By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The Seventh Governing Council meeting of Niti Ayog saw Kerala making a strong pitch for reviewing the decision to impose tax on essential items and co9ntinuing the GST compensation for the revenue loss to the States for five more years. A clear-cut and forceful enunciation of Kerala’s stand was […]
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Media OutReach – 9 August 2022 – In a move that shook the NFT-based Trade Card Game (TCG) ecosystem, SYLTARE announced its global launch on August 18th. With Vietnam being SYLTARE’s first global debut, following South Korea as its initial playground, the Philippines and Brazil are next in line for this innovative new game. Vietnam, the Philippines, and Brazil only marks the starting […]
LegalTech VDR supports maximum business efficiency through a secure virtual data room environment optimized for sharing confidential documents. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Media OutReach – 9 August 2022 – In recent years, companies have been actively engaged in short-term expansion and business restructuring through M&A. For example, global pharmaceutical and bio companies’ aggressive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are rising. In 2018, the size of M&A in related […]
By Nantoo Banerjee Why is it a matter of such a tearing hurry for Indian Railways that it has to rush to China to import 39,000 wheels while the same could have been locally produced? The Railways were well aware of the shortage of wheels for Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches for passenger […]
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all Janata Dal (United) MLAs and MPs on Tuesday, leading to speculation his growing friction with the BJP may come to a head. Chief among the many reasons why Kumar is upset with the BJP, which is an alliance partner of the Janata Dal (United), […]
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ShopBack will officially launch its platform in Hong Kong in response to the market’s immense potential Users in Hong Kong can anticipate exciting Cashback promotions and discounts to commemorate ShopBack’s entry and rebrand celebrations within the month of August The launch will be rolled out alongside the Group’s global rebranding efforts to better synergise various features across its platform HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 […]
By Gyan Pathak The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, popularly known as MGNREGA scheme is systematically being sabotaged. It is being financially throttled by the Centre in many ways – by reducing budgetary provisions, not releasing funds in time, and resorting to political expediency by alleging the states for corruption in […]
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By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Over the last two weeks, the Opposition is disrupting the Lok Sabha on the grounds of high LPG price and GST on pre-packaged food items as factors behind inflation. And on August 5, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4%.However, my take […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 5 August 2022 – KeenAble Creation proudly presents their 1st NFT artworks in DECENTRALAND! As the charity partner of Affordable Art Fair 2022, KeenAble Creation which represents “special needs artists”, launched its first NFT collection of 35 pieces with internationally renowned artists Mr. Ko Nam, Ms. Liu Tung Mui, together with Creative Director Ms. Maxim Tang, guest tutor Ms. Esther […]
By Anjan Roy In the face of persistent inflationary pressures and tie in prices, the Reserve Bank of India has jacked up on Friday its basic policy rate —the repo rate— by 40 basis points to 5.4%. With this hike, the RBI policy rate now reaches what it was before the pandemic started. This is […]
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 5 August 2022 – The Escape Artist is revealing plans to introduce a unique, DIY escape room experience. In collaboration with the esteemed National Gallery Singapore, the escape game, ‘The Last Lion’, is currently in the works and will be launched soon as a unique way to experience the museum, that is also suitable as a team building activity for companies. ‘The […]
Originally held biennially, the tradeshow will now become a yearly affair to meet the demand for a quality annual sourcing platform in Asia. This year will see Alternative Proteins Asia debuting with the largest gathering of progressive companies, entrepreneurs, start-up competition and conference from this maturing vertical in Singapore to date. After being a part of Food&HotelAsia (FHA) for 44 years, FHA Horeca, which caters to hotels, […]
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 […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 August 2022 – In the face of an ever-changing economic environment, being well-prepared can help you stay ahead of the opportunities to achieve your goals. A savings plan with steady returns allows you to fuel your wealth with ease and empower more possibilities for yourself and your loved ones. Hong Kong Life announces the launch of Wealth Up Savings […]
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 […]
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By K Raveendran Parliament has been witnessing a standoff between the government and the opposition over the issue of price rise and inflation, with the opposition demanding urgent debate on the issue and the Modi government showing the inclination to go to any extent, including suspension of over a scores of members belonging to the […]
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Amongst the winners are OCBC Bank, NTUC Health, MyRepublic, and Intrepid Group Asia. See the full list of winners here SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 August 2022 – The Workplace of the Year 2022 Awards, produced by EngageRocket, the APAC’s fastest-growing employee experience technology provider, celebrate the outstanding achievements of organisations for their resilience and the phenomenal work they have done as we move to the […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The number of hours worked in the world fell in the first quarter of 2022 and remained 3.8 per cent below the level of the fourth quarter of 2019 – and that is equivalent to the loss of 112 million full-time jobs. The latest ILO estimate has maintained that this represented […]
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By Dr Arun Mitra The incidence where Health Minister of Punjab rebuked the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences and asked him to lie down on the bed with torn mattress has brought shame to the nation. Dr. Raj Bahadur Gaur, the Vice Chancellor is an upright person against whom not a […]
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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 […]
Starring Spackman Media Group artist Kim Sang-kyung, POONG, THE JOSEON PSYCHIATRIST took first place in audience ratings for its time slot based on Nielson Korea, an audience rating research company The tvN K-drama surpassed the premiere audience ratings of MY LIBERATION NOTES, which was the most popular K-drama in May in Korea Last April, Kim Sang-kyung headlined in AIR MURDER, co-produced by the Group’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary […]
Days after his controversy for referring to President Droupadi Murmu as ‘Rashtrapatni’, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, calling on Union Minister Smriti Irani to issue an “unconditional apology” for yelling the name ‘Droupadi Murmu’ without using the prefix ‘President.’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury triggered massive outrage […]
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Combining features of life protection and wealth accumulation with flexi designation option to offer unique flexibility in legacy planning HONG KONG SAR – Media Outreach – 1 August 2022 – AXA Hong Kong and Macau (AXA) today announced the launch of its Max Wealth Insurance Plan (“Max Wealth”), which offers a market-leading guaranteed breakeven period as short as 5 years[2], and guaranteed cash value on the commencement […]
Residential property prices rose across the board New economy assets such as industrial, logistics and data centres on the rise Transactions In 1H 2022 Amounted to RMB24 Billion, 5-Year Record High by Investment Share in Greater China In 1H 2022, the overall sales figure for the primary and secondary residential market demonstrated a year-on-year downturn. Nevertheless, the majority of the transactions were premium and luxury properties, pushing […]
