{"id":121571,"date":"2026-08-29T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=121571"},"modified":"2026-08-29T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:00:09","slug":"kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kuwait Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the inaugural meeting of the India-Kuwait Joint Defence Committee (JDC) was held in New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kuwait<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>country in Western Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the <\/span><b>Persian Gulf.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>two countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely <\/span><b>Iraq<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north and west, and <\/span><b>Saudi Arabia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Border:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bounded by the Persian<\/span><b> Gulf in the east.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a member of the Gulf<\/span><b> Cooperation Council<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-arab-league\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Arab League<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation &amp; OPEC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kuwait City<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Kuwait<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kuwait has a <\/span><b>hyper-arid desert climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is highly variable with recurrent extremes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are <\/span><b>no perennial lakes or rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Instead, there are wadis or transient watercourses that end in inland basins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most parts of Kuwait are covered by the <\/span><b>Arabian Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources: Natural gas and petroleum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are Kuwait&#8217;s most significant mineral resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2304285&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwait is a country in Western Asia, situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf. 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