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UNHCR: Global refugee resettlement needs grow in 2024

International Security Alliance seizes over $750 worth of drugs, arrests 597 suspects

ABU DHABI, 26th June, 2023 (WAM) — A global operation by the International Security Alliance (ISA),

Saamana provokes calling Patna group ‘India’s Wagner Group’

In a bizarre comparison, the Saamana mouthpiece of Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray has called the Opposition bloc that participated in the June 23 Patna meeting the “Wagner Group of India”, claiming it would bring down the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. “The ‘Wagner Group’ came together to challenge Modi’s power in Patna. […]

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CUHK-SMU Global Forum 2023 – A Whole New World with Computational Social Science (CSS): Transdisciplinary Insight

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 26 June 2023 – Singapore Management University (SMU) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) jointly organised a Global Forum themed “A Whole New World with Computational Social Science (CSS): Transdisciplinary Insights” at CUHK on 23 June 2023, aiming to share insights and experiences in defining societal issues and addressing related challenges in the emerging field of Computational Social […]

Mohammed bin Rashid congratulates top high-school achievers

DUBAI, 25th June, 2023 (WAM) — His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President,

Sharjah Ruler witnesses graduation of SPAA first batch

SHARJAH, 25th June, 2023 (WAM) — H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Mem

Why Did Official Democrats Embrace The Far-Right Narendra Modi?

By Liza Featherstone Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a state visit to the White House this week, is one of the most significant far-right leaders in the world. His persecution of religious minorities has troubled even the US State Department, which has taken note of the problem in its annual Religious Freedom […]

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Opposition Charting Out Its Roadmap To Oust Narendra Modi From Power

By Sushil Kutty The assumption is general elections 2024 will see people voting with their feet and it will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swansong whether he likes it or not. The plethora of opposition parties are sure Modi was on his last legs when he addressed the US Congress on June 23. For them, […]

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Sharad Pawar Has Resorted To A Risky Gamble By Anointing His Daughter As NCP President

By Harihar Swarup Theatre has always been an integral part of politics as it now allows political leaders their private motivations and their public motivations. Sharad Pawar has employed all the skills, gathered over five decades of political experience, seamlessly to pull of three-act power play. Act one was the dramatic resignation, from the post […]

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Stalin moots common minimum programme to fight BJP

The opposition parties’ meet at Patna did not decide on fielding a common prime ministerial candidate but have resolved to consolidate all democratic forces to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. All the parties that attended the meet were very clear that […]

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BJP trashes Patna meeting as mere photo op

As 32 leaders from more than a dozen opposition parties held a high-optics meeting in Patna on Friday, the BJP, predictably, refused to accord it any importance. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s disregard turned into ridicule as the day progressed and public contradictions and even a war of words broke out within the opposition camp. Though […]

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AAP, Cong in war of words over Delhi ordinance

Merely an hour before the big opposition meeting in Patna – hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and attended by 30 leaders from 15 parties – the AAP accused the Congress of making a compromise with the ruling BJP for presidency. The party’s Delhi spokesperson, Priyanka Kakkar, said the Congress needed to clear its […]

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Gandhi’s India can’t be allowed to become Godse’s: Mehbooba

The India of Mahatma Gandhi cannot be allowed to become of a country of his assassin Nathuram Godse, PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said after a meeting of some opposition parties here on Friday. Another former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference, said these […]

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Investment in Employee Experience, Cloud and AI Drives Improved Customer Experience, New NTT Report Shows

91% (92% in APAC) of organizations agree better EX will directly affect their net profit; 92% say the same about CX 56% (51% in APAC) of CEOs strongly agree that aligning CX and EX strategies maximizes their impact on business growth 95% (96% in APAC) of organizations see cloud enablement as vital in enabling EX and CX outcomes Top-performing organizations are twice as likely as underperformers to […]

Alibaba Cloud’s Energy Expert Helps Analyze Carbon Footprint for The First Olympic Esports Week

AI-driven carbon measurement and fan engagement tools trialed at Olympic Esports Week SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 June 2023 – Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, today announced that its AI-driven sustainability solution – Energy Expert – has been trialed to measure and analyze carbon emissions from temporary construction built to host the first Olympic Esports Week, generating data-driven insights on […]

Xapo Bank expands global footprint in South Asia, ushering in a new era of hybrid banking

With high-interest USD and BTC accounts now accessible to more regions in Asia, Xapo Bank opens the doors to untapped financial opportunities for the region’s young tech-savvy professionals GIBRALTAR – Media OutReach – 22 June 2023 – Xapo Bank, a fully licensed private bank that combines traditional banking with the utility of Bitcoin and stablecoins, today announced that it will begin accepting members across South Asia, including […]

Hegemony Of US Dollar Is Under Threat, Steady Decline May Follow

By Prabhat Patnaik How exactly is the dollar’s status as reserve currency related to imperialism? This question has two parts: how this status of the dollar is related to US imperialism, and how it is related to the overall imperialist arrangement. The dollar’s being a reserve currency makes it (and dollar-denominated assets in general) a […]

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AWS Announces Generative AI Innovation Center

AWS invests $100 million in a new program that connects AWS machine learning and artificial intelligence experts with customers and partners worldwide to accelerate enterprise innovation and success with generative AI Highspot, Lonely Planet, Ryanair, and Twilio are engaging with the Innovation Center to explore developing generative AI solutions HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 June 2023 – Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, […]

Capgemini to boost its cloud and digital end to end transformation offerings in Japan with acquisition of BTC

Acquisition supports the Group’s growth ambition in the Asia-Pacific region PARIS, FRANCE – Media OutReach – 23 June 2023 – Today Capgemini announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire BTC Corporation (BTC), a leading cloud and digital services provider in Japan. The acquisition will enable Capgemini to further build its cloud and digital capabilities in the country to meet client demand for […]

Topcast Appoints Wolfgang Tatzer as New CEO

• Wolfgang Tsatzer appointed as CEO, following recent leadership transition • Wolfgang Tatzer joins with more than 30 years’ experience in aviation, most recently as President of Telair International HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 23 June 2023 – Topcast, a world-leading aircraft parts distributor and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) service provider, today announced that Wolfgang Tatzer has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Wolfgang […]

Mansoor bin Mohammed honours winners of ‘Dubai Sports Excellence Model’ awards

DUBAI, 22nd June, 2023 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of

Mohammed Bin Rashid University celebrates graduation of Class of 2023

Just Not Narendra Modi, Indian Media Barons And Some Journalists Have To Share The Blame For Curbs On Press Freedom

By Sushil Kutty This column has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi all possible names including those bordering on the ‘libel’. So far, Alhamdulilah, Modi hasn’t let the wolves on the column. But it is a fact that wringing Modi in the Press Freedom grinder wouldn’t make a difference to Press freedom in nine years of […]

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Opposition Parties Meet In Patna On June 23 Is A Perfect Example Of Unity In Diversity

By Binoy Viswam Even in the early months of 2023, many political analysts were sceptical about the possibility of a broad opposition unity. The BJP was almost sure that this exercise would end up as a non-starter. Some of its leaders went to the extent of ridiculing the very idea of such a unity. Even […]

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