In February 2023, India’s government announced that the Geological Survey of India found around 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves in the Salal-Haimana region of Jammu and Kashmir. Lithium is sometimes termed “white gold” for its strategic importance as an essential metal in electrification. But India faces several challenges in capitalizing on its lithium deposits. […]Continue Reading
BANGKOK: Thai authorities are scrambling to find a cylinder containing dangerous radioactive material that went missing from a power station, officials said on Tuesday (Mar 14), warning of serious health risks from direct exposure. Staff at the coal-fired plant in Prachinburi Province, east of Bangkok, noticed the steel tube, 30cmContinue Reading
The estimated street value of the drugs was S$118,000, CNB said, adding that the Ice and cannabis seized could have fed the addictions of about 310 abusers for a week. Investigations are ongoing. “The operation on Mar 13 is an example of the dangers that our officers face every day,”Continue Reading
On March 7, Western powers huddled together in Paris for a restricted meeting on the Taliban and the Afghanistan situation. It was an exclusive meeting of the Special Representatives and Envoys for Afghanistan of Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The random pick was […]Continue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping had only just launched his third term in power when questions about his leadership began to circulate at home and abroad. China’s complete turnaround on its zero-Covid policy was so rapid and extraordinary that it caught almost everyone by surprise. But China’s course correction was signaled well before policy shifted in […]Continue Reading
The largest number of retrenchments in the fourth quarter came in electronics manufacturing, wholesale trade and information and communications.Continue Reading
As national elections approach, opposition parties, lawyers and sex worker organisations are stepping forward with the drafting of a new law to decriminalise prostitution in Thailand
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduras President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday (Mar 14) she had instructed the country’s foreign minister to bring about the opening of official relations with China. Castro made the statement on Twitter. The leader of the Central American country had floated the idea of cutting ties with TaiwanContinue Reading
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said that it had expressed serious concern to the Honduran government and urged it to consider its decision carefully and not “fall into China’s trap”. A source familiar with the situation in Taiwan said that the island needed to exhaust “every possible means” to maintain diplomatic tiesContinue Reading
‘The Middle East has oil, and China has rare earths,’ Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping noted in 1987 Rare earth elements are a class of 17 metals essential to the technology, transportation, energy, defense, and aerospace industries. These are used for high-powered magnets and precision parts in devices ranging from batteries, solar panels and wind turbines […]Continue Reading