Today In Kuwait's History

7/25/2024 2:23:17 AM

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, July 25 (KUNA) --

1979 -- A Group of local physicians established the Patients Helping Fund, Kuwait's first medical charitable institution offering health care for those in need in and outside the State of Kuwait.
1985 -- Saleh Shehab, best remembered for his efforts to institutionalize the tourism industry in the State of Kuwait during the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at the age of 61. His last official post was assistant undersecretary for cultural and tourism affairs.
1987 -- State Security Court convicted two defendants and acquitted 30 others for circulating anti-state pamphlets, seeking to overthrow the legitimate authority through illegal means and undermine public order.
1999 -- Pioneering folklore singer Ameena Mubarak, better known as Umm Zayed, passed away.
2010 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed decree 51/2010 to establish a defaulters' fund aimed at helping citizens unable to pay consumer loans and instalments prior to December 2009. The fund was under Ministry of Finance's supervision.
2011 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah donated USD one million to launch relief campaign for Somalia.
2016 -- Ministry of Information started implementation of law No. 8/2016 to regulate online media. The law was published in official gazette in February 2016.
2017 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed an agreement with Morocco to extend a 15 million Kuwaiti Dinar loan to finance a railway project.
2019 -- Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), also known by its trademark Q8, acquired 67 fueling stations from the Saras Energia-Spain. The acquisition expanded Q8 network in Spain to 77 stations.
2019 -- State of Kuwait donated USD five million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
2019 -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) opened Sabah Al-Ahmad center for physical rehabilitation in Sri Lanka. The center offered assistance and prosthetics to victims of traffic accidents.
2021 -- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) earned a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an innovative technology, a device that functioned as a water desalination and an air conditioner simultaneously.
2023 -- KISR registered a patent at the US Patent and Trademark Office for a water desalination system that produced high-quality fresh water.
2023 -- The World Aquatics organization re-elected Hussain Al-Musallam of Kuwait as its president to a new eight-year term during its General Congress in the Japanese city of Fukuoka. (end)
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