By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 has a greater responsibility of protecting India’s workforce at a time when they are at high risk of being forced into accepting lower quality jobs, as warned by ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trend 2023, large scale job cuts is adding into the woes of the […]
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By Ashis Biswas As pre-poll campaigning heats up for the coming Assembly polls in Tripura and Meghalaya, people of Nagaland are somewhat disappointed that the greater ’political solution ‘ for the state remains unsettled. State-based regional parties as well as local Congress leaders acknowledge that their participation in the polls may not be whole-hearted. Nagaland […]
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The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday claimed Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has shot a reel of her new video at her residence, a government bungalow, and sought to know if she had taken permission from authorities concerned for recording the clip inside official residential premises. The bungalow, […]
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The Congress marked the beginning of the Jammu and Kashmir leg of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ criticising the central government’s decision to revoke the special status of the former state, calling it a “grave insult” to the people of the region. The statement was made by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who called for […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 January 2023 – Hi Sun FinTech Global (HSG) supports ACU Group to offer fast, transparent and cost-effective international payments in multiple currencies. Mr. Thor Yang, Chairman of ACU Group Hong Kong (left) and Mr. Terry Liang, CEO of HSG (right) signed Certificate of Partnership in recognition of commitments and collaboration. Thailand is one of 60 countries where ACU Group […]
By Binoy Viswam Stating that there are nearly 400 days left for the 2024 elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi masked himself by exhorting the BJP cadres to keep aside electoral aims and work for all sections of people. He was addressing the recently concluded national executive meeting of the BJP. It is one example of […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty As a part of the tradition of the global CEO’s body World Economic Forum (WEF), the annual five day jamboree at Davos has started and the Global Risk Report 2023 has been released mentioning both the existing risks as also the new dangers threatening the global economy. As a journalist who attended […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 needs to address the rising inequality in India that has acquired an alarming trend at a time when economic growth of the country is projected to decelerate during the next fiscal. The World Economic Forum in Davos 2023 (January 16-20) is in progress that has also brought the […]
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) publishes 12th annual survey of key business risks around the world, according to 2,700+ respondents Pandemic outbreak plummets down the list of worries as Covid-19 restrictions have largely been removed Climate-related concerns increase in Asia Pacific, with natural catastrophes and climate change amongst the top five risks SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 January 2023 – It is both stability and […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 17 January 2023 – The highly acclaimed 2022 Qianhai-Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition had come to a grand finale and announced its winners in both Tertiary Institutions and Secondary Schools Streams on December 29, 2022 in Hong Kong. With the competition running into its 7th year, organizers have received over 300 submissions covering 100 schools in Hong […]
Rahul Gandhi has been advised by security agencies to not walk certain stretches during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir, NDTV has learnt. “A detailed plan has been put in place to secure him and it has been advised that he should avoid travelling certain stretches on foot and instead travel in car,” a senior […]
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By Nantoo Banerjee Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s year-end assurance that China is ready to work with India for the “steady and sound growth” of bilateral ties and it is committed to upholding stability at the border areas where a stand-off has prevailed since 2020. The statement, believed to have been meant for an international […]
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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 […]
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Green finance will be key to powering Singapore’s sustainability – spurring blended finance and transition finance ecosystems will be instrumental in intensifying green investments Forging a fit-for-future ‘Forward Singapore’ social compact and catalysing capital to create new opportunities for enterprises and talents will be critical In view of a potential economic slowdown, support measures for businesses to digitalise, transform, and embed ESG will need to be expanded […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The World Social Report 2023 has called for concrete measures to support the greying population of the world amidst escalating pension and healthcare costs. It is urgent, since the number of people aged 65 and above are projected to more than double by middle of the current century. The study published […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Joshimath has been sinking for months, but could grab attention of the governments at the Centre and the State only recently that too after the subsidence started dangerously manifesting itself. Warnings served in 1976, 2001, and 2013 were grossly ignored. Human greed continued to explore the natural resources hastening the sinking […]
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Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the northern state of Punjab on Wednesday with the message of love trumping hate. The anxious Punjab Police had to eventually request Rahul Gandhi to delay the Yatra by an hour in the morning, as temperatures plummeted below 10℃ and dense fog blanketed the state reducing the visibility down to 500 […]
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Industry report by SGTech and Workato reveals that 80 percent of Singapore companies deploy automation to solve productivity and manpower issues. Widening competitive gap between companies that automate and those who do not. Tapping on automation to drive business outcomes amid market uncertainty. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 11 January 2023 – Automation will be critical in driving productivity and performance for most enterprises in Singapore, according […]
By Ashis Biswas With most major parties adopting an ethnicity-based approach in their pre-poll campaigning, voting in the coming Assembly elections in Meghalaya could be sharply polarised, according to observers. Intriguingly, such a trend may be less noticeable in Tripura. The involvement of Assam-based political heavyweight leaders with elections in neighbouring Meghalaya, which used to […]
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By Dr. Arun Mitra It is to utter to dismay that only about 23.8 % families of the doctors who lost their life fighting COVID-19 have received the insurance amount announced by the Prime Minister under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP). This is as per the information received by Dr Babu K V, […]
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By Sankar Ray Pakistan – Islamabad camaraderie, built up after the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban and formation of a new Emirate in Kabul on 15 August 2021, faces a sanguinary breach. A conflictual discontent was simmering ever since the federal government had struck a ceasefire with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan during the regime […]
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Brazilian security forces retook the national Congress building Sunday from supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro after hundreds of them stormed inside and invaded the legislative chambers, AFP journalists said. Operations were still under way to evacuate rioters from the Supreme Court headquarters and Planalto presidential palace, which pro-Bolsonaro hardliners also invaded in protests against […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first week of 2023 has brought the signs of the beginning of even higher level of unemployment in India at 8.4 per cent than 8.3 per cent in December 2022 which was 15 months high. It is indeed a bad news, but not so bad as the Modi government’s trick […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India’s North-East has seen several major infrastructure projects in the past few years. The latest is a 57 km broad gauge railway line between India’s Kokrajhar and Bhutan’s Gelephu, for which the work is going to start this year. This would be Bhutan’s first railway project and one of the […]
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