BANGALORE – The bumper US$1.3 billion (S$1.76 billion) stock offering by online food delivery company Zomato on July 23 has highlighted the rapid rise of India’s unicorns. Zomato’s shares gained nearly 80 per cent on the first day of trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange, taking its market value to nearly US$13 billion. Indian retail investors, as well […]
SINGAPORE – Another individual who attended mass at the Church of the Holy Cross in Clementi has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the Catholic church to suspend all in-person masses and activities. She was on a home quarantine order from July 28 when she tested positive on Thursday (July 29). The woman was transferred to […]
SINGAPORE – Another individual who attended mass at the Church of the Holy Cross in Clementi has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the Catholic church to suspend all in-person masses and activities. She was on a home quarantine order from July 28 when she tested positive on Thursday (July 29). The woman was transferred to […]
BANGKOK – It is a public holiday in Thailand, but 69-year-old Prateep Ungsongtham Hata is braving the rain in one of the capital’s biggest slums, scribbling notes as she speaks to a woman seated in front of a wooden shack – a good distance between them. The woman, 27-year-old Chuanpit Sopa, is five months pregnant. […]
KUALA LUMPUR – About 200 to 300 protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur’s city centre on Saturday (July 31) morning to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Roads around Dataran Merdeka have been sealed off as protesters dressed in black took to the streets in a demonstration organised by a coalition of youth and […]
KUALA LUMPUR – About 200 to 300 protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur’s city centre on Saturday (July 31) morning to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Roads around Dataran Merdeka have been sealed off as protesters dressed in black took to the streets in a demonstration organised by a coalition of youth and […]
MANILA – Millions of Filipino students have spent the past year cooped up at home, learning mostly through their computers and phones, or through printed lessons their parents pick up from the school. Some 9,000 schools in the country have been shut since March last year as the government pushed for remote learning. By most […]
SINGAPORE – It was a challenging time for the Muslim community in Singapore when Mr Mohammad Alami Musa joined the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) as president in 2003. It was two years after the Sept 11 terror attacks in the United States, which was followed by the arrest in Singapore of members of the clandestine […]
SINGAPORE – It was a challenging time for the Muslim community in Singapore when Mr Mohammad Alami Musa joined the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) as president in 2003. It was two years after the Sept 11 terror attacks in the United States, which was followed by the arrest in Singapore of members of the clandestine […]
BANGKOK – More than 1.5 million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines donated by the United States arrived in Thailand on Friday (July 30) to much fanfare. In nearby Vietnam, the authorities are administering five million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by the US earlier this month. Washington’s vaccine diplomacy is in full swing. Please subscribe […]