Seventy-three provinces have been ordered by the Election Commission (EC) to consider public proposals for redrawing electoral constituencies and then organise further hearings to gauge the reaction to the new dividing lines.Continue Reading
BEIJING: China announced one of its lowest economic growth targets in years on Sunday (Mar 5), as the National People’s Congress (NPC) kicked off its annual parliamentary session. In an opening report, the Chinese government said it would aim for economic growth of “around 5 per cent” for the coming year –Continue Reading
This year’s parliamentary session will implement the biggest government shake-up in a decade as Beijing confronts a host of challenges and looks to revive its COVID-battered economy. Li and a slate of more reform-oriented economic policy officials are set to retire during the congress, making way for loyalists to PresidentContinue Reading
A massive fire gutted a police building that stored documents in Sathon district yesterday. No casualties were reported.Continue Reading
Despite the country’s post-Covid economic recovery, which has seen the employment rate returning to the “old normal”, over 230,000 recent graduates remain unemployed, raising concerns among students pursuing low-demand degrees.Continue Reading
Hemant Chaturvedi has documented 950 theatres across India and the stories behind them.Continue Reading
This is part two of “The World After Taiwan’s Fall,” which reviews the key findings and recommendations of a Pacific Forum study. Read part one. Intervention is essential Finding: The only thing slightly worse than the United States intervening and failing to reverse a PRC invasion of Taiwan would be the United States not intervening. A […]Continue Reading
Adjusting to life in America is difficult for Afghan women who used to be journalists.Continue Reading
Levels of hazardous ultra-fine PM2.5 dust particles in the air in the North particularly in Chiang Mai on Saturday reached a record high, raising concerns among tourism operators that the situation will affect tourism and travel patterns.Continue Reading
Levels of hazardous ultra-fine PM2.5 dust particles in the air in the North – particularly in Chiang Mai – on Saturday reached a record high, raising concerns among tourism operators that the situation will affect tourism and travel patterns.Continue Reading