Africa’s arable, uncultivated and fertile land can offer solution to food crisis, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chair of B20 India Action Council on African Economic Integration, said, adding that adopti…
Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia Could Generate Billions in Revenue by 2030
A new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), along with several non-profit organizations, has found that renewable energy generation in Southeast Asia, including Laos, has the potential to genera…
What Is Red Palm Oil And How Is It Best Used?
How is palm oil made? Palm oil is derived from the fruit that hangs in bunches on the oil palm tree. The individual oval-shaped fruits, which grow together by the hundreds, are around one to two inche…
Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s top two producers of palm oil, have set up a joint task force with the European Union to address their differences over a new law making it harder for the ubiquitou…
Is a global food crisis the new normal?
When India halted the exports of non-basmati white rice in late July to control soaring prices domestically and ensure its local availability, the country had an explanation ready. The ban, coming fro…
Asean’s digital economy to touch $330B by 2025
Asean’s digital economy which reached $194 billion in 2022 is now projected to rise to $330 billion by 2025. Disclosing this at the opening of the 2023 ASEAN Investment Forum (AIF) in Jakarta on Satur…
Vietnam joins Southeast Asian effort on cross-border payments
Vietnam’s central bank signed an agreement on Friday to be part of an initiative by five other Southeast Asian countries to establish a cross-border payments mechanisms between them. Vietnam wil…
Gov’t plans to raise Philippines renewable energy output to 50% by 2040
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India plans own certification for digital public infra, goods
India is working with multilateral forums, including the UN and the G20, to create collaborations that would certify, register, test and benchmark Indian digital public infrastructure (DPIs) and publi…
Malaysia eyes UAE’s tech, clean energy sectors as free trade talks progress
Malaysia wants deeper economic ties with the UAE, especially in the tech and renewable energy sectors, the Southeast Asian nation’s international trade minister said, as the two sides continue their n…