Digital health and wellness startup, FitHappy secures pre-seed funding from East Ventures

Aims to capture Indonesia’s US$2. a few bil digital physical fitness, wellness marketÂFunds channeled towards building new features, improving application Indonesian-based FitHappy declared that it has secured a good undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from East Ventures, with participation from other investors.Inside a statement, the healthtech startup said it is going to…Continue Reading

Singapore, Malaysia can transfer double the amount of electricity to each other after upgrade of interconnectors

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia can now transfer double the amount of electricity to each other following the upgrading of the electricity interconnectors between both countries, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said on Wednesday (Oct 26). The new interconnectors can now accommodate bidirectional electricity flows of aboutContinue Reading

US, UK may soon pull back on arms for Ukraine

Political developments in Ukraine’s two most important suppliers of arms could significantly plug the weapons pipeline – just as Kiev has regained the operational initiative in a war that has been raging since February. In the UK, newly inaugurated Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – whose professional experience is in the economic rather than the geostrategic […]Continue Reading

28 dead in Bangladesh cyclone, millions without power

“We found one body on Tuesday night and three more this morning. Four crew are still missing,” Abdullah Pasha from the fire department told AFP. Nearly five million people were still without power on Wednesday, Rural Electrification Board official Debashish Chakrabarty told AFP. Nearly a million people who were evacuatedContinue Reading