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UAE to begin bank guarantee refund - GN Headlines
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00:00Good day, welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, October the 4th.
00:06Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09The UAE government will start refunding bank guarantees given by companies and business
00:14owners for their workers from this month.
00:17The move is expected to inject an estimated 14 billion dirhams liquidity back into the
00:23private sector.
00:24A new insurance system of 60 dirhams per worker will replace the bank guarantee given by companies
00:31at the rate of 3,000 dirhams for every employee.
00:34The Ministry of Human Resources and Amortization said the new insurance and bank guarantee
00:39refund will begin mid-October.
00:42India's benchmark stock index Sensex plunged by more than 800 points today as the Indian
00:48rupee sank to another low amid boiling crude prices and weak global queues.
00:54The rupee died to a new low of 73.81 against the dollar, while the international benchmark
01:01Brent crude reached the $86 per barrel level.
01:04The BSE 30-share barometer also lost nearly 550 points in the previous session Wednesday.
01:11Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona inflicted more Champions League pain on Tottenham with
01:17a 4-2 win at Wembley last night.
01:20Neymar, meanwhile, hit a brilliant hat-trick in Paris Saint-Germain's 6-1 rout of Red Star
01:25Belgrade.
01:26Lorenzo Insigne stuck late as Napoli snatched a 1-0 win over an outclassed Liverpool in
01:33a Group C game dominated by the hosts in Stadio San Paolo.
01:38Global star Priyanka Chopra has turned tech investor in one of her first acts as a start-up
01:43investor.
01:44The actress recently toured the San Francisco home of her new portfolio company Halliburton
01:50School.
01:51On Wednesday, Chopra announced her second investment in Bumble, a dating and social
01:55media app founded by Whitney Wolf Hurd.
01:58Chopra plans to help promote Bumble's launch in India in the coming months.
02:03And finally, the weather.
02:04Today's high across the UAE will be 38 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
02:09That's all for now.
02:10Thanks for watching.
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