First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan Sodik Safoyev has held a virtual meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Jessica Tan Soon Neo. The parties ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi platform for F&B startups raises $100mln for shariah-compliant loans
Foodics Capital, a micro lending platform from Foodics, a F&B and retail tech startup based in Saudi Arabia, has raised $100 million (SAR 375 million) to further support Saudi F&B merchants post COVID ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey leads boycott of French goods in Muslim countries. But how effective will it be?
While President Erdoğan urged people in Turkey to avoid buying them and Qatar took them off the shelves, no country has yet put an official boycott policy in place on French products ... ( read original story ...)
Library Pictures to Co-Finance CJ Entertainment’s Local-Language Slate
Library Pictures International, the Los Angeles-based film financier backed by Legendary Entertainment, has inked a deal to co-finance South Korean studio CJ Entertainment's local-language slate in ... ( read original story ...)
FreshToHome raises largest ever series C funding of $121 million in India consumer tech
In what is being touted as the largest Series C funding in the history of Indian consumer tech, Fresh to Home, the fully integrated online brand in f ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Thailand: Woman probably infected in quarantine
BANGKOK (AP) — Health officials in Thailand said Tuesday that it is likely that a French woman who earlier this month tested positive for the coronavirus became infected when she stayed under ... ( read original story ...)
4th India Energy Forum CERAWeek: What all FM Nirmala Sitharaman said in her address – Top points
Sitharaman said that bio fuel effective usage and production of ethanol for being environmentally friendly is also being incentivised. ( read original story ...)
India sees pick up in consumer demand during festival season: Sitharaman
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that ... restrictions and helped by various government measures. She was speaking at the India Energy Forum organised by IHS ... ( read original story ...)
All eyes on Vietnam’s $370m ‘new retail’ group
The recently concluded Tech in Asia Conference marked our first hybrid event – other businesses, too, have revisited their business models to maintain an edge. In Vietnam, a “new retail” group called ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Minister sees GDP growth in negative zone or near zero in current fiscal
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said there ... economy in the first quarter of current fiscal (April-June), she added. Speaking at the India Energy Forum of CERAWeek, she ... ( read original story ...)