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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Kalpani's update for Thursday, March 22. Here are the top stories
00:06at this hour.
00:07Abu Dhabi Investment Council will become part of the Mubadala Investment Company, with the
00:11value of the combined portfolio to be more than $200 billion. President His Highness
00:16Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as the ruler of Abu Dhabi, has issued
00:21a law restructuring Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
00:24Facebook Inc's Mark Zuckerberg, breaking a media silence on the latest consumer imbroglio
00:28to engulf the social media company, vowed to inform each of its 2 billion-plus users
00:33if there's a chance their personal data was compromised.
00:36In an interview with CNN, the billionaire chief executive officer said he would appear
00:40before Congress, if necessary, to testify on revelations that a researcher harvested
00:45data and sold it on surreptitiously to consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
00:49A UAE-India integrated system for recruitment of Indian workers will be operational soon.
00:54Once the system is functional, all employers and recruitment agents can do recruitment
00:59of certain category of workers only through this system. They cannot do independent recruitment
01:04from India without registering on the system, said Dr. Omar Al Noemi, assistant undersecretary
01:10for communication and internal relations at the Ministry of Human Resources and Amortization.
01:15Fred Savage has become the latest celebrity who stands accused of assault in Hollywood.
01:20A former crew member of Fox's The Grinder filed a lawsuit accusing Savage of assault
01:25and battery.
01:26Young Joo Hwang held a news conference to elaborate on her claims that Savage routinely
01:30used aggressive behavior and intimidation toward female employees.
01:34And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:39to 16 degrees at night.
01:41That's all for now. Thanks for watching. A reminder that our next bulletin will be on
01:45Sunday. But as always, you can get the latest news on gulfnews.com.
01:50Thanks for watching.