UN records hundreds of killings and rights violations by Taliban

KABUL: The Taliban have carried out hundreds of human rights violations in Afghanistan since seizing power last year, the United Nations said Wednesday (Jul 20), including extrajudicial killings and torture. “There’s no denying that the findings of our report are extremely serious,” Markus Potzel, acting head of the United NationsContinue Reading

Who is Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new president?

Wickremesinghe has operate unsuccessfully for chief executive twice before, yet secured enough ballots among lawmakers regardless of controlling just one chair – as head of the United National Party (UNP). The Rajapaksas’ Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, the largest in parliament, supported Wickremesinghe for the obama administration. Born intoContinue Reading

Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe voted in as next president

COLOMBO:   Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the nation’s next president till 2024, a parliament vote rely showed on Wed (Jul 20). Official outcomes showed Wickremesinghe polled 134 votes within a three-cornered vote  to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa,   who fled the crisis-wracked country plus retired last weekContinue Reading

Altera Digital Health signs new agreement with SingHealth

Extension of agreement signed in 2017, will continue to 2029Altera to provide SingHealth with ongoing support Altera Digital Health, previously the Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business section, has signed a multi-year agreement with Singapore’s largest public healthcare group, SingHealth, for the use of its SunriseTM suite of healthcare IT…Continue Reading

Indonesian court rejects call to legalise medicinal marijuana

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Jul 20) rejected a judicial review of the state’s narcotics law that will have paved the way meant for legalising marijuana designed for medicinal use, a panel of nine judges ruled. Three moms of children with cerebral palsy backed by civil society companies hadContinue Reading

Okta appoints Ben Goodman as SVP, GM of Asia

Brings over 20 years of experience in the technology sectorTo look after business operations, spearhead development Okta announced that they have appointed IT business veteran and older business executive Bill Goodman (pic) since senior vice leader and general supervisor for Asia Pacific cycles (APAC).In a statement, the independent identification provider said…Continue Reading