Health insurance for Kuwaiti students in UK cost KD816,000

Move to remove content violating public morals

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 4: The health and dental insurance policies for Kuwaitis studying in the United Kingdom cost KD816,000 annually, reports AlAnba daily.

The Ministry of Higher Education has asked the regulatory authorities to approve the renewal of the health insurance contract for Kuwaitis studying in the United Kingdom for academic year 2022/2023 at a cost of KD699,800; in addition to the dental treatment insurance contract with Cigna at a cost of KD116,023.

Meanwhile, the Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority has coordinated with

YouTube to remove content, including advertisements, proven to have violated public morals, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting sources.

Sources said the authority received several complaints about inappropriate content on websites from individuals and government agencies.

The authority followed up and verified these complaints, then the necessary action was taken against those proven to have committed violations, sources added.

Sources disclosed the complainants have demanded for removal of YouTube ads that contradict public morals and violate media content regulations.

Sources affirmed that the erring YouTube accounts were blocked through the coordinated efforts of the authority and YouTube.

In the meantime, the President of the Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE), Eng. Faisal Al-Atl, with the measures announced by the Environment Public Authority to activate the application of environmental law, and to expel the owners of environmental violations from the country confirmed in a press statement saying, “We hope that the violations will be issued and signed against individuals and companies that employ unqualified workers in various environmental work,” reports AlJarida daily.