SRINAGAR, INDIA (REUTERS) – A flood management plan, drawn up to protect the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir after record rainfall in 2014 caused widespread damage and about 150 deaths, is drying out an internationally protected wetland near Srinagar, officials say. The two-stage plan, started in 2018, includes dredging and deepening an existing drainage channel that […]
SINGAPORE – Secondary school students in an entrepreneurship programme are getting a fillip from a Web app developed by volunteers from Swiss investment bank UBS that tackles business concepts such as expenditure and revenue. The Secondary 3 Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) students are from local youth development charity Halogen Foundation’s Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship […]
SINGAPORE – Secondary school students in an entrepreneurship programme are getting a fillip from a Web app developed by volunteers from Swiss investment bank UBS that tackles business concepts such as expenditure and revenue. The Secondary 3 Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) students are from local youth development charity Halogen Foundation’s Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship […]
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – In our work as researchers with the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University, we strive to understand refugee community concerns, which we share in turn with the humanitarians and decision-makers. From June to November 2020, 30 Rohingya refugee volunteers working with us under CPJ’s Refugee Studies […]
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – In our work as researchers with the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University, we strive to understand refugee community concerns, which we share in turn with the humanitarians and decision-makers. From June to November 2020, 30 Rohingya refugee volunteers working with us under CPJ’s Refugee Studies […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China kicked off an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices at Alibaba Group Holding and summoned affiliate Ant Group, to a high-level meeting over financial regulations, escalating scrutiny over the twin pillars of billionaire Jack Ma’s internet empire. The State Administration for Market Regulation is investigating Alibaba, the top antitrust watchdog said in […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), maintained its steady downward trend in new Covid-19 infections on Thursday (Dec 24) as it battles to quash a virus cluster in the northern coastal suburbs of Sydney, the state capital. New South Wales reported nine new Covid-19 local cases versus eight a day […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), maintained its steady downward trend in new Covid-19 infections on Thursday (Dec 24) as it battles to quash a virus cluster in the northern coastal suburbs of Sydney, the state capital. New South Wales reported nine new Covid-19 local cases versus eight a day […]
SINGAPORE – Some bus and train services will be extended on New Year’s Eve on Dec 31 to allow commuters to return home, operators SBS Transit and SMRT said on Wednesday (Dec 23). The last trains on the North-South line and East-West line will depart from City Hall at 1am on Jan 1. These trains […]
NEW DELHI – Early this month, interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi decided against celebrating her birthday to show solidarity with farmers who have surrounded the capital, Delhi, in protest against recently-passed farm laws. All the state units of the party were asked to refrain from celebrating Mrs Gandhi’s birthday on Dec 9. Please subscribe or […]