TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 18 March 2022 – Benchmark is proud to announce the Providers of the Year to its 6th Fund Awards for Taiwan! The Awards represented a meticulous, methodical process and characterized the diligence of more than 60 jurors coming from Private Banks, Family Offices, Consultants, and EAMs. The 51 judges and gatekeepers occupying 235 seats over three days were involved in 47 […]
President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency. “Protracted occupation of parts of Ukrainian territory threatens to sap Russian military manpower and reduce […]
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Revenue Up 26.1% to RMB3,380 Million Net Profit at RMB468 Million Total Dividend for the Year at HK34 Cents Per Share HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 March 2022 – China Lilang Limited (“China Lilang” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries the “Group”; stock code: 1234) has today announced its 2021 annual results. Results Highlights Revenue increased by 26.1% to RMB3,380 million Net profit was RMB468 […]
Organizations seek new ways to protect their expanding attack surface, maintain stability HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 March 2022 – New research from Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, warns of spiraling risk to digital infrastructure and remote workers as threat actors increase their rate of attack on organizations and individuals. “Attackers are always working to increase their victim […]
By Subrata Majumder Paranoia loomed large on Indian economy with the outbreak of Russia – Ukraine war. Indian economy was expected to bounce back. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2022-23, assuming the factors potential to reverse the downtrend. Hope belied. Oil price hiked, stoking inflation. Stock market plummeted. Bond prices declined raising […]
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By Binoy Viswam A party that leads a rightist government at the Centre has come out victorious in four out of five states in the recently-held elections. That party with its undeniable fascist characteristics is known for its manoeuvring skills too. They have proven expertise in the management of election machinery through various means. Immense […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Almost 3 weeks into the war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has numbed all of us. The recurring images of lofty neighbourhoods bustling with life and laughter turning into lifeless concrete with no signs of humans have left most of us unsettled. The idea of protection of the Russian people and […]
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By James M Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the mind of Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “perhaps even a bigger moment than the fall of the Berlin Wall,” Balakrishnan said. “We believe we are at an inflection point,” he added. “Little Singapore is standing up for principles and […]
SOMETHING IN THE RAIN, headlined by Spackman Media Group flagship artist Son Ye-jin, ranked within top 10 on Chinese streaming platform, iQIYI The release of SOMETHING IN THE RAIN marks the first time a Korean drama series returns on iQIYI since DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN (2016) Son Ye-jin’s current Korean drama, THIRTY-NINE, was previously ranked as the #1 most watched content on OTT in Korea and the […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – Hikvision, a world leading IoT solution provider with video as its core competency, announced it worked together with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in Singapore to open its “Classroom of the Future”. During this collaboration, Hikvision provided cutting-edge solutions and technologies to create a futuristic classroom environment with an enhanced educational experience for both students and teachers. […]
Expansion will be key driver for global growth and new market establishment BANGALORE, INDIA – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – Workato, the leader in enterprise automation, today announced the establishment of its Indian entity to further innovation in automation and integration, and serve rising automation demand in the India market. As the “Make in India” national program gathers pace, Workato intends to be a key […]
By Prakash Karat There are three major takeaways from the recent assembly elections in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. First, the decisive victory for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh for the second successive term and its success in Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa to retain its governments. Though the BJP […]
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By K Raveendran The impact of Russia’s Ukraine war on the energy sector, particularly oil and gas, as well as commodities, has been too dramatic to be missed by anyone, including consumers in the remotest part of the world. But what is causing new concern is how the war is pushing coal prices to unprecedented […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty Karl Marx died in London on March 14, 1883. Three days later on March 17, Friedrich Engels in his speech at the grave of his best friend and partner in their bid to change the world, said: ‘On March 14, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker […]
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By Ashis Biswas Bangladesh will not halt the construction of the Russia-aided $12 billion Ruppur nuclear power plant regardless of recent anti-Moscow Western sanctions announced in the wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The long awaited unit, considered an absolutely essential project in Bangladesh’s plans to address its chronic power shortage, has been under […]
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The support includes extended protection against vaccination complications, fee discounts on pre-vaccination chronic diseases health checks and DrGo video doctor consultations, and a donation of 10,000 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to the Hong Chi Association with Pacific Century Group HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 March 2022 – FWD Insurance (‘FWD’) announced multiple new initiatives to help customers and the Hong Kong community battle […]
Medtronic hosted its first APAC Innovation Conference to discuss with key stakeholders about opportunities and challenges faced by healthcare technology start-ups and SMEs in Asia Pacific SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 March 2022 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today held its first hybrid conference, Medtronic Open Innovation Conference (MAIC 2022), in Singapore, themed ‘Accelerating Healthcare Technology Innovation’. Dedicated to the medical […]
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 March 2022 – Treehouse, a Web3 company transforming on-chain data into meaningful metrics to help decentralized finance (DeFi) investors make informed financial decisions, announced an US$18 million seed round raise. An undisclosed large FinTech investor led the round with participation from strategic investors, including Mirana Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Binance, MassMutual Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Jump Capital, GSR, Wintermute, Do Kwon […]
By Kalyani Shankar Odds appear to favour the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The party is gung ho about its rosy prospects, as barring a few losses, the BJP’s winning streak doesn’t appear to be reversing. The party has retained four of the five states that went to the polls recently. It considers […]
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By Arun Srivastava Sonia Gandhi offering to step back along with his son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi has been a strategic move of Sonia to shield the Gandhi family from being accused of liability of Congress and to ensure that her son continues to call the shots and direct the party. On paper […]
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By Sushil Kutty The Karnataka hijab row now goes to the Supreme Court after the Karnataka High Court ruled that the hijab is not essential religious practice in Islam, and there’s clear and present danger that the row will escalate to the “national stage”, which was what the high court had feared would happen when […]
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By Ravi Nair The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act [AFSPA] was passed by the Indian Parliament on September 11, 1958. The Parliament was told it would last no longer than a year. In 2022, we are still waiting for that year to end. The Act contains immunity clauses for the armed forces even if they […]
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The United States has “deep concerns” about “alignment” between Russia and China, a senior US official said Monday after high-ranking US and Chinese officials met for seven hours on the Ukraine war and other security issues. Russia unleashed a barrage of airstrikes Monday on cities across Ukraine as the warring sides traded blame for a […]
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London, United Kingdom – News Direct – 15 March 2022 – Today, more than 200 civil society organisations – including Climate Action Network, the Clean Lighting Coalition, European Environmental Bureau and South Africa Climate Change Coalition – have sent an open letter to Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, President of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury COP4 demanding the end to exemptions for toxic mercury-containing fluorescent lighting products. […]
