Why there aren’t any good jobs in India

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An Indian coal mine worker carries a basket of coal collected at a mine in the district of Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand in June 2017. Photo: AFP/Sanjib Dutta

The 2019 satirical film “Eeb Allay Ooo!” highlights the grim reality of India’s employment crisis. The protagonist, who lacks marketable skills, takes on the impossible job of chasing away monkeys from public spaces. The subcontractor, not happy with his employee’s performance, hurls insults, withholds his wages and finally fires him. The film unwittingly captures what is wrong […]Continue Reading

China at the heated center of Malaysia’s new politics

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PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim triumphantly returned from his maiden visit to Beijing last week, where he bagged as much as $39 billion in new investment pledges from the Asian superpower. With those deals in hand, Anwar effusively described his counterpart Xi Jinping as a “visionary” who had “not only changed the course of […]Continue Reading

Indonesia court overturns order to delay 2024 elections

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JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Tuesday (Apr 11) overturned a lower court’s controversial order to delay 2024 presidential and general elections by two years, arguing it had overstepped its jurisdiction and had no authority to make the decision. The Jakarta High Court’s decision, after an appeal by Indonesia’s election commission, willContinue Reading

China proposes measures to manage generative AI services

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HONG KONG: China’s cyberspace regulator unveiled draft measures on Tuesday (Apr 11) for managing generative artificial intelligence services, saying it wants firms to submit security assessments to authorities before they launch their offerings to the public. The rules drafted by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) come as several governmentsContinue Reading