KUWAIT, July 28 (KUNA)
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1939 -- Kuwait's legislative assembly asked the municipal council to provide five boats to fetch fresh water from Shatt Al-Arab waterway.
1955 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem issued an Amiri order to stop pricing plots of land contrary to set regulations.
1968 -- The Kuwaiti federation for tennis, table tennis and squash was proclaimed.
1976 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issued a law regulating Hajj campaigns.
2008 -- The districts of Al-Mahboula, Abu Hlaifa and Jleeb Al-Shoyoukh witnessed demonstrations and riots by Bangladeshi workers demanding that employment companies increase their salaries and pay them overdue wages.
2009 -- The Kuwaiti team was crowned champion of the 13th Gulf Judo tournament bagging 24 medals including 16 gold ones.
2015 -- The energy center at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) invented a lithium-ion Nano-battery for medical usage.
2020 -- The public sector resumed work at 50 percent capacity amid efforts to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19).
2020 -- Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) announced a historic accomplishment operational stage of Al-Zour refinery with the inclusion of hydrocarbon in the operation of the refinery's gas pipeline.
2024 -- Kuwait Health Ministry announced the availability of a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan in Al-Jahra and Farwaniya hospitals 2024 -- Ministry of Information launched Al-Akhbar (the news) channel as a trusted source for accurate information serving the public. (end) gta