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NEW DELHI: India and Nepal on Tuesday opened South Asia’s first cross-border oil product pipeline, helping Kathmandu to cut fuel prices by Rs 2 per litre on account of reduced transportation cost. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated through.... |
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. Thought to be impossible, the feat required the collaboration of more than 350 astronomers over several years, and their efforts recently earned them the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and $3 million that comes with it. How was it done? The scientists on the project have responded that there was no single monumental breakthrough. |
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Nail Polish is a lacquer, which is applied on fingernails or toenails to protect and decorate nail plates. It is manufactured using various chemical compositions such as solvents, film formers, pigments, resins, plasticizers, pearls, and thickening agents such as stearalkonium hectorite, in order to.... |
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Amazon Air (NASDAQ: AMZN ) began flights to and from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) on June 27. ANC occupies a key point along the "great circle" between Asia and the Lower 48. It is 9.5 hours flying time to 90% of the industrialized world — and no other U.S. airport enjoys such a central locale. |
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia prepared to seed clouds after air quality in parts of the country reached unhealthy levels due to smog from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, an official said Monday. Smog regularly blankets parts of Southeast Asia during the dry season when burning is used to clear.... |
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Population of megacities in APAC 2015; Population of largest cities in selected countries in APAC in 2018; Major liveable cities in Asia Pacific in 2018; Cost of living index in megacities in Asia Pacific 2018; Average monthly rent for 1-bedroom apartment in megacities in Asia-Pacific 2018; Traffic.... |
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Apple Inc. Apple, Inc. engages in designing, manufacturing, and marketing of mobile communication, media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan, and Rest of Asia Pacific. The Americas segment includes North and South America. |
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XAG is among the first to introduce fully autonomous drones in some of the most affected countries, such as Zambia, South Africa, Vietnam, and China, to improve the control efficacy that has originally been limited to manual spraying. XAG has discovered that in the worst hit Africa and Asia, the.... |
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BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN Part II. This is the continuation of the letter written by Armin T. Wegner to Franz Werfel in 1932, which is being published for the first time: “Already in 1915 I became friends with Johannes Lepsius. As I traveled by train, from Constantinople through Asia Minor to Baghdad, I witnessed the entire deportation. |
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The e-commerce giant and one of Asia's richest man Jack Ma on Tuesday stepped down as the executive chairman of China's largest company -- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, a decision which also coincided with his 55th birthday. Ma will be replaced by CEO Daniel Zhang, who will also take on the role of chairman. |
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Leading supply chain data management firm opens full-service offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Penang, Malaysia; Names Patrick Klaver Managing Director of European operations.
, the global leader in supply chain data management, announced today it is continuing its worldwide expansion with new.... |
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ALMATY. KAZINFORM The new international fashion platform of the Eurasian continent, the EURASIAN FASHION WEEK IN ALMATY, has kicked off for the first time in Almaty. The final of the international competition of young designers, Fashion for Future, is to take place on the Day 1 of the Fashion Week. |
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Bishkek, Sept. 10, 2019. / Kabar /. Daniyar Mukashev, Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, took part in a meeting of countries participating in the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), the press service.... |
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An international development bank that supports projects in central Europe and central Asia is completely and utterly committed to Turkey for the long term, its head has said. "There should be no doubts in anyone’s mind about the EBRD’s movement in Turkey," Suma Chakrabarti, the president of the.... |
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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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Huge renewable energy projects planned in Asia, such as solar parks and hydropower dams, risk accelerating the conversion of farmland, uprooting communities and destroying livelihoods, energy experts and human rights activists warned on Tuesday. As they look to curb climate changing emissions, some.... |
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– By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. On Sept. 7, India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission deployed its Vikram lander for an attempted landing at the Moon’s south pole. Communications with the lander were lost just minutes prior to the scheduled landing. |
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NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space, as the emergence of new drug-resistant strains in Southeast Asia threatens efforts to wipe out the deadly disease globally. The goal of worldwide malaria eradication within a generation, by 2050, is "bold but.... |
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Increasing government subsidies to promote meat exports and rising industrialization of the livestock sector has led to accelerated meat production which may boost Asia Pacific animal feed additives market demand. These products improve livestock health by reducing the possibility of infections,.... |
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Asia Pacific aquafeed market share is moderately fragmented with key players including New Hope Group, Charoen Pokphand, Tongwei Group, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Guangdong Wen's Group, and Nutreco N.V. Most manufacturers are focusing their efforts on increasing production capacity by adopting mass production methods to meet rising demand. |
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The standardised packaging includes a graphic picture of tobacco’s effects on the body and the logo-free brand name written in plain font. (AFP pic)) BANGKOK: Thailand rolled out plain cigarette packaging on Tuesday, the first country in Asia to introduce what activists say is an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking. |
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The leaders of India and Nepal inaugurated South Asia’s first cross country oil pipeline, allowing the Himalayan nation of Nepal to receive an uninterrupted supply of oil from its large southern neighbour. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart, Khadga Prasad Oli, hit the.... |
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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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BANGKOK – Thailand rolled out plain cigarette packaging on Tuesday, the first country in Asia to introduce what activists say is an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking. In 2012, Australia became the first country to require tobacco products to be sold without colorful brand logos. |
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