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Oil prices drop on fuel demand worries as coronavirus flares up

MELBOURNE: Oil prices fell in early trade on Tuesday on concerns about fuel demand growth as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major producers ramp up output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

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With eye on China, India looks to increase barriers on imports from Asia

NEW DELHI: New Delhi is considering measures to prevent trade partners mainly in Southeast Asia from re-routing Chinese goods to India with little added value, two government sources said, amid strained ties with Beijing and a push for self-reliance. India

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Chargifi helps employees get back to work safely with new touchless meeting room experience

Chargifi for Rooms is the new touchless meeting room solution that provides employees with the confidence of a safe meeting room experience in a post-COVID workplace SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, July 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Chargifi, the leading provider of cloud-connected

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Quark Expeditions’ Twin-Engine Helicopters Play Key Role in Innovative Greenland Adventure Program

SEATTLE, July 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Quark Expeditions, the Leader in Polar Adventure, has introduced a ground-breaking expedition program in Greenland capitalizing on Ultramarine‘s two twin-engine helicopters, dual heli-decks and a first-ever partnership with local communities in South Greenland that will

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Finance Ministry to study rakyat’s proposal for Budget 2021

KOTA KINABALU: The Finance Ministry will study each proposal submitted by the people and stakeholders in drafting the 2021 Budget which is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament in November, and subsequently the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) next

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Shanghai Electric’s SEunicloud Platform Wins World’s First Industrial Intelligence Award at WAIC 2020

SHANGHAI, July 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Shanghai Electric (SHA:601727/HK:02727) announced today that its SEunicloud platform has won the world’s first industrial intelligence award at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) Summit. The platform earned the “Zhan Lu” Award in

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India quizzing owners of banned Chinese apps over content and practices

NEW DELHI: Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi, including whether they censored content, worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied

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Dzaqwan’s charcoal business thrives, despite ridicule

KUALA BERANG: Despite being ridiculed by his friends for his choice of career,  29-year old Muhd Dzaqwan Sukry soared through the taunts and has made his charcoal-making business a success. In fact, the mockings fired his determination, and today three years later, Muhd

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Arjun Raghavan New CEO of Partners Capital

Partners Capital Investment Group LLP, the $30 billion global outsourced investment office, has announced that Arjun Raghavan has taken over from Stan Miranda as CEO, as of 1 July 2020. Stan Miranda, founder of Partners Capital, is now Chairman and

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VistaJet expands onboard medical, safety support for global customers

KUALA LUMPUR: Global business aviation company, VistaJet has worked with RDT, a Philips company, and MedAire, to be the first charter operator to embed Tempus IC2 monitors within its entire Global fleet, granting access to leading medical support anytime, anywhere.

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