Virtual “Be ON Game” & Hong Kong’s First Metaverse Staff Recruitment Game HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 January 2023 – PCCW (SEHK: 0008) & HKT (SEHK: 6823) – PCCW/HKT announces the launch of PCCW-HKT Futurera, a virtual world in The Sandbox metaverse, introducing over 20 missions for players, such as games based on popular ViuTV show “Be ON Game”, and serving as Hong Kong’s […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he will marry “when the right girl comes along”, in an interview shared by the party’s leaders on social media. Rahul Gandhi, 52, has often been listed among India’s most eligible bachelors, and he has gamely answered questions about his marriage in his chats during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. In […]
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By James M Dorsey Moderate Muslims and militant Hindu nationalists are strange bedfellows at the best of times, particularly when they come together to reshape Hindu-Muslim relations in troubled India. Yet, that is what Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama and India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) seek to achieve. Nahdlatul Ulama, arguably the world’s most moderate Muslim civil […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 has a greater responsibility of protecting India’s workforce at a time when they are at high risk of being forced into accepting lower quality jobs, as warned by ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trend 2023, large scale job cuts is adding into the woes of the […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar was on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka on January 19-20. It follows a letter by India to the IMF that it supports Sri Lanka’s efforts to restructure bilateral debt. The multilateral financial institution has offered a $2.9 billion bailout to Sri Lanka but the actual […]
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The current situation in Karnataka politics is a minefield that makes it equally complicated for both the rivals to achieve a majority on their own in the Legislative Assembly, come May 2023. For starters, the electorate has exhibited a willingness to experiment with alternatives whenever they arise. For instance, from a Congress bastion in the […]
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Shiv Sen (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra is capable to be the prime minister of India and no third front will be successful sans the grand old party. He said the purpose of Gandhi’s Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is to remove the hatred […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 21 January 2023 – On 17 January 2023, GenScript ProBio announced its Series C round of financing of nearly USD220 million, led by Legend Capital, which marks the largest scale in the CDMO sector in China since the second half of 2022. Several active healthcare investment institutions also participated in this round. The parent company, Genscript Biotech Corporation, also invested […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – Maven Lab, an Omni Channel Communication Company provider based in Singapore, has been listed as a Participating Aggregator (PA) under IMDA’s Full SMS Sender ID Registry Regime, also known as the Full SSIR Regime. Through this, Maven Lab’s SMS solution – Moobicast, is equipped to protect mobile users from receiving spoofed messages. The Full SSIR Regime is an […]
Over 70% of Chinese consumers plan to head overseas once Chinese Mainland’s quarantine policy is lifted HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – The Chinese Mainland’s rapid urbanisation and economic development has led to a booming luxury market, and purchasing habits of consumers have become more complex than ever. Chinese consumers are eager to purchase luxury as a means of social advancement and […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 19 January 2023 – Sunmood Divorce Consultancy, one of the leaders in divorce and family consultants industry (離婚手續), has announced the expansion of its customer service hours and improved the company’s communication technology. This strategic move is aimed at providing exceptional support to its valued customers in light of the ongoing pandemic. The company recognizes the significant impact the pandemic […]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 19 January 2023 – As the Spring Festival of the Chinese Rabbit Year approaches, Clash of Clans(COC), the game developed by famous Finnish mobile game developer Supercell, launches lots of Spring Festival-limited content and benefits for players. Taking the Asian market as the pivot as always, the game brings plenty of game content with the element of the Zodiac “Rabbit” […]
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday called the basic structure doctrine a North Star that guides and gives certain direction to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when the path ahead is convoluted. The remarks by the CJI came against the backdrop of the recent remarks by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar who […]
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the government wants to reduce the number of Madrassas in the state and start registration of the system. Addressing a press conference, the Assam Chief Minister said, “We want to reduce the number of Madrasas in the state in the first phase.” “We want to […]
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The Sports Ministry on Saturday suspended Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar, a fallout of the grapplers’ allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against the sports body’s chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. It has decided to suspend Tomar, “with immediate effect, to ensure proper functioning of WFI”. The ministry said it has […]
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By Harihar Swarup The Bharat Jodo Yatra will culminate on January 30 in Srinagar with a flag hoisting ceremony at Srinagar on the anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. By then, the yatra which began on September 7, 2022 would have traversed the length of the sub-continent from Kanyakumari to Himalayas. The yatra has […]
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By Ashis Biswas As pre-poll campaigning heats up for the coming Assembly polls in Tripura and Meghalaya, people of Nagaland are somewhat disappointed that the greater ’political solution ‘ for the state remains unsettled. State-based regional parties as well as local Congress leaders acknowledge that their participation in the polls may not be whole-hearted. Nagaland […]
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By K Raveendran Thanks to more crude imports by India, Russia has managed to beat the European Union embargo and the G-7 price cap on the Russian crude. In fact, there has been a strong increase in Russian seaborne crude exports, mainly from ports in the country’s west, according to industry sources. More crude is […]
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By Sushil Kutty The Modi government wants a stranglehold on the media. Period. Be it regular media outlets or citizen journalism on social media. The government does not want bad press. It does not tolerate criticism of “government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements”. It will do anything to avoid taking hits on the chin. It […]
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SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media Outreach – 20 January 2023 – The year 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s first inspection tour to Qianhai and the first anniversary of the official issuance of the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (the “Qianhai Plan”) by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – Following the re-opening of the borders between Hong Kong and Mainland China, the frequent interaction between Shenzhen and Hong Kong will resume and deepen in the future. For over a year since the issuance of the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (the “Qianhai […]
SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – On January 20, 2023, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (“Fosun Pharma” or “Group”; Stock Code: 600196.SH, 02196.HK) announced that COMIRNATY® Original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (also known as COMIRNATY® Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine) is officially approved as a regular imported vaccine by the Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China […]
The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday claimed Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has shot a reel of her new video at her residence, a government bungalow, and sought to know if she had taken permission from authorities concerned for recording the clip inside official residential premises. The bungalow, […]
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The Gujarat Congress on Friday said it has suspended 38 functionaries for six years for indulging in anti-party activities during the Assembly polls held in December. The disciplinary committee of the Gujarat Congress met two times this month and has so far received 71 complaints against 95 persons, its convener Balubhai Patel told reporters. “We […]
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