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Gold dealers in India offered a discount this week due to plentiful supplies and slack demand during the wedding season, with other regions in Asia expecting improvement in buying ahead of the Christmas and Chinese New Year festivities. Dealers in India offered a discount of up to $2 an ounce on.... |
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Priyangika Kumari, a talented athlete hailing from Yakkalamulla, Galle representing Police was one among several participants who did Sri Lanka proud at the 21st Asia Masters Athletics Championships held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from December 2 to 6. |
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After two seasons Sri Lanka will join the Top Tier of the Asia Rugby Under-19 Men’s Rugby Championship, after finishing off victorious in the Division I segment at the Yongchuan Sports Centre in Thailand yesterday. After having defeated China comprehensively by 39-14 on Wednesday in the Division I.... |
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The dismal trade performance, poor air connectivity, lack of concern for the environment and regional security were some of the major concerns reiterated by the speakers at the 35th South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter Day commemorated in Colombo last week. |
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Sri Lanka’s leading Masters athlete in the over-70 age category Irangani Karunaratne returned with three medals from the 21st Asia Masters Athletic Championship 2019, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia recently. However she was deprived of her fourth medal when the organizers rescheduled the 100 metres race for 7 p. |
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: The University of Central Asia (UCA) has joined SAP University Alliances. Now in academic process University is able to use demo-versions of one of the global software leaders and also has access to library with over 3000 different courses, from business intelligence to Machine Learning and blockchain. |
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Makati Medical Center, one of the top hospitals in the Philippines, has qualified for the 2019 Q2 Gold Category Award and was recognized during the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference-WSO Regional Meeting held at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The WSO ANGELS Award, an initiative by the World Stroke.... |
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With the appointment of the Archbishop of Manila, His Excellency Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, as the Prefect of the Pontifical Congregation on the Evangelization of Peoples by Pope Francis, hopes have soared about the possibility of a Filipino bagging the three-layered tiara or the papal crown in the near future. |
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Let us not beat about the bush. The essence of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) can be collapsed into just one sentence: It is meant to reduce India’s Muslims to second-class citizens; proof of their Indianness endlessly demanded but never fully accepted. |
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan. The ninth annual Meeting of Deputy Foreign Ministers of Central Asian states, convened by the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), took place in Tashkent on 14 December 2019. The meeting brought together the Deputy Foreign Ministers.... |
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The foreign ministry has named Director General South Asia and SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal — who also served as the Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson — as Pakistan's new ambassador to Germany, it emerged on Saturday. A notification by the FO dated December 13 has listed the new appointments of 20 other.... |
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After its historic semifinals run in the recently concluded 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the Philippine women’s football team achieved another feat after improving their International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking. The Malditas jumped from 69 to 67 in the latest ranking released by the.... |
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FOR the Lapu-Lapu City Government, recognizing the “balangay” as the national boat of the Philippines before 2021 would be another way to celebrate the 500th year of the arrival of Christianity. During the grand launch of the 500-day countdown to the quincentennial celebration Saturday, the National.... |
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My family and I will be celebrating Christmas in a predominantly Muslim country to visit my “cousins” the Indonesians. I looked forward to meeting B.J. Habibie whom I interviewed as Asia editor of FIRST Magazine. I remember as I walked in to his office with a greeting I cannot forget. Hello, pinsan what can I do for you. |
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MANILA, Philippines The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its administrative budget for 2020 by 5.2 percent to $726.7 million to support increase in staffing and make operations more efficient. In a statement over the weekend, the Manila-based multilateral bank said the main cost driver for.... |
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Rich and super-rich Thais spend a lot more time on social media than their peers in Asia-Pacific, according to a recent survey by Ipsos, the French market research and consulting firm. “High-income people in Thailand have an outstanding social media spending time, more than that of those in.... |
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For the past year Gilead Sciences Inc. has stronger performance than REGENXBIO Inc. Summary. On 12 of the 13 factors Gilead Sciences Inc. beats REGENXBIO Inc. Gilead Sciences, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines in the areas of unmet medical needs in Europe, North America, Asia,.... |
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Ibaadatkahna a non-partisan movement, has been launched at a unity dinner held at the Chandni Restaurant, Newark CA, to promote peace in South Asia. The Unity event was attended by people from various faiths. Ibaadatkahna is the brainchild of Justice Markandey Katju who explained why Ibadatkhana.... |
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S&P 500 earnings might drop by about 12 percent in 2021 if Democrats secure control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, Timothy Moe, co-head of macro research in Asia at Goldman Sachs, told
That’s because a Democrat-controlled government would be almost guaranteed to repeal President.... |
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The International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) vice-chairperson and special rapporteur Mushahid Hussain Sayed at the First ICAPP Tourism Promotion and Inter-City Cooperation Council 2019 meeting at Duyung Marina & Resort in Terengganu December 14, 2019. — Bernama pic. |
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The Latest Research Report published by Global Reports Store on ‘Radiopharmaceuticals Industry Forecast 2019-2025’. Which contains 120 Pages, 80 Figures, and Tables, With a detailed description of past, present, and future of Radiopharmaceuticals Industry along with 15 Companies detailed profile analysis. |
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Researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human teeth, which had been used as pendants in a necklace or bracelet, at a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey -- the first evidence of this practice in the Near East, a region that roughly encompasses Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. |
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Caritas Philippines opens a social action academy in Tagaytay City to provide technical training and improve diocesan preparedness. The Archbishop of Manila hopes the centre “will not only contribute to the Philippines and to Asia but to the growth of wisdom and professionalism to the Church. |
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Ravi Aggarwal and Rahaab Allana, the two curators, mark a shift in the vocabulary of those using the medium in South Asia. Aggarwal’s Imagined Documents brings the works of seven artists — including Sharbendu De, Prajakta Potnis, Munem Wasif and YaminiNayar — not all of whom necessarily see photography as their primary means of expression. |
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By Lwin Mar Htun 14 December 2019. Yangon – A mixologist from Gekko Yangon, Ko Lal Muan Puia, will head to Puerto Rico in January to compete in a global cocktail competition as the Bacardi Legacy Cocktail Competition Wildcard, representing Asia Pacific. “When my friend phoned to say I was selected as the Asia-Pacific finalist I couldn’t believe it. |
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