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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 August 2022 – On July 29, 2022, People’s Procuratorate of Shenzhen Municipality and the Qianhai Authority organized a ceremony for signing three cooperation agreements and grand opening of the Hong Kong Enterprise Compliance Development Service Centre (the Centre). The ceremony was officiated by Yu Xinxi, Deputy Party Secretary and Deputy Procurator-general of People’s Procuratorate of Shenzhen Municipality and Liang […]

To Develop A Truly Sustainable Built Environment SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 4 August 2022 – Arup, a global design, engineering and advisory business with sustainable development at its heart, today launched the Centre for Climate Action in Cities (CCAC). Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, was the Guest-of-Honour for the launch together with Ms Jacqueline Poh, Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development […]

Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank, told NDTV today that while growth figures in India is better than many nations, the country needs more on account of its huge population. Though the growth figure is around 7 per cent — which the government quoted in parliament in response to the debate on […]

The post Raghuram Rajan says govt intolerant towards criticism first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Destitution, bankruptcy, mass famine! Some rightwing folks desperate to see the back of Joe Biden are predicting this for America. They do not like the President’s “dementia” and are not hailing Speaker Nancy Pelosi for taking on the People’s Republic of China in its own backyard. One of them has come up […]

The post Price Rise Of Essential Commodities Has Led The Poor Gasping In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US drone strike. The problem is that’s only half of the truth; the other half is that Zawahiri was more a has-been than a power to […]

The post Al Qaeda Chief Zawahiri’s Killing By U.S. Is A Symbolic Act first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri by the US intelligence network is more about the lethal capacities that the US has developed than the elimination of one person. al-Zawahiri was singled out and killed so precisely that not another person in his extended household in a Kabul safe-house had died. Ayman al-Zawahiri was […]

The post The Killing Of Zawahiri Is A Marvel Of U.S. Intelligence Gathering And Planning first appeared on IPA Newspack.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach – 3 August 2022 – Udokan Copper, the developer of Russia’s largest new deposit, outlined scenarios to cut the carbon intensity of copper production up to 75% by 2035, bringing the Company closer to its ultimate goal of climate neutrality in the long run. The Company publishes its Sustainability Report for 2021, which outlines the results in terms of the environment as […]

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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 August 2022 – APENFT Foundation announced that the second call of its $100 million Art Dream Fund would be launched on August 1, and registration would close on October 30. The theme “Post-Human Era” for this year’s call seeks to explore whether the future of humanity can transcend traditional human-centered humanism and how people should position themselves in a complex ecosystem […]

By Kalyani Shankar How should the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu be addressed? When congress leader Adhir Chowdhury referred to her as ‘Rashtrapatni’ and claimed it was a slip of his tongue later, still minister SmritiIrani held the word as derogatory. Even when the first woman president, Pratibha Patil (2007-2012), took over, Shiv Sena supremo […]

The post Droupadi Murmu Can Make A Difference In The Life Of Tribals, If She Wants first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Actors Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan are getting “brutally trolled”, along with Laal Singh Chadda. On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And people are loving the word ‘brutally’. Especially sub-editors, and headliners. Aamir and Kareena can only “block” the trolls. But that is fraught with risk. The next thing will be the […]

The post Aamir Khan Is Being Haunted By Trolls For His Film ‘Lal Singh Chadda’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

LONDON, UK – Media OutReach – 2 August 2022 – ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (ST Telemedia) has reached an agreement for Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, to acquire a significant minority stake in leading data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS). VIRTUS provides colocation and cloud connectivity services to blue-chip clients, including global technology companies and enterprise clients. Its portfolio comprises 11 […]

The United States has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to US media outlets, in what the White House announced Monday was a “successful” operation against a target in Afghanistan. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who became one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, was identified as a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on […]

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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal promised to create 10 lakh government jobs in Gujarat and a Rs 3,000 monthly unemployment allowance to young people if his government gets voted to power in the state. If AAP forms a government in Gujarat, his party will ensure that each and every unemployed youth gets a job […]

The post Kejriwal promises 10 lakh govt jobs ahead of Gujarat polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The Supreme Court verdict, last week (July 27), upholding the validity of inquiry, arrest and bail provisions of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), could not have come at a more appropriate time when as many as 122 sitting and ex-legislators are facing money laundering cases […]

The post SC Verdict On PMLA And ED’s Power Comes At A Crucial Time first appeared on IPA Newspack.

BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach – 1 August 2022 – Earlier this Spring, foreign students from China’s Zhejiang Normal University participated in a cultural exchange in China’s Western Xinjiang province. Entitled the trip was designed to allow exchange students an opportunity to interact and learn about their social and religious peers in China. During the three-day, two-night expedition, students visited the provincial capital of Urumqi as well […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 1 August 2022 – Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, today announced the appointment of Rosanna Tang as the firm’s Head of Business Development Services, Hong Kong, effective August 1, 2022. Rosanna will be leading the research and marketing functions in Hong Kong, and support the management to establish and drive Cushman & Wakefield’s business priorities […]

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach – 28 July 2022 – For the second year in a row, social empowerment continues to be at the heart of Prince Foundation when it bags the Asia Responsible Enterprise Award (AREA) 2022 organized by Enterprise Asia, a non-governmental organization that recognizes entrepreneurship across the region. Students during Chen Zhi Scholarship’s Final Interview. Awarded in the Social Empowerment Category through its […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 July 2022 – The China Communications Standards Association’s Computing and Network Integration Industry and Standards Promotion Committee has recently announced a new batch of “SD-WAN Ready 2.0 Test and Evaluation” results at the “SD-WAN Technology Salon and SD-WAN Ready Evaluation Results Conference 2022”. After a list of rigorous testing and evaluations, the SD-WAN solutions of DYXnet, a member of […]

By K Raveendran A global crisis in the supply of lithium and other components is hitting the Indian EV industry even harder than other major markets. Apart from the high costs of imports, the relative low size of the Indian market is also affecting the industry’s capacity to negotiate. Although the EV sector in India […]

The post Global Supply Constraints Darken Indian EV Manufacturing Horizon first appeared on IPA Newspack.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 July 2022 – PSB Academy announces plans to launch PSB Academy City Campus: STEM Wing, an expansion of its City Campus in Marina Square. The new S$10 million premise brings together high-tech and industry approved laboratories and facilities to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for students. The existing campus will be renamed PSB Academy City Campus: Main Wing […]

HKU Survey throws light on how to make sustainability and ESG more relatable to Hong Kong SMEs, enabling the sector to involve more and driving real impact HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 July 2022 – ESG and sustainability issues alike have been moving up the corporate agenda in recent years. According to Google Search Trend, the keyword ‘ESG’ search popularity in Hong Kong has […]

With the Lieutenant Governor recommending a CBI probe into the implementation of the new excise policy, the Delhi government has decided to go back to the old regime of retail liquor sale in the city, officials said on Friday. The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for a period of two […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Massive protests are being held by senior Congress leaders and workers, including Rahul Gandhi, against the Narendra Modi government, raising current issues like inflation and mass unemployment. However, the real cause behind the ongoing protest is the strong opposition to the Enforcement Directorate’s continued questioning of the party president Sonia Gandhi. […]

The post Congress Invokes Indira On Dharna To Defend Sonia Gandhi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has missed the chance to participate in the “World Cities’ Summit” in Singapore, where he was one of the speakers. The Chief Minister has missed the deadline for travel formalities — not only was he refused clearance for the visit, it came too late, the Delhi government has said. In […]

The post Kejriwal denied clearance for Singapore trip as speaker first appeared on IPA Newspack.

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