Food Expo and concurrent events attract more than 430,000 visitors HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 August 2022 – The HKTDC Food Expo, HKTDC Home Delights Expo, HKTDC Beauty & Wellness Expo and HKTDC Hong Kong International Tea Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), have all drawn to a successful close, along with the International Conference of the Modernization of Chinese […]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 15 August 2022 – On the occasion of the international Forex broker’s 11th anniversary, OctaFX has taken on the exciting task of reviewing what turned out to be a vivid decade for the Foreign Exchange market. Let us get right into some specific yet crucial events that helped shape the foreign exchange market 1. The notorious Forex probe (2013) 2013 […]
When it comes to buying baby gifts, it is often a decision between affordability, presentability and quality. Pineapple switches things up, making prime-quality customisable baby hampers that are not just delightfully beautiful but also highly accessible at inexpensive prices. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 August 2022 – Those looking to get the perfect baby gifts and gift hampers need no longer make a choice between affordability, […]
By James M Dorsey When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary’s frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and members of the Indian power elite who define their countries’ borders in civilisational rather than national terms. Speaking on Romanian […]
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By Sushil Kutty Two headlines stood out. One in an Israeli newspaper, ‘No one will any longer dare offend Islam: The 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie’. And the other in a New York daily, ‘NJ man, Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government ID’d as suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing’. The second emphasized on […]
The post Stabbing Salman Rushdie In Open Stage By A Fanatic Gives Ominous Signal first appeared on IPA Newspack.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the states doling out freebies to check the fiscal strength of the state government and make budgetary provision accordingly. Days after the ‘rewaris’ jibe by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apparently referring to the freebies given by some state governments, especially the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation in Delhi […]
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Founded by local games industry pioneers, Virtuos Kuala Lumpur supports the growth of Malaysia as a regional game development hub through talent training and jobs creation SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 August 2022 – Virtuos, a leading global video game development company, today announced the official launch of its studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Virtuos Kuala Lumpur delivers full game development, engineering, and art production services […]
This year’s Solve for Tomorrow theme is ‘Innovate for a Better Hong Kong’. Samsung is encouraging the city’s primary and secondary students to develop creative technology solutions for diverse local issues and compete for prizes worth more than HK$270,000. HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 11 August 2022 – The world’s leading technology company, Samsung Electronics H.K. Co. Ltd, officially launched its annual ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ […]
Partnering with Tuas Power Supply is the First Step in Materializing the Long-term Commitment into Singapore. There are more strategic partnerships in the pipeline this year. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 11 August 2022 – NEFIN Group (“NEFIN”), Asia’s leading green independent power producer (IPP), officially launched its brand-new APAC Headquarters in the heart of Singapore’s downtown precinct at MacDonald House in Dhoby Ghaut. Highly driven by […]
By Dr Arun Mitra Since independence our country has progressed in many fields. The British colonial rulers squeezed our economy and left the nation with poor education and health status. According to Sanjay P Zodpey and Preeti H Negandhi as per the 1951 Census, India’s population was 36.1 crores. Only 18.33% of the total […]
The post After 75 Years Of Independence, Health Is Not A Fundamental Right first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By K Raveendran The acrimony between political parties, particularly Modi’s BJP and Kejriwal’s AAP, over freebies notwithstanding, it may be an appropriate occasion for a full-fledged debate on the issue as the nation celebrates 75 years of Independence. But the cold fact is that every interested party is running away from such a […]
The post It Is Time To Take Freebies Debate To More Fundamental Levels first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: For once, the central investigating agency Enforcement Directorate(ED) finds itself at the receiving end. The ED suffered a legal setback when the Kerala High Court adjourned to August 17 the hearing on a writ petition filed by former Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac challenging the summons asking him to appear […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 12 August 2022 – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced today the results of its sustainable impact program for the second quarter of 2022. Schneider’s Sustainability Impact (SSI) scored 4.17 out of ten, relative to its 4.70 year-end target. The SSI dashboard measures Schneider’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. It details […]
By Nantoo Banerjee Some may disagree but India has failed to cash in on its spirited struggle for freedom from over-a-100-year-old British Raj to convert the country into an abode of peace and prosperity for its citizens in the last 75 years. Official claims apart, India continues to be a poor country with almost […]
The post India Lacked Policy Focus For Growth With Equity, Grass Root Development first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Sankar Ray During the one year under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, girls are more isolated, hungry and sad- often go to bed without food, 46 percent of whom say they’re not attending school compared with 20 percent of boys, according to a study, ‘Breaking Point: Life for Children One Year Since the […]
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Who will you blame if you wake up one day without a job and with no money on your bank card? Yourself. That is if you don’t follow internet security tips. The global broker OctaFX outlines the main do’s and dont’s of staying safe online. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 12 August 2022 – With fraudsters gaining internet ground every year and their schemes becoming […]
Matein Khalid The year 2022 has been an annus horribilis for Pakistan’s sovereign debt, even by the dismal standards of the emerging markets. Political stability has been illusive as the populist, incompetent PTI government of Imran Khan lost a no confidence vote in parliament and the fragile PDM coalition has not been able to restore credibility on macro policy as the free fall in the rupee to […]
By Binoy Viswam Indian politics takes a new turn with the fall of the BJP-led government in Bihar. The BJP-led NDA crumbled down there when the JD(U) bid farewell to BJP. Even though for several months, the conflict between BJP and JD(U) was brewing, nobody expected that it would pull down their government […]
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By Kalyani Shankar Indian democracy presently suffers from its lack of a strong Opposition. Some feel that the secret weapon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success is the divided Opposition. Even Supreme Court Chief Justice NV Ramana recently lamented, “There used to be mutual respect between the government and Opposition. Unfortunately, the […]
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By Prabhat Patnaik The post-colonial state in India had two primary tasks before it: one was to overcome the hegemony of metropolitan capital, so that a development strategy in relative autonomy from imperialism could be pursued; the second was to attack landlordism both to free the agrarian population from its clutches, and to increase […]
The post Decoding Indian Economy’s Journey In The Last Seventy-Five Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Arun Srivastava One liner puzzling remark from Nitish Kumar, after being sworn in chief minister, “the person who came to power in 2014 will not come back in 2024” while has brought about a major shift overnight in the political culture and dynamics of the country, his divorcing the alliance in Bihar has […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 11 August 2022- Grand Pharma (0512.HK, the “Company“) announced its 2022 interim results recently. During the first half of 2022 (the “Period“), the Company recorded revenue of approximately HKD 5.21 billion, representing an increase of 14.1% YoY; net profit attributable to owners of the company of HKD 1.09 billion (excluding the changes in investment in Telix), representing an increase of […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 11 August 2022 – A global talent shortage is limiting the take-up of new technology for more than a third of businesses in Hong Kong, according to CPA Australia’s latest survey. (from left to right) Dr Paul Sin and Dr Albert Wong, members of CPA Australia’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) Committee A regional survey of business technology adoption by CPA […]
