Following the blast at Beirut's port, Siemens Energy offered to deliver medical aid and to run two gas turbines with a total electrical capacity of about 80 megawatts (MW) free of charge. This week, ... ( read original story ...)
Macron to Lebanon’s Leaders: Make Changes in 3 Months or Face Sanctions
French President Emmanuel Macron has given Lebanese politicians three months to take concrete steps to rebuild the country, or face sanctions and lose out on crucial aid. Macron has been central to ... ( read original story ...)
Reports Of Vote-Buying And Criminal Finances Cast Ominous Shadow Over Kyrgyz Elections
Next month's parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan are an opportunity for the country to show how it is further along the democratic road than its authoritarian neighbors. But the coronavirus outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry unveils amount of 2021 budget allocations to fight COVID-19
One of the main features characterizing the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2021 is that the share of socially oriented expenditures in the total budget expenditures is 42 percent, the Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
BSEC asks 22 ‘Z’ category companies for their business plans
The 22 companies have been in the "Z" category from two to five years The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Thursday asked 22 listed companies at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ... ( read original story ...)
Rising exports help Pakistan stock market hit a seven-month high
The KSE-100 index was hovering at a seven-month high at 42,188 points on Thursday. It is the benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The KSE-100 index improved by 353 points. The last time it ... ( read original story ...)
Live from Pyongyang: N.Korea state media tests new formats on air and online
As two typhoons hammered North Korea within a week of each other, state media broadcasts looked unusually reminiscent of international TV coverage, with correspondents standing knee-deep in ... ( read original story ...)
Fire at Oil Storage Facility Kills 2 in Pakistan’s Port City
A massive fire broke out Thursday at the main oil storage facility on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi, at a terminal used by a local subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell. Two ... ( read original story ...)
Business Insight | India now in the top 50 countries in global innovation
India remains the most innovative country in Central and Southern Asia, moving up four places on the annual Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020. India now ranks 48th out of a list ... ( read original story ...)
The changing face of Indian Business Travel
According to SAP Concur Business Traveller Survey 2020, 88 percent of Indian business travellers feel concerned about resuming travel while 100 percent travellers will consider some measures from ... ( read original story ...)