NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was locked in a tight contest in India’s first pandemic election in the eastern state of Bihar. But Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a junior partner in the previous ruling coalition, started celebrating early as it became clear that it did exceedingly well in spite of […]

SINGAPORE – Four education institutions here will help drive digitalisation efforts in the social service sector with tailor-made courses being offered by the end of the year. The digital training courses offered by Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore’s Institute of Systems Science, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Lithan Academy will focus on the strategic, […]

The voter fraud, perpetrated on Monday in New Zealand, was real. And the contenders were, er, fowl. As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. The scandal has roiled Bird of the Year 2020, an online popularity contest among the […]

SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia is considering opening its borders to Asian countries, including parts of China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday (Nov 10), as Canberra seeks to revive an economy ravaged by Covid-19. Australia in March shut its borders to all non-citizens and permanent residents, though in October Canberra allowed New Zealand residents […]

NEW DELHI — India’s governing party and its allies face a tough fight in the state of Bihar, where the first major election to take place in the country since the coronavirus struck has become a referendum on the government’s performance. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its coalition partners were behind as of Tuesday, exit […]

MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -Will there be shades of the 2020 US presidential election in our own 2022 presidential election? Or are we seeing vivid colours of Philippine elections in the ongoing US elections? Both US President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2016. Mr Trump is completing […]

SINGAPORE – Three new features have been rolled out on the national jobs portal MyCareersFuture to strengthen progressive hiring practices among employers. A key thrust of the portal is to “provide as many job seekers as possible a fair chance at the roles advertised”, said Workforce Singapore (WSG), the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive […]

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Business collective Singapore Tenants United for Fairness (SGTUFF) will be holding a job fair with more than 1,000 roles on offer, in a bid to help ease the labour shortage in front-line industries. Of the more than 1,000 job vacancies, at least 600 are from SGTUFF members. Among the employers […]

(Reuters) – Cerberus Capital Management LP is seeking $3 billion for its latest flagship fund, which will pursue investments ranging from private equity to the debt of companies in financial distress, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The New York-based firm, whose investments include U.S. supermarket operator Albertsons Companies Inc ACI.N, Japanese industrial […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economic activity is 12% lower than normal this month after the country entered a coronavirus lockdown for the second time this year, the central bank said on Monday. The government imposed the new lockdown on Oct. 30 to rein in a surge in new cases although the restrictions were softer than […]