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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 January 2024 – In its latest Innovation Mixer to the West Coast of the US, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) organised a dinner reception which attracted around 150 tech professionals from leading enterprises, universities and venture capital firms including Google, Alibaba, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, JP Morgan, US Capital and East West Bank, among others. […]

State-owned enterprises, end-users, and mainland capital drive activity As mainland China cities relaxed their housing control measures in 2H 2023, primary market residential sales numbers in Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities picked up from August, with a rise of 27% recorded from August to November Total GBA commercial real estate (CRE) investment volume recorded RMB66.1 billion in 2023, the second-highest level in the last five years, and […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 January 2024 – As we look towards a fresh start in 2024 in the Asia Pacific region, we are seeing a keen sense of optimism among businesses in the face of uncertain and challenging economies. Factors like a rapidly growing digital economy and an unprecedented boom in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are coming together to put us at the […]

NEW DELHI: India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity — an improvement of eight places from last year — according to the World Economic Forum’s annual Gender Gap Report, 2023. The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap […]

The post India Climbs Eight Places To 127 In Global Gender Index, Says WEF Report first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: Foreign banks stepped up their purchases of Indian government bonds in January ahead of the country’s inclusion in global bond indices later this year. According to bond market dealers, the rise in demand for dated securities among foreign banks is also because of forward rate agreements (FRA) with insurance companies. “This is due to […]

The post Foreign Banks Lap Up Government Bonds Ahead Of India’s Index Inclusion first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Service sector companies in the information technology (IT), banking and finance segments comprise nearly half of the new jobs created in FY23 by India Inc, while firms in the manufacturing, infrastructure and consumption sectors saw moderate job creation, according to the latest study by Bank of Baroda released on Friday. Of the 8.12 […]

The post Services Sector Firms Led India Inc’s Job Creation In Fy23, Says Study first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

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MIAMI, FL, USA and BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 January 2024 – CBC Tech, a next-gen Network as a Service Provider in Asia Pacific, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cirion Technologies, a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider in Latin America. This collaboration aims to significantly broaden market penetration and enrich customer offerings across Latin America, China, and Asia Pacific for both […]

NEW DELHI: The Union Power Ministry has said that it will offer additional financial support to Discoms that are doing commendable work in reducing losses and installing smart meters. During the ongoing two-day review, planning and monitoring (RPM) meeting of the power sector, which commenced on January 18, the centre and states held deliberations on […]

The post Power Ministry To Offer Additional Financial Support To Progressive Discoms first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

72 global finalists to qualify from four regional semi-finals for the Hong Kong Grand Finale with possible US$5 million in venture funding, US$240,000 in cash prizes, plus partnership opportunities Silicon Valley is the first of four regional Elevator Pitch Competition 2024 (EPiC) Semi-Finals, with Stuttgart, Singapore and Hong Kong to follow. Hong Kong’s leading incubator HKSTP aims to elevate the best startups across FinTech, PropTech and MobilityTech […]

HYDERABAD: Airport Authority of India (AAI) plans to spend ₹5,000 crore annually on capital expenditure in the coming years with a strong pipeline of projects, AAI chairman Sanjeev Kumar said. While new terminals are being built and airside capacity is being expanded at various airports to handle extra flights, AAI is also working on a […]

The post AAI To Spend ₹5,000 Crore On Capex Annually first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Seeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the “obscene comments” made by the opposition party’s state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its “chauvinistic mindset”. The TMC’s reaction was triggered by Majumdar’s use of the term ‘dhanda’ about Banerjee during a recent interaction with the […]

The post TMC seeks BJP president’s apology for ‘obscene’ comment against Mamata first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: India should sustain the strong growth momentum in the next financial year by securing at least a 7 per cent expansion in GDP while the headline inflation needs to align with the target of 4 per cent by the second quarter of FY25, as projected, said the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) state of […]

The post Inflation Needs To Align With Target By Second Quarter: RBI first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: India, in the 13th ministerial conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in February, will push for fast-tracking its demand for a solution on public stockholding for food grains, over negotiations on other agriculture-related issues. “The public stockpiling of food grain is the longest-pending issue. Promise was made by the members in […]

The post India To Push For Public Stockholding Of Food Grains At WTO MC13 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Telecom companies have urged the government to abolish the universal services obligation fund (USOF) levy, reduce licence fee, and bring in exemptions from Customs duty on import of telecom equipment and goods and services tax (GST). The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents major telecom companies, has made the recommendations to […]

The post Run-Up To The Interim Budget: Lower Licence Fee, Customs Duty On Telcos’ Wish List first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

BENGALURU: Ecommerce sites had seen a significant dip in sales volume in December immediately after the end of the festive season, triggering growth concerns among online marketplaces and brands, according to industry executives. The ongoing Republic Day sales, however, have brought some respite to online shopping platforms, with a spike in consumption demand as per […]

The post Ecommerce Clicks Dip In December, Trigger Growth Concerns first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

“Employee listening”, “Sustainability” and “Talent Acquisition” topics saw biggest improvements 12 Asia Pacific countries and territories have been certified in the past 10 years SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 January 2024 – DHL Express, the world’s leading international express service provider, has earned the Top Employer certification once again for Asia Pacific. This year, seven countries were also named Top Employer, including India, Japan, Malaysia, […]

Sivananthan Sukumaran (Siva), previously Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain Indonesia, appointed as Head of Operations for the Southeast Asia cluster, effective January 1, 2024 Matthias Gehrsitz will assume the position of DHL Supply Chain Indonesia’s Managing Director, effective January 1, 2024 Louis Liao appointed as Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain Taiwan, effective January 2, 2024 SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 January 2024 – […]

MUMBAI: Country’s largest IT services exporter TCS will train its entire staff of over 5 lakh software engineers on the upcoming Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) opportunity, as per a senior official. As a business opportunity, Gen AI is in its “early days” right now and the use cases are smaller right now, head of the […]

The post TCS Aims To Train Entire Staff With Gen AI Skills first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

DAVOS: The global leadership is convinced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to office after this year’s elections and is looking for the continuity of policy and social sector reforms put in place by him, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Wednesday. In an interview to PTI at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting […]

The post Global Leadership Also Convinced Of PM Modi’s Return To Office: Smriti Irani first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sudhir The consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22 will symbolise the merger of State and religion under the rubric of Hindutva. Central to the `Pran Pratishtha’ of the idol of Lord Ram will be the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlining the fact that this is a State-sponsored […]

The post January 22’s Temple Run: BJP, RSS-Driven Hindutva Rampage Peaks first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Seat Sharing is the vital component of the electoral strategy, but for leaders of INDIA bloc of Jharkhand, using the forum for espousing the cause of the adivasis and poor and fight for their identity and welfare is the primary mission. Leaving aside one or two seats, the opposition leaders have succeeded […]

The post Jharkhand Under Hemant Is Ready To Take On The BJP Challenge In 2024 Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2023 exceeded the target of Russian federal project ‘Development of the Northern Sea Route’ (supervised by Rosatom) by more than 250,000 tonnes and reached 36.254 million tonnes. Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, noted that the record cargo traffic was achieved prior the end of the year thanks to partner companies, primarily NOVATEK whose LNG cargo accounts for more […]

MUMBAI: Consumer price index-based inflation, the main yardstick for the Reserve Bank of India’s policy making, is likely to average 4.5 per cent in the next financial year and gross domestic product (GDP) growth is likely to stay above 7 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday. “At this stage, our expectation is that […]

The post CPI Inflation To Average 4.5% In Fy25, Growth To Top 7%: RBI Governor first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

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