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MUMBAI: Shriram Transport Finance (STF) will reach out to large international institutional investors, including , T Rowe, and Norges Bank Investment Management, as it seeks the re-election of non-executive director Punit Bhatia , who is also the country head of TPG Capital Asia. |
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By River Davis. Renewable-energy operators are planning for further growth in Asia despite a falloff in subsidies, betting energy demand will keep rising. In China, government support has driven a rapid buildup and turned the country into the world's largest producer of renewable energy. That stimulus is drying up, putting the industry at risk. |
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SEOUL – South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centers and after-school academies in the greater capital area to slow the spread of the virus. The 17th consecutive day of triple-digit increases brought the national caseload to 19,699, including 323 deaths. |
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BEIRUT, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- More than half of Lebanon's population are at risk of failing to access basic food needs by the year's end, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) reported on Sunday. ESCWA attributes food shortage to the fact that Lebanon relies.... |
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A man wearing a protective face mask disinfects seats of an air-conditioned passenger bus after Gujarat state authorities resumed the bus services after easing lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Ahmedabad, India, August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave. |
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Seven Singaporeans among 54 more added to virus sick list Singapore reported 54 new coronavirus infections as of noon on Sunday, including eight infections in the community.This brings the country's total to 56,771, Channel News Asia reports.The community infections comprise seven Singaporeans or.... |
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The items were received by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Preah Sihanouk, the Vietnamese Embassy and the Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia at the Tinh Bien Border Checkpoint in An Giang Province on August 29. The Consulate General also took donations from philanthropists of Vietnamese.... |
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In its latest tally, the DFA said the new cases and recovery were recorded in the Asia and the Pacific region. As of today, the total number of COVID-19 infections among overseas Filipinos is 10,069. Of the total, 3,190 are undergoing treatment, 6,124 have recovered and 755 died due to infections. |
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SEOUL – South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centers and after-school academies in the greater capital area to slow the spread of the virus. The 17th consecutive day of triple-digit increases brought the national caseload to 19,699, including 323 deaths. |
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pictured during a ceremony to celebrate India's Independence Day earlier this month. Photo: AFP.
As China-India border dispute continues, New Delhi scrambles to shore up South Asia influence.
Since the beginning of August, PM Narendra Modi has reached out to.... |
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MANILA The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday reported that two more Filipinos abroad contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the total tally to 10,069. In its latest case bulletin, the DFA said there are no new fatalities while one new recovery was recorded in the Asia and the Pacific. |
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. The Ministry of Health has welcomed a donation of US$1.3 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday for medical equipment and health worker training to assist Laos’ prevention and control efforts against COVID-19. The donated medical equipment, under a COVID-19 response grant.... |
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A tank fires during the 6th International Military Technical Forum 'International Army Games 2020' in the military Patriot Park outside Moscow on August 23, 2020.
Over the last year, Russian officials have spoken ever more frequently about what they see as the likelihood that the Islamic State will.... |
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In an op-ed for the East Asia Forum published on Tuesday (25 August), academic, Dr. Lily Zubaidah Rahim , noted that the results for the 2020 general election in Singapore indicated that Singaporeans want the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP)’s democratisation. Most people still see the political landscape in Singapore in a fairly binary manner. |
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Could the return of the Merdeka Tournament bring new life to local football? – AFP pic. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — The Merdeka Tournament, the brainchild of Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj to commemorate Independence Day in 1957, is not only the oldest tournament in Asia.... |
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FAMILY businesses should take advantage of the pandemic to reinvent and plan their continuity in the long term. In an Icon Executive Asia and W+B Advisory Group event for business owners and industry leaders, Steve Legler, a family legacy advisor, said family businesses should plan more for the future in the middle of the pandemic. |
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“It is important that every citizen is healthy and happy and we defeat coronavirus completely together,” Modi said in Hindi. “Corona(virus) can only be defeated when you remain safe, when you fulfill the resolve of keeping a safe distance of two yards and wearing masks. |
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Could the return of the Merdeka Tournament bring new life to local football? – AFP pic. KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — The Merdeka Tournament, the brainchild of Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj to commemorate Independence Day in 1957, is not only the oldest tournament in Asia.... |
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i Two-time ISL champions Chennaiyin FC on Sunday announced the appointment of experienced Csaba Laszlo as their head coach for the 2020-21 season. It will be the 56-year-old Hungarian Laszlo’s first stint in Asia. He has more than two decades of coaching experience at club and international level. |
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Among the active patients, 45 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 51 twice and 28 three times. As many as 54,392 people having close contacts with COVID-19 patients and entering the country from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined, including 1,212 at hospitals, 14,103 at other facilities, and 39,077 at home. |
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— South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centers and after-school academies in the greater capital area to slow the spread of the virus. The 17th consecutive day of triple-digit increases brought the national caseload to 19,699, including 323 deaths. |
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OSAKA, Japan Aug. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "Torinaoshi," a YouTube series exploring the nuances of racial and family identity, highlights a young Japanese-American woman's journey from New York to Osaka , Japan -- her mother's hometown. The production is a collaboration between Alex Iskounen's Tsukuba Indy LLC, Yusuke Kitaguchi's Ichibiri Pics Inc. |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said Bangladesh's growth-induced poverty reduction would not be sustained unless it ramps up investment and diversify the economy. But the financial sector's inefficiencies and other constraints hamper the investments needed to maintain the growth momentum, the bank's Independent Evaluation Division (IED) said. |
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The latest: A number of countries in Asia are poised to tighten COVID-19 restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases. In South Korea, health officials on Saturday reported 323 new cases — the 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps, bringing the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. |
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Two members of Da Nang city's Centre for Disease Control work with medical samples at a laboratory in Da Nang. A COVID-19 patient who tested positive again on Monday, 14 days after leaving hospital having been declared healthy, tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 on Friday afternoon. |
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