By Sushil Kutty The other day in Denmark Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in one of those unguarded moments, found himself ambushed by the media! The next thing you hear is Modi with a “Oh! My God!” and every media reporting how startled, vulnerable and panicked the Prime Minister appeared and sounded, followed by the question: […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Most developing member countries (DMCs) are facing serious gaps in student learning outcomes, that the World Bank calls learning crisis. Half of the students in Grade 5 in India cannot do two-digit subtraction or read connected text, and half of the students who complete primary schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan cannot […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 5 May 2022 – Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia (YGG SEA), a sub-decentralised autonomous organisation (subDAO) of blockchain gaming startup Yield Guild Games (YGG), announced the upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) of its $SEA token begins on May 9th at 11:00 MYT (GMT+8) and runs until the 14th, on Copper launchpad. The IDO will offer community members the opportunity to […]
India and France on Wednesday called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again stopping short of condemning Russia’s invasion of its neighbour. India, which imports much of its military hardware from Russia, has long walked a diplomatic tightrope between the West and Moscow – notably refusing to denounce […]
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Callsign says outdated verification and authentication technologies such as one time passwords (OTPs) are to blame not people SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 5 May 2022 – Callsign, the digital trust pioneer, has launched ‘Online scams, the psychology of fraud, and how technology can prevent it’ eBook. Authored by Richard Shotton and Callsign, the eBook is free to download and contains valuable insight and information about how […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Press freedom in India is in crisis though there are over one lakh newspapers including 36,000 weeklies and 380 TV news channels. Such an abundance of outlets conceals tendencies toward the concentration of ownership while media in politically partitioned, journalists facing violence and authoritarian pressures, legal framework no more protective, economic […]
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The BJP’s biggest leader in Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa, today attempted to firmly scotch the buzz about a change in leadership in the state, where elections are due next year. Yediyuruppa, the predecessor of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at the top post, expressly said, “There won’t be a leadership change according to me. Basavaraj Bommai is […]
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The British Council IELTS Prize, valued at a total of IDR 144,000,000, will support aspiring students in East Asia[1] to pursue their study dreams at an English-speaking higher education institution. JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 4 May 2022 – The British Council Indonesia Foundation in Indonesia is pleased to announce that applications for the British Council IELTS Prize (East Asia) 2022 are being accepted until 15 […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach – 4 May 2022 – The British Council in the Philippines is pleased to announce that applications for the British Council IELTS Prize (East Asia) 2022 are being accepted until 15 July 2022. The IELTS Prize is open to students who have applied for undergraduate or postgraduate studies locally or overseas through IELTS and will be studying in the academic year 2022/23. […]
The British Council IELTS Prize, valued at a total of MYR405,000, will support aspiring students in East Asia[1] to pursue their study dreams at an English-speaking higher education institution. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 4 May 2022 – The British Council in Malaysia is pleased to announce that applications for the British Council IELTS Prize (East Asia) 2022 are being accepted until 15 July 2022. […]
The British Council IELTS Prize, valued at a total of S$129,600, will support aspiring students in East Asia[1] to pursue their study dreams at an English-speaking higher education institution. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 4 May 2022 – The British Council in Singapore is pleased to announce that applications for the British Council IELTS Prize (East Asia) 2022 are being accepted until 15 July 2022. The IELTS […]
By Manish Rai The Taliban now has firm control over Afghanistan. At this point in time, the Taliban have no opponents capable of undermining their positions in terms of military, political, or even economic resources. Also, there have been no meaningful changes in the radical ideology of the Taliban. It is still a militant group ruling over a UN member state. During the 2021 summer offensive, the […]
By Nantoo Banerjee No external credit can save Sri Lanka from its current deep financial crisis. The country is simply not in a position to repay its huge outstanding external loans — sovereign or commercial. Tourism, tea and garments export and overseas employment are among its 22.40-million strong population’s key sources of income. Foreign jobs […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty The legend of the Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray, has crossed one more year after his centenary celebrations began on May 2 of last year. The last icon of what is termed as Bengal Renaissance, died at the age of only 71 on April 23, 1992. Though his last film ‘Agantuk’ was released […]
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By Kalyani Shankar Once again, the role of the Governors has come to the fore after the Tamil Nadu state Assembly last week passed two bills clipping the powers of the Governor in the appointment of vice-chancellors. The harmony between the chief ministers and non -BJP ruled state governors has been disturbed for some time […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few days after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) alerted that extreme heat was gripping large parts of India and Pakistan impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, the images of land surface captured by INSAT 3D, Copernicus Sentinel 3 […]
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By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s assertion that violence does not benefit anybody and the society to which violence is dear is now counting its last days is a jumla like his earlier jumlas. Bhagwat often comes out with some innovative like gimmicks which he himself contradicts later in his other […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 2 May 2022 – Global broker OctaFX, together with its brand ambassadors Fizo Omar and Wak Doyok, is launching an educational project that aims to spread knowledge about finance and investing. Malaysia’s fashion guru Wak Doyok and popular actor Fizo Omar, who recently became the first-ever brand ambassadors of OctaFX in Malaysia, will share their financial knowledge and investing experience […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said since he had seen the BJP deceive his “gullible” father and Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he himself was acting shrewdly with that party and cannot ignore the “games” it played in the guise of Hindutva. In a veiled attack on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena […]
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By Harihar Swarup Through months of melodrama in Pakistan, many experts expected that the army may intervene again in the name of saving the people from an “incompetent and self-serving” political class. Some experts believe that Pakistan army will avoid taking responsibility for a troubled economy and the evolving complexities of geopolitics. In reality, the […]
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By Amulya Ganguli When the US-based commission for international religious freedom branded India as a country of “particular concern” because of its poor human rights record. a pro-BJP newspaper described the American outfit as “India-hating”. The casual dismissal of the criticism showed what external affairs minister S. Jaishankar has hailed as a confident assertion of […]
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By K Raveendran The worst fears have come true about problems in coal availability developing into a full-blown energy crisis. As most parts of the country sizzles in heat wave conditions, there is unprecedented draw down on available power, leaving gaping gaps in supply. Some states are going through power cuts of up to 8 […]
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By James M Dorsey When US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened” that it would no longer be able to invade a neighbouring state, he lifted the veil on US goals in Ukraine. He also held out the prospect of a long-term US-Russian contest for power […]
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