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For the first time, Octopus opens up its payment network to UnionPay, AlipayHK, and Alipay to enable QR payments for Mainland visitors and Hong Kong passengers Transaction fee waiver and referral programme to accelerate driver sign-up HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 January 2024 – Today Octopus Cards Limited (Octopus) announced that it will enable 21,000 Hong Kong taxi drivers to accept QR payments […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 January 2024 – Nexif Ratch Energy Investments Pte. Ltd. (“Nexif Ratch Energy”), a leading owner/operator and developer of clean-energy power projects in the Asia Pacific region, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cyril Dissescou as its Chief Executive Officer. Cyril takes over from Matthew Bartley who stepped in as interim CEO to establish Nexif Ratch Energy during […]

By K Raveendran Shipping rates have already gone up by more than three times in a week after the January 9 attack by Houthis on the Red Sea. But supply chain professionals are warning that the rates are going to further shoot up in the coming weeks. This is bad news for India’s export-import trade, […]

The post No Relief For Export-Import Trade As Shipping Costs Expected To Further Shoot Up first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury After failing to stop the January 7, 2024 general elections in Bangladesh by spending millions of dollars towards lobbyists and PR agencies in the United States, Britain and other Western nations, India and Hindu hating ultra-Islamist and pro-Pakistan Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has launched a movement titled ‘India Out’ with […]

The post Bangladesh Nationalist Party Launches ‘India Out’ Movement first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: India and the US are working on a collaboration mechanism to jointly develop technologies to process critical minerals. If the deal goes through, it will be in addition to the US-led Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), a grouping of 14 nations including the European Union. India and the US have held the first round […]

The post India, US Working On Tech To Process Critical Minerals first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: India is expected to clock a GDP growth in the range of 6.9-7.2 per cent in the current financial year on the back of improving economic fundamentals, Deloitte India said in an update to its quarterly outlook. As per the first advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), […]

The post India Likely To Register 6.9-7.2% GDP Growth In FY24, Says Deloitte first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Lenovo™ strengthens its portfolio and vision of AI for All with AI PCs and other powerful innovations HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 January 2024 – Today at CES® 2024, Lenovo unveiled a full lineup of more than 40 new devices and solutions powered by AI, furthering the company’s vision of AI for All. The announcements include new AI PC innovations across Lenovo’s Yoga™, […]

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Dubai, a city synonymous with luxury and innovation, has witnessed a remarkable transformation in its accommodation sector, thanks partly to the burgeoning Airbnb market. This trend redefines tourism and opens new avenues for property owners and investors. The strategic approach to managing Airbnb properties is at the heart of this evolution, a niche that Masterhost’s Airbnb Management in Dubai (https://masterhost.ca/airbnb-management-dubai/) has expertly tapped into. Their services optimize rental […]

GANDHINAGAR: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said India has a USD 10.1 trillion funding gap to meet its net zero commitment and asked IFSC to set up a platform where green credits can be traded. Speaking at a session ‘An aspiration of modern India’ at the GIFT City, the minister said companies in India […]

The post IFSC Needs To Ready Platform Where Green Credits Can Be Traded: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NANNING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 January 2024 – With the barrier gate for customs release lifted, 6 tonnes of blended yarn was imported tariff-free to China through Dongxing, a border city in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The yarn was produced in a Vietnamese production line of the cotton yarn production giant Texhong International Group Limited and will be further processed to produce […]

India’s industries are counting on the government to target larger capex outlay of atleast ₹12-lakh crore in the upcoming interim Budget (2024-25) to support higher GDP growth in a year when global economic slowdown in expected to be pronounced. This comes even as the private sector’s side of investment push has not been exuberant in […]

The post Private Sector Urges Massive Capex Booster Dose In Interim Budget As Well first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra Who will be the I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s prime ministerial face, Mallikarjun Kharge or Nitish Kumar? Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has emerged as the new champion of the cause of social justice, holding an unprecedented caste survey in the state. Nitish has always fancied and is seen as having the credentials for the […]

The post Nitish, Or Kharge? Jury Still Out On INDIA Bloc’s PM Face first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra The legendary Kolkata based music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan’s untimely departure to the way of all flesh is not only an occasion for mourning for all those who love music and life. It cuts a link between the traditional and modern space; style was the man who had also brushed the gaps […]

The post Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan Was A Phenomenon In Indian Classical Music first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The year 2023 was not only about finance for the international broker Octa. Here’s how it helped make a difference through a series of CSR initiatives around the world. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 January 2024 – In 2023, Octa significantly enhanced its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities by carrying out 21 projects that left a lasting impact on local communities worldwide. These […]

The Backbase Engagement Banking Platform will enable Danske Bank to provide its customers with the best digital customer experience and the latest innovative solution AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 January 2024 – Backbase, the global leader in Engagement Banking, has made an agreement with Danske Bank, a leading Nordic bank based in Copenhagen, Denmark. This agreement provides Danske Bank with access to Backbase’s Engagement […]

CHENNAI: The renewable energy sector reported a 19 per cent decline in new capacity addition to the grid in the calendar year 2023. The total new capacity addition in the clean energy sector stood at 12.9 GW in 2023 when compared with a new capacity addition of about 16 GW, the highest-ever annual capacity added […]

The post Renewable Sector Records 19% Dip In New Capacity Addition For 2023 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Electricity being a very political sensitive issue and States having a major role to play, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, laid out his intent to strengthen the sector. He stressed for the need to implement a comprehensive power policy in the State after conducting a detailed study of the existing power policies adopted by […]

The post Telangana Government To Bring In ‘New Power (Electricity) Policy’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava So far the RSS and BJP have been working on their plan to rupture the social relation between Hindus and Muslims, but now in the wake of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22 differences have cropped up among the Hindus between those believing Sanatan ideology and the devotees […]

The post RSS’s Ram Mandir Inauguration Is Politically Motivated, Say Four Top Hindu Heads first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: India has emerged as “vishwa mitra”, or a trusted friend, in the rapidly changing world order, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He projected the country as a new ray of hope amid global uncertainties and an engine of growth for the world economy. The prime minister was addressing the Vibrant Gujarat Global […]

The post Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024: India A Vishwa Mitra, Says PM Modi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Green hydrogen in India can not only provide energy for sectors such as fertilizers, chemicals, refining and iron, but also save carbon emissions compared to fossil fuels, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday. In a detailed analysis of what it will take to make green hydrogen a credible energy pathway in India, […]

The post Green Hydrogen Can Enable Energy Transition In Net-Zero Journey: WEF Report first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 January 2024 – The curtain has come down on the 2024 Taipei New Year’s Party, a grand success that brought together the strongest lineup of performance artists from around Taiwan, featured the first-ever 1+4 diversified stage set-up, and attracted more than 170,000 revelers. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an and Asian Games, Asian Para Games, and professional athletes took the stage […]

Intel® Evo™ Edition ThinkPad™ X1 Carbon Gen 12 and ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 9 ready for the next wave of AI-enabled business computing HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 January 2024 – Ahead of CES® 2024, Lenovo unveiled new business and consumer laptops designed to unlock new AI experiences and boost productivity, creativity and efficiency. The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and ThinkPad X1 […]

STT GDC sets industry benchmarks in sustainable financing as the first sustainability linked perpetual issuance in Asia. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2024 – ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world’s fastest growing data centre providers, announced that it has on 8 January 2024 issued S$450 million of Sustainability-Linked Perpetual (SLP) securities under the company’s S$1.5 billion multicurrency debt issuance […]

Arabian Post Staff India and the UAE signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), setting out frameworks for the expansion of bilateral investment cooperation in the renewable energy, food processing and healthcare sectors. The agreements were signed on the occasion of  Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, by the Ministry of Investment of the UAE with the respective Indian ministries, underscoring the UAE’s strong […]

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