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RIYADH: Kuwaitization of the public sector reached almost 77% last year as government employment grew to 420,800, up 11.4 percent since 2016, Al Anba paper reported citing the Central Statistical Bureau. Ministries and government departments employed 334,000 people as of the end of June, 2020, of which 77.5 percent were Kuwaiti, the data showed. Public agencies and institutions employed 38,400, of whom 86.5 percent were Kuwaiti. Bodies and institutions with independent budgets employed 19,600 w...

Kuwait City: As of March 15, recruitment of domestic workers from the Philippines will resume according to Bassam Al Shammari, a representative of the labour recruitment offices. Al Shammari stated that the Philippine Union discussed the matter with the recruitment offices in Kuwait and have finalized the new regulations regarding contracts. He pointed out that any employer that has a history of employment issues or non-commitment to pay salaries will be barred from recruitment. The decision co...

Hungary's economy could grow by 4.5 % in 2021, if enough people are vaccinated to allow restrictions to be lifted after Easter, Finance Minister Varga said.

(Latvijas Radio Ziņu dienesta žurnāliste) The pandemic and consequent restrictions have reduced many human activities. Remote work and training have affected overall public health, especially weight, according to nutritionists, Latvian Radio reported February 28. Last year, residents of Rīga and its vicinity in the age group over 16 years had the lowest rates of excess weight or obesity among Latvias regions. Still 57% people in Rīga were overweight. The hig...

Poland's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 2.8 percent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) said in a flash estimate on Friday.

International mas maker creates mini Minshall band International mas maker Sudesh Ramsaran in his JOuvert costume. WHEN Carnival 2021 was cancelled, international mas maker Sudesh Ramsaran came up with the big idea of a miniature mas band. Ramsaran created the band as a display for the Central Statistical Office (CSO), where he has worked as a statistical officer for the past 18 years. The band was heavily inspired by the work of legendary mas maker Peter Minshall, crafted using his skills as ...

In Hungary, everyone over the age of 60 who has registered for vaccination will be inoculated by March 15, PM Orbán said.

The past decade saw a demographic turnaround in Hungary, with a 24 percent increase in births, the minister in charge of family affairs said on Friday, commenting on a fresh data release by the Central Statistical Office. Hungary’s birth rate in the period was the highest in the European Union, Katalin Novák told MTI by phone. Among the reasons for the demographic turnaround is the number of marriages. Fully 67,000 couples tied the knot last year compared with 35,000 in 2010. “The coronavi...

Mitra claimed that Bengal is faring better than the national rate in several parameters of industrial growth

PM, Shah should apologise for disinformation campaign against Bengal: Amit Mitra The minister shared data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation that show that the economy, industries, and the services and agriculture sectors have grown faster than the national rate in Bengal. December 28, 2020 12:36:07 am West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra tweeted, "PM-HM’s shameful DISINFORMATION campaign on Bengal CAUGHT red-handed by their own Central Sta...