation of Dhaman, especially since the company’s officials are keen on expanding facilities within the first five years, such as increasing the number of health centers from five to 15 as a study has proven that five centers are not enough to serve the expatriates. Sources said the company will bear the additional cost resulting from this expansion.

In addition, the transfer of covered expatriates from the government sector to the company’s centers and hospitals will be done gradually. Therefore, an expatriate can continue availing the services of the health center and government hospital he is currently using even after the opening of Dhaman health centers, as long as he holds a valid residency that enables him to do so. Once his residency is renewed, he will be transferred to Dhaman.

However, this is not applicable to expatriates holding Article 20 visa (domestic worker) or Article 17 (government sector worker). Thus, not all expatriates will be required to pay the new insurance amount — KD130 per year, as a large segment will continue to benefit from the old insurance fee.

In practice, the process of transferring expatriates to Dhaman may take two years; assuming that the person covered renews his residence permit for a period of one year before the company started operating, in addition to the possibility of renewing the residence of some for two years. It is expected that the committee consisting of representatives from the company, ministries and relevant government agencies will hold a meeting soon to determine what each party needs to do in order to start the operation of Dhaman. This meeting is important as the members must fully understand the need to do their part to push through with the December opening.

An Arab daily reported that graduates and professionals can now update their data through the Public Authority for Manpower's electronic services. The manpower authority also launched its introductory campaign for this service, specifying the various guidelines on how to update one’s data online.

In addition, the authority confirmed that it receives daily inquiries regarding career guidance from graduates and professionals at its main building in Al-Raqi, from 9 am to 12 noon.

 The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has currently suspended from granting any new funds to any country until further notice, while the previously scheduled funding flows contracted with countries 6 months ago will not stop, reports Al-Rai daily quoting reliable sources. The sources attributed “the temporary suspension to the end of the term of the fund’s board of directors last March, as the approval of granting new loans requires the approval of the board, provided that the period of its mandate is valid and has not expired.”

The sources stated that “there are about 116 million dinars payable from the fund to the Public Authority for Housing Welfare, but its transfer is stalled despite its readiness, due to the failure to approve the final accounts of the fund for the last two fiscal years.”

The Director of the Supply and Stores Department at the Ministry of Education, Matrouk Al-Mutairi, said the distribution of 40,000 pieces of furniture (chairs and tables) is within the implementation of the plan to replace the damaged furniture and said it is part of the 85,000 requests received from all educational areas, reports Al-Rai daily. He went on to say all requests will be fulfilled within two weeks at the latest, but according to limited quantities for each school and indicated that the implementation of furniture exchange requests is carried out according to the capabilities of the administration and its furniture availability, as it provides nearly half of the required quantity for each school, saying a new tender for furniture supply will be floated but this work is hampered by documentary cycle.

Regarding the tenders for food supply for the kindergarten stage, Al-Mutairi explained two tenders were floated in this regard and the companies have already started implementing the contracts, while the ministry provided this service for the remaining four areas through direct contracting with the Kuwait Flour Mills Company until the completion of tenders, which are being looked into by the Audit Bureau.

Al-Mutairi stated that his administration has offered 4 tenders for school buses to provide transportation service in all educational areas, noting that it is likely that these tenders will be approved by the regulatory authorities soon, to be implemented at the beginning of the second semester of this year, pointing out that the maintenance contracts for areas in Jahra and the Capital are still with the Central Agency for Public Tenders, which prompted the administration to request direct contracting for the maintenance of some schools in the two regions until their contracts are approved by the regulatory authorities

The Ministry of Information said Tuesday the Committee for Regulating Ads on Social Media and Augmented Reality (virtual) will set the executive rules for electronic advertisements, including the legal controls and the relevant terminology. The committee held its first meeting under the chairmanship of acting Deputy Minister of Information Muhammad bin Naji with representatives of competent government bodies attending.

The committee would work on setting the executive rules for regulating this electronic advertisement with legal and regulatory controls, Ministry’s spokesperson Anwar Murad told KUNA. He noted that the committee’s work was in line with regulatory, legal, commercial, and professional necessities to protect and preserve consumers’ rights and in response to the desire of advertising actors on social networking sites to organize this electronic commercial and creative activity.

Murad indicated that the controls that the Electronic Advertising Regulatory Committee is working to issue include, in general, the advertiser’s permission to submit advertisement material and mention the name of the advertised product and service and the name of the service provider.

The controls would include in its list not to include in the advertisement any false or misleading allegations or phrases for the consumer and not to advertise any counterfeit or fraudulent product or a trademark that the advertiser does not have the right to use.

The committee includes representatives of the press, publishing, and publications sector, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Public Authority for Communications and Information Technology, Fatwa and Legislation, Kuwait Municipality, the Department of Electronic Crimes, and Electronic Publishing.

With the exacerbation of the traffic crisis in the country in conjunction with the start of the school year and the comprehensive return of students to their schools, and the demands of many MPs to put urgent and complete solutions to the phenomenon of street congestion, government sources said the Civil Service Commission is studying the application of the flexible fingerprint system for employees as a way of contributing to solving the traffic crisis on one hand, and to ensure the smooth functioning of government agencies on the other, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The sources explained that the study includes reviewing the fingerprint system from all sides to measure its compatibility with government agencies and the nature of their work, before proceeding with its adoption.

The sources pointed out that the study aims to create a balance between adopting the best attendance system and not causing any disruption to the services provided by government agencies. The sources pointed out that the flexible fingerprint experience is applied in some government institutions that do not fall under the umbrella of the CSC, and the extent of its success in those agencies will also be measured within the study that the CSC is preparing.

According to the sources, the flexible fingerprint system must be coordinated with the Ministry of Education to harmonize employee attendance schedules, with students’ working hours, taking into account parents who are committed to sending their children to schools, explaining that the flexible fingerprint allows the employee to adopt fixed appointments from one to two hours during which he proves his attendance, at the appropriate time for him, then he calculates the number of hours scheduled for work after the date of the fingerprint attendance, and then he leaves and can coordinate this timing with the dates of his children’s studies.

The sources concluded that the dates for adopting the attendance fingerprint, although flexible, should be appropriate for employees and officials as well, to ensure the progress of work and service provision, especially in the entities where the work is associated with the presence of the official.

Education Ministry has adjusted the schedule for the postponed second round of exams, which will kickstart mid-October. Educational sources revealed to an Arab paper that the postponed exams will be offered to students whose health conditions were preventing them from showing up to their exams on time.

The source also noted that the exams will take place on Sunday, 16th of October.

According to the labor market statistics, the number of male and female workers in the public and private sectors increased by 30,973 workers in the last three months.

The statistic indicated that the total number of workers until June 2022 was estimated at 1,915,865, saying 438,559 of them were Kuwaitis, and 1,477.306 non-Kuwaitis, indicating that the number of workers in the government sector was 457,149, while the number of workers in the private sector was 1,458,716, reports a local Arabic daily.

According to the decision issued by the Minister of Electricity and Water Eng. Ali Al-Mousa to determine the technical specifications and rules governing the use of electric vehicle chargers, and the subsequent publication of the decision and its regulations in the Official Gazette “Kuwait Al-Youm” in Sunday’s the Al-Qabas daily said 60 days separate us from the start of installing electric vehicle chargers in homes and various facilities.

The decision, a copy of which has been obtained by the daily, said vehicle chargers will be allowed to be installed in the first phase of implementing the decision, which extends until December 2025 in 7 destinations — establishments, institutions, government bodies, commercial establishments, investment facilities, administrative buildings in government facilities, fuel filling stations, private housing, highways and main roads.

The decision stipulates chargers should be installed in private housing through alternating current so that the electrical load capacity of one charger does not exceed 22 kilowatts per hour. The decision indicated that the installation of these chargers is conditional on submitting an application to the electrical distribution networks sector in the ministry, as is the case when giving new power supply or to another existing booster, while adhering to the technical specifications as specified by the ministry.

The decision stated that the consumption tariff will be calculated in accordance with the tariff stipulated in Law 20 of 2016 and its executive regulation, with the prohibition of reselling electricity at a tariff exceeding that legally established procedures, provided that the implementation of the decision takes effect 60 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

In the midst of the “domestic labor shortage” crisis that the country is currently facing, many citizens became victims of multiple frauds when some owners of domestic labor offices announced new contracts for female workers from the Philippines at discounted prices compared to the rest of the offices, taking advantage of the citizens’ needs and luring them and they ended up filing hundreds of complaints with the Public Authority for Manpower, which responded by closing some offices and revoking their licenses, reports Al-Qabas daily. The daily has learned that PAM has taken legal measures against some domestic labor offices after some citizens filed complaints against them that the offices had failed to remain committed to their terms and conditions of providing a domestic worker.

Informed sources said that the closed offices did not respond to the request of the Department of Domestic Labor in the authority to visit PAM, so they were administratively closed for 3 months, and their licenses were canceled by the Ministry of Commerce.

The sources added that many complaints were registered against offices which took money from citizens to bring in a domestic worker at reduced prices, which they published through advertisements in the media, and it turned out that they had ended up in signing fictitious contracts.

The specialist in domestic labor affairs, Bassam Al-Shammari, has warned some labor recruiting offices against such manipulations in calling them ‘just a trap to loot citizens’. Al-Shammari told the daily many offices have been deliberately, in the recent period, harming the reputation of other domestic workers recruiting offices through fraudulent operations.

However, the change and rise in the new contracts was concentrated in two nationalities mainly, the Indian and the Filipino. The daily gave following details on the employment of domestic workers for the past six months, saying 26.6 thousand workers came from the Philippines, 23,000 from India and 8 thousand from Sri Lanka – 67.4% of them women; and 61,000 first time workers.

In order to strengthen the deep-rooted, multifaceted friendly ties and growing cooperation between India and Kuwait, three Indian naval ships will visit Kuwait this Tuesday: INS TIR, INS SUJATA, and the Indian coast guard ship SARATHI.

Al-Anba daily reports that the Ministry of Education is studying a proposal to change the school hours in the primary stage to 1:20 pm instead of 1:30 pm. The Undersecretary of the ministry Dr Ali Al-Yacoub referred the proposal of Kuwait Teachers Association to the Public Education Sector, which has been tasked with preparing the response.

Hamad Al-Houli, chairperson of the association, said in the proposal obtained by the daily: "First of all, we acknowledge your desire to strengthen coordination between the ministry and the association, so that we can contribute jointly to the development of education and its outputs.

As part of the association's commitment to improving education, we are pleased to present to you the association's and experts' proposal regarding Resolution 17317, which specifies 1:30 pm as the school closing time.

In order to strengthen the deep-rooted, multifaceted friendly ties and growing cooperation between India and Kuwait, three Indian naval ships will visit Kuwait this Tuesday: INS TIR, INS SUJATA, and the Indian coast guard ship SARATHI.

On the 4th, 5th, and 6th of October, naval ships will be docked at Shuwaikh port, giving Indian nationals living in Kuwiat a unique opportunity to see the ships.

On Tuesday, 4th, the Naval ships will be open to public from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. On Wednesday 5th, time slot is from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and on Thursday, the time slots are from 1 to 2 pm, 2 to 3 pm, 3 to 4 pm and 4 to 5 pm. All Indian nationals with valid civil id must submit their request at the link https://forms.gle/c9KMxtevQSunEghx8 by selecting the date and time slot.

Civil ID will be mandatory for visiting the ship.

Kuwait's Ministry of Health has assured the public that Kuwait is safe from cholera. Poverty and conflict are among the causes of cholera's spread and outbreak, and Kuwait is free of all of these factors.

According to a local Arabic newspaper, maintaining personal hygiene and paying attention to food and clean water are among the most important preventive measures to take.

In this regard, health sources emphasized the need for continuous and direct coordination, communication, and cooperation with the World Health Organization.

One of the symptoms of cholera is acute and severe diarrhea, caused by eating unclean (spoiled) food and drinking impure water.

In order to prevent cholera from entering Kuwait, Kuwait has developed an integrated plan based on detecting, isolating, and treating cases as quickly as possible, as well as identifying those who have been exposed to the disease and testing them for it.