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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 21 October 2022 – IB Super is an established IB tuition centre that has launched new virtual tools to be incorporated into its syllabus. After investing months of research into students’ needs, learning objectives and user interface experience, they developed a Questionbank platform with interactive video quizzes for its learning management profile. The aim is to enhance learners’ online learning experience, making […]

By Prabir Purkayastha The US has gambled big in its latest, across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap China and retain its global dominance. From the slogan of globalisation and “free trade” of the neoliberal 90s, it has reverted to good old technology denial regimes followed by the US […]

The post USA’s Latest Sanction On Chinese Companies On Chips Is A Threat To Global Economy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal is going to polls on November 20 this year for the second time in its latest tryst with democracy. The first round of general elections took place in 2017 after the country got a brand new constitution in 2015. What makes the Nepal elections an interesting political development in the […]

The post Nepal’s General Elections On November 20 May Not Lead To A Stable Govt first appeared on IPA Newspack.

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 21 October 2022 – As China’s leaders look to wrap up the 20th Communist Party Congress this weekend, Conrad Saldanha, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Equity of Neuberger Berman, thought it a good time to reflect on what world’s second-largest economy could portend for investors. Saldanha explains in the latest insight that China’s policy outlook may create attractive opportunities […]

By Manish Rai For decades the Pakistani establishment has termed the Baloch insurgency as a low-intensity conflict confined mostly to Balochistan, the country’s largest province by territory. But that seems to have changed, as a spate of attacks that have taken place this year clearly demonstrate that insurgency has entered into a crucial new phase. […]

The post Baloch Conflict No Longer A Low-Level Insurgency first appeared on IPA Newspack.

SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media OutReach – 20 October 2022 – In order to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of OPPO Service Day and express thanks for the support and companionship of users, OPPO held a 2-month carnival from September 23rd to November 23rd, 2022. During this event, users can enjoy 3 kinds of services with discounts of up to 50%, including screen replacement, mainboard replacement and memory upgrades. […]

Matein Khalid Investor | Family Office CIO | Portfolio Strategist | Board Advisor | VC | Finance Professor Russia’s terror bombing of Kiev, Lviv and Odessa significantly escalates the geopolitical stakes in the Ukraine war. This tragic slaughter in the killing fields of Europe must stop if the human race has a shred of civilized DNA left in it. The bomb explosion on the Kerch bridge in […]

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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 October 2022 – eWTP Arabia Capital (eWTPA), a leading Saudi Arabia and China-based growth stage venture fund, shared their insights during the Singapore Investment Forum 2022, jointly organized by China Venture and DBS. Themed “Dawn of a New Era”, the Singapore Investment Forum 2022 investigated extensively into the unique value proposition that Singapore and Southeast Asia offer. One of the crucial […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 17 October 2022 – Beyond the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, the global monetary tightening and the multiple constraints on Chinese growth paint a gloomy outlook. In the short term, the economy seems to be settling into a regime of “stagflation”, where almost no growth and rapidly rising prices coexist. The possibility of a global recession, meanwhile, is becoming […]

By K Raveendran The move by the US and western nations to enforce a price cap on Russian crude as part of their sanctions against Moscow to put even a tighter leash on its finances provides another opportunity for India to maximise its benefits through the purchase of discounted Ural crude. India has made it […]

The post Russian Oil Price Cap Move Provides India Another Major Opportunity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

At the opening of a key meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping said that China has achieved comprehensive control over Hong Kong, turning it from chaos to governance, while condemning what he said was interference in Taiwan. Xi Jinping walked onstage to thunderous applause from nearly 2,300 delegates who have gathered at Beijing’s […]

The post China party meeting opens with Xi’s claim on Hong Kong, Taiwan first appeared on IPA Newspack.

India has slipped to the 107th position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 of 121 countries, from its 2021 position of 101st and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Seventeen countries, including China, Turkey, and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global […]

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LONDON: China’s ByteDance Ltd. is in talks with music labels for expanding its music-streaming service globally to compete with industry leaders such as Spotify Technology SA, the Wall Street Journal

By Nitya Chakraborty The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins on October 16 in Beijing. It will chart out the course of action for the next five years in terms of Chinese domestic politics, economy and also foreign policy, with the objective of catapulting the world’s largest populated country with the second […]

The post Xi Jinping To Emerge As Supreme Leader At 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Trade numbers for the fiscal 2022-2023 are looking dismal. The expectation is that for the Q1 and Q2 Fiscal 2022-2023, the Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to be the highest in 9 years. A quick search on items using the harmonized system (HS) at a 2-digit level reveals that there […]

The post India’s Current Account Deficit Is Now Highest In Last Nine Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has blown new life into Turkey’s vision of a Turkic world that stretches from Anatolia to Xinjiang in north-western China. “Central Asia now resembles the 1990s when there was a huge competition between global and regional powers for influence over the resource-rich region. The shadow of Russia […]

The post Geopolitical Minefields Of President Erdogan’s Ambitious Turkic World first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty At the heart of politics is cowardice. Okay, foolhardiness. Take demonetization, for instance. It was a reckless display of authoritarianism, unbridled power, when the BJP-led NDA Government tipped its hat to its Prime Minister and forgot that in a democracy, collective decisions are the norm and the decision to demonetize was patently […]

The post Election Commission Is Functioning In A Bizarre Manner In Shiv Sena Symbol Issue first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Matein Khalid King Dollar, aggressive Federal Reserve monetary tightening, an oil shock, recession in Europe/China and pandemic related hits to world trade have converged to make 2022 a classic annus horribilis for emerging markets. Yet my late Dad used to say – “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. This is why I am now hunting for potential triple baggers in the Saigon stock exchange, […]

By Anjan Roy The Ukraine war is taking a turn after seven and a half months which is worrying strategic experts and militaries in Europe in new ways. If initially the worry was about an outright defeat of Ukraine and presence of Russia in eastern parts in a more aggressive posture, the prospect of an […]

The post President Putin Is Losing His Options In Ukraine After Latest Reverses first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Matein Khalid The 20 year highs in King Dollar and 18% rise in its trade weighted index in the past year has rewritten the rules of investing in the international financial markets. King Dollar has wrecked havoc with emerging market currencies and Third World sovereign bonds as any poor unlucky investor in Pakistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Egypt government bonds will attest. The World Bank estimates […]

By Sushil Kutty Uddhav Thackeray grew up jostling with a rival for his father Balasaheb Thackeray’s pats and “well-dones”. Cousin Raj Thackeray was finally gone and the years thereafter erased the memory of living with a ‘resentment’. But, irony of all ironies, whoever would have thought that a grown-up Uddhav Thackeray would be challenged by […]

The post Uddhav Thackeray Is Emerging As A Principled Leader In His Battle Against Shinde first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A Salute to Outstanding Contributions and Extraordinary Precedents HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 October 2022 – Sing Tao News Corporation Limited’s “Leader of the Year 2021” Awards Presentation Ceremony and Gala Dinner, was held today at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong to pay tribute to the distinguished individuals. The annual event is organised by Sing Tao Daily, Headline Daily and The Standard of Sing […]

New “0+3” quarantine measure to help reignite business travel, although no immediate boost to tourism activities is anticipated Hong Kong’s Grade A office market remained generally quiet in Q3, but pre-commitments at new project completions pushed up citywide net absorption to reach 183,000 sq ft Overall office rents fell by a further 2.3% q-o-q, although the decline is expected to narrow in Q4, with the full-year rental […]

75% of APAC’s business leaders will be looking for new career prospects in the following months SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 6 October 2022 – Sparked by the global pandemic, the Great Resignation has already been happening among the C-suite in Asia Pacific for the last 2 years. In latest studies from The Page Executive Asia Pacific Talent Trends 2022 Report – The Great X, there has […]

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