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By Sushil Kutty Ever since Covid happened to humans, the World Health Organization has disappointed a lot of people. First it seemed to let off China with a light rap on the wrist. Then, it floundered in the number-crunching. So much so, it gave to our own high-flying Prime Minister Narendra Modi the blushes when […]

The post Latest Surge In Covid Virus Poses Fresh Challenges In Dealing With Variants first appeared on IPA Newspack.

LONDON: Nineteen people suspected of terrorist activity entered the UK via small boats in the English Channel last year, British security services have warned. The suspects, identified via routine

With a talent shortage, Hong Kong-based employers are becoming flexible and adaptable in building high-performing teams in markets like Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 April 2023 – The Southeast Asia Startup (SEA) Talent Report 2023 released today by Glints, the leading talent platform and recruitment service in Southeast Asia, and Monk’s Hill Ventures (MHV), unveils the latest data and […]

By Dr Gyan Pathak Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming economies and promising new opportunities for productivity, growth, and resilience. Countries across the world are also responding with national AI strategies to capitalize on these transformations. However, no country today has sufficient data on, or a targeted plan for, national AI compute capacity. This polity blind-spot […]

The post Artificial Intelligence Boom Needs Proper Urgent Channelisation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Media OutReach – 1 March 2023 – In recent years, the issue of climate change has gathered momentum, with the frequency of persistent hot weather and climate-related natural disasters drawing worldwide attention to the urgent need for action. Billy Zhang, President of Overseas Sales and Service at OPPO, releases the OPPO Climate Action Report on the first day of MWC, with congratulation from Steven […]

Businesses are increasingly witnessing the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow A new report by AGCS identifies five factors likely to power ongoing incidences of political violence activity around the world Strikes, riots, and civil commotion racked up $12bn of losses for businesses and institutions from just six major incidents in recent years Businesses should view […]

By K Raveendran Finance minister’s ‘confession’ that she understands the pressures of the middle class as she herself belongs to that class of people and that she would continue to work for their welfare leaves hints to the direction in the Modi government’s last full-fledged budget before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The finance minister […]

The post Another Middle-Class Focussed Budget Would Mean Raw Deal To Vulnerable Sections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Global economic slowdown is most likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs in place of decent works. It has already adversely impacted the global employment growth which has been faltering, and pressure on decent work has considerably increased. Pressure on decent working conditions are even undermining social justice. It […]

The post Economic Slowdown To Force Workers Into Lower Quality Jobs first appeared on IPA Newspack.

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 7 January 2023 – VinAI announces the world-first Auto Mirror Adjustment (AMA) and ‘Jelly View’, the two newest features of the cutting-edge Driver and Occupants Monitoring Systems and Advanced Surround View Monitoring Systems. VinFast VF 8 especially equipped with VinAI technology and features at CES 2023 VinAI is transforming the automotive industry by ensuring that driving is both safe and comfortable […]

Featuring key component Mixi, a style search engine which identifies 2,300 Pantone colours and activates automatic tagging with over 230 fashion attributes HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 21 December 2022 – Code-Create, the spinoff of the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab), introduced AiDA, the world’s first fashion AI platform for limitless design inspirations at Fashion X AI: 2022-2023 International Salon on December 19, […]

By Sankar Ray The Pentagon, headquarters of US military establishment, submitted to the US Congress a report, ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2022’ pursuant to the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2000.It reflects Pentagon’s concern about China’s military beef-up  as it poses a challenge to  the hegemonistic power […]

The post Pentagon Is Deeply Worried At China’s Military Beef-Up In Next Two Decades first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Single deployment adds visibility and guided protection for AWS account in minutes HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 December 2022 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced a new protection deployment model that delivers great value to both security and development teams. Unlike competitors, Trend Micro identifies threats in minutes and delivers security findings with no performance impact […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 December 2022 – Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, has revealed results from recent research showing that the top five most in-demand skills today are human skills despite new technologies transforming the world of work which is set to continue through at least 2026. Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia are likely to be affected by […]

Fire, collision and sinking, and damaged cargo are the top causes of marine insurance losses by value, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s analysis of more than 240,000 claims worth €9.2bn in value. Inflation is compounding existing trends driving higher claims severity. Soaring prices for steel and spare parts and rising labor costs are impacting hull repair and machinery breakdown claims. Supply chain issues continue to […]

By K Raveendran Some 70-odd crore-strong Indian male population will be called upon to come out of their obsession with masculinity as the draft Digital Data Protection Bill, 2022, unveiled by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for public debate the other day, only identifies them in the feminine gender. Under the proposed law, everyone is a […]

The post New Data Protection Bill Boosts Feminists As It Creates Legislative History first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Global malware volume tops 4 billion, flat through three quarters Malware attempts dipped 8% in U.S., rose 3% in EMEA Cryptojacking numbers jumped 35% globally through three quarters, including a 160% increase in APJ. Despite 31% decline in global ransomware attempts from 2021, volume exceeds full-year totals when compared to four of the last five years (623.3 million) Customers saw an average 1,014 ransomware attempts through three […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 25 October 2022 – Research led by the School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has identified cryptotanshinone, a compound extracted from the Chinese herbal medicine Salvia miltiorrhiza, with the potential for the treatment and prevention of gastric cancer associated with bile reflux. The researchers unveiled the mechanism of how bile reflux induces gastritis and gastric cancer. […]

ECOVACS brings the OMNI station from the flagship series to DEEBOT T10 OMNI, allowing the new DEEBOT to automate floor cleaning without human intervention. HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 10 October 2022 – ECOVACS ROBOTICS (“ECOVACS”), the world’s leading service robotics brand, launched DEEBOT T10 OMNI, a new member of its AI-powered robotic vacuum cleaner series, the DEEBOT T10 Family. DEEBOT T10 OMNI comes with the […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 22 September 2022 – Two-thirds of accounting and finance professionals expect corporate investment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to surge in the next five years, a report from leading global accounting body CPA Australia shows. (from left to right) Eden Wong, CPA Australia President of the 2022 Greater China Divisional Council and Chair of the Financial Services Committee […]

By Sankar Ray Europe’s centre-right political parties were until a decade ago seen as ‘both dependably dull and dependably stable’. But that is now a thing of the past. Now the continent’s Christian democratic, conservative and market liberal parties together constitute the mainstream right. They are now undergoing significant and fascinating transformations, not least as […]

The post Rightwing Populism Dominating National Elections In Europe first appeared on IPA Newspack.

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 2 September 2022 – The first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report of Zhongnan Construction (“The Company”, SZSE:000961), a leading Chinese enterprise principally engaged in real estate development and construction, was recently published, showing how The Company is accelerating efforts to promote a more green and smart business and build a better living space for communities during the year of […]

By Debabrata Biswas From Boston   When Donald. J. Trump, the former president of USA, left the White House after his defeat in 2020 election and shifted to his Florida residence at Mar – a- Lago, he took with him boxes of official documents which had to be handed to the National Archives Authority, under […]

The post Donald Trump Is On Dock Over FBI Seizures Of Classified Documents From His House first appeared on IPA Newspack.

HKU Survey throws light on how to make sustainability and ESG more relatable to Hong Kong SMEs, enabling the sector to involve more and driving real impact HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 July 2022 – ESG and sustainability issues alike have been moving up the corporate agenda in recent years. According to Google Search Trend, the keyword ‘ESG’ search popularity in Hong Kong has […]

Spot Security identifies and assesses cloud security posture risks to help SecOps and CloudOps teams ensure continuous cloud security and compliance SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 27 July 2022 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced the general availability of Spot Security. Built for the cloud, Spot Security delivers a solution for continuous assessment and analysis of cloud security posture. Spot Security […]

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