At last I found a site, which belongs to Kuwait, and i can get full details about Kuwait weather…
The Website for them : Kuwait Meteorological Center
It evens gives Voice as well fax reply to your weather request. The various services provided are mentioned below :
A cloudburst is an extreme form of rainfall, sometimes mixed with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating flood conditions. (Wikipedia)
Bangladesh embassy in Kuwait is being relocated to House no. 11, Street No. 29, block 2, Khaldiya from Sunday, 27th of June 2010. all concerned are requested to contact at the above address from June 27th 2010 for any service.
Kuwait classifieds – http://www.q8classifieds.com has added arabic section.
Gulf Bank announced today the launch of its latest ‘No Fee Banking’ service which has been created to give an exclusive deal to young Kuwaitis beginning their careers. The special package of benefits, designed to reduce their initial banking costs, is available to fresh graduates as soon as they start their first job and start transferring their salaries to Gulf Bank.
The ‘No Fee Banking’ service not only exempts graduates from all transaction related charges on their accounts, it also provides them with a range of additional products and services. This package has been tailored to help them through the important, and often costly, transition from students to employees. The initiative is part of Gulf Bank’s commitment to assisting young Kuwaitis, who become Gulf Bank customers, with their financial planning and initial stages of transition from students to income earning young adults.
Gulf Bank is committed to delivering enhanced services to all customers. Not only does the launch of the ‘No Fee Banking’ service provide great banking options, but it also encourages young professionals to proactively manage their finances.
For more information, customers can also visit one of Gulf Bank’s 47 branches or call the Telebanking service 1805805 for assistance and guidance. Gulf Bank’s bilingual website: www.e-gulfbank.com, has more information regarding the ‘No Fee Banking’ service or any of the Bank’s other products and services.
The Indian embassy in Kuwait is outsourcing its passport and visa services to an Indian company in view of the growing number of applicants and heavy rush at the embassy counters. BLS International Visa Services will operate two service centers in Sharq and Fahaheel effective May 27, 2009 Indian Ambassador Ajai Malhotra said.
Addressing a press conference at the embassy Thursday, the ambassador said the decision was taken with a view to provide a faster and more efficient passport and visa services to all.
Anwar J Bukhamseen, the local agent of the Indian company BLS International in Kuwait and the company representatives, were also present at the press conference. The company will charge a service fee of KD1.500 for passport services and KD 5 for visa services per application, in addition to the usual fees charged by the India government. The company was selected through an open tender process as BLS quoted the lowest service fee among the bidders, the ambassador said.
Both centers will function from 8am to 12noon and 4pm to 8pm from Sunday to Thursday and from 4pm to 8pm on Saturdays. The centers will be closed on Fridays and major public holidays.
The centers will offer, in addition to passport and visa services, facilities such as information desk, free distribution of application forms, filling of passport and visa applications at nominal charges and photocopy facility.
Though all services related to passport and visa will be provided only through these centers, affidavit and attestation services will continue to be provided at the Indian embassy, the ambassador said.
The increase in the number of Kuwaiti and other citizens travelling to India as a result of our expanding bilateral ties and interaction as well as the growing numbers of the Indian community in Kuwait have made it imperative that there be strengthened consular services response from the Indian embassy,” stated Malhotra.
When we took over the present Indian embassy premises in 1992, the Indian community in Kuwait numbered about 120,000. Since then it has grown to 579,000. This has resulted in considerable pressure on services and space, requiring a matching enhancement in the consular services being offered by the embassy,” he said.
The decision will also effectively address the concerns raised by the community members, especially project and household workers, regarding the inconvenient timings for consular services. The timings of the service centers have been made quite convenient to suit the applicants, he informed.
To address inevitable teething issues, a consular representative of the embassy will initially be available at both locations in case of need for any clarification by applicants, Malhotra said,
The service centers are located at venues that are regularly served by bus and other public transport. Considerable free parking space is available in the vicinity of the centers.
In Kuwait City :
Emad Commercial Centre, Basement Floor, Ahmed Al Jaber Street, Sharq, Kuwait City. Telephone: 22470005. Telefax: 22470006.
In Fahaheel :
Mujamma Unood, 4th floor, Office No. 25-26 Makka Street, Fahaheel, Kuwait. Telephone: 23912352. Telefax: 23912354.
The website for the center http://www.bls-international.com.
Microsoft released a solitary security update for its monthly Patch Tuesday report, repairing at least 14 critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that allowed remote hackers to execute malicious code on users’ computers to infect systems and steal data.
Microsoft first issued the security advisory in April, warning users about a zero day attack exploiting the critical PowerPoint flaw. Although the error has been exploited in the wild, Microsoft maintained in its advisory that the exploit appeared to be used in “limited and targeted attacks.”
The error affects numerous versions of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, including PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint XP, PowerPoint 2003 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2004 for Mac. However, vulnerabilities in later versions of the application, including Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft Office for Mac 2008, were given the less severe ranking of “important.”
Specifically, the bug stems from a memory glitch that occurs when parsing a specially crafted PowerPoint file, which subsequently enables remote hackers to launch malicious code stealthily onto users’ PCs.
Users can become infected by opening a maliciously crafted PowerPoint attachment in an e-mail that would immediately download a Trojan onto their systems. Users also could become infected by clicking on an embedded link sent via e-mail or IM, redirecting them to a Web site infused with malicious code.
Once users became infected, the attacker could run code with the same access privileges as an authenticated user, or take complete control of the affected machine to steal, alter or delete sensitive data.
Kuwait and China have witnessed dramatic development in energy cooperation following an agreement signed by the two governments in July 2004, when H.H.the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah last toured China in his capacity as then prime minister. H.H.the Amir’s upcoming visit to Beijing from May 10-13 is expected to further raise the overall energy cooperation level between the two countries. Last month, state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) celebrated the 5th anniversary of the establishment of its sales office in the Chinese capital. Since 2005, with KPC Beijing office serving as a springboard for greater business in Asia’s largest energy market, Kuwaiti crude oil exports have shown steady growth. In March, the shipments jumped 43.0 percent from a year earlier to 747,800 tons, equivalent to around 177,000 barrels per day (bpd), accounting for 4.6 percent of China’s total crude oil imports, according to government data.
Leaping
KPC told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) late April that the world’s seventh-largest oil exporter is selling at least 130,000-140,000 bpd of crude to China at any given time, leaping from 18,000 bpd in 2004. KPC also said it still sticks to a China-bound export target of 500,000 bpd by 2015.
In the field of joint energy project, Kuwait sealed MoU with China in December 2005 to construct the oil refinery and petrochemical complex in south China’s Guangdong Province, in hopes of participating in the long-term development of hydrocarbon sector in the world’s second-biggest oil consuming market. Estimated at USD 9 billion, the project would be the largest Sino-foreign joint venture in China if it goes onstream in 2013. The envisaged plant in the provincial capital was expected to shore up Guangdong’s rapidly growing economy, which expanded 10.1 percent in 2008.
Although further negotiations are still needed to finalize its exact location in the province with a population of over 100 million, during the visit to China late April by Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, the two sides reaffirmed their commitment to realize the project on schedule.
A two-day job fair opened yesterday at the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) in Mishref. Dr. Adbulrahman Al-Muhailan, GUST President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees inaugurated the event along with its organizer Dr Osama Al-Hares, Director Center of Career Services Alumni. “This is the fifth time we have been organizing such an event.
The aim is to help our students find suitable employment immediately after completing education. We are happy that with the job fair, we could easily place our students with some of the top companies in Kuwait,” Al-Hares pointed out. The job fair also provides GUST alumni with the prospect of new job placements and for current students will be provided with part-time job while completing studies.
This is really a good opportunity for everyone to find a job in some of the major private companies in Kuwait. GUST recorded 85 percent employment rate among graduates which means that we mainly help 15 percent of our graduates get suitable jobs to advance their career,” he added.
Over 40 companies from different sectors will be represented from banks, finance, television, advertising, oil and gas. The job fair scheduled to last until today is being sponsored by the National Bank of Kuwait(NBK) and the Gulf Bank. Al-Hares noted that participating companies are rising every year since they started job fair in 2004. “I am happy to see most of the companies here are represented with our own alumni. You can see our graduates everywhere helping the nation’s economic growth.” Al-Muhailan
reiterated university’s mission to arm young people with excellent knowledge for Kuwait’s future generation.
Reported : kuwaittimes
I don’t know how & where to start, this is a small informatic blog to help the business communty in Kuwait.
