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India: Skills and Infrastructure for a Future-Ready Workforce
OpenGov Asia
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August 6, 2025
India is stepping up efforts to prepare its youth for the future of work through wide-ranging initiatives under the Skill India Mission (SIM), overseen by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). These initiatives focus on...
China's July exports top forecasts amid rush to meet Trump tariff deadline
The Economic Times
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August 7, 2025
China's exports beat forecasts in July, as manufacturers made the most of a fragile tariff truce between Beijing and Washington to ship goods ahead of a looming deadline later this month. Outbound shipments from the world's second-largest economy...
India's PLI scheme transforms pharma industry from policy to practice: Vikram Aditya Sehgal
Pharmabiz.com
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India's production linked incentive (PLI) scheme has emerged as a transformative policy aimed at revitalizing the pharmaceutical sector and its global competitiveness. By providing targeted financial incentives, the scheme is moving beyond policy...
Japan’s public workers set to get largest pay hike in 34 years
Japan Times
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August 7, 2025
Japan’s civil servants are set to receive the biggest pay increase in 34 years, a move that could further reinforce the virtuous cycle of wage and price growth long sought by the Bank of Japan as a precondition for continuing monetary tightening....
China’s more than 2,100 ‘Aid Tibet’ cadres since 2022 lauded for role in education sector etc
Tibetan Review
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August 6, 2025
(TibetanReview.net, Aug06’25) – A total of more than 2,100 cadres and professionals from across China had been deployed in Tibet autonomous region (TAR) in 10 batches since 2022, contributing to economic development, public services, and...
Japan Reveals the Top 5 Anime of Spring 2025 in Final Streaming Rankings
Comic Book Resources (CBR)
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August 7, 2025
ABEMA -- one of Japan's largest domestic streaming sites -- has finally announced which five anime series garnered the most attention during the Spring 2025 season. The rankings include quirky fantasy tales, suspenseful dramas, and one...
Japanese investors ditch foreign stocks on US economic concerns, tariff tensions
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -Japanese investors significantly sold foreign stocks in the week to August 2 as major markets retreated on caution over U.S. economic outlook and a new set of trade tariffs. According to data from Japan's Ministry of Finance released on...
China Focus: Traditional crafts weave modern stories
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Bent over a luminous vase of pink peonies, a young craftsman guided his enameling tool in patient, practiced circles at a factory in central Beijing, breathing new life into China's cloisonné tradition. At Beijing...
Japanese Civilians as ‘Lab Rats’: The Dark Aftermath of the Nuclear Strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Military Watch
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August 6, 2025
At 08:15 Japan Standard Time on August 6, 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force launched the first ever nuclear attack in history, with the targeting of the Japanese city of Hiroshima causing 135,000 casualties instantly, approximately half of them...
China battles Chikungunya virus outbreak as cases top 7,000
Madhyamam
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August 6, 2025
Taipei (Taiwan): China has rolled out a sweeping range of preventive and coercive measures to contain a growing outbreak of the chikungunya virus, which has already infected more than 7,000 people, largely centred around the manufacturing hub of...
Japan Govt Workers to Get 3.6 Pct More in Monthly Pay
Nippon
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August 7, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Politics Aug 7, 2025 12:18 (JST) Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's National Personnel Authority on Thursday recommended raising the monthly salary of government employees by 3.62 pct on average for fiscal 2025, which began in...
India v Pakistan Asia Cup matches will go ahead, insists ECB
The National News
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Organisers of the Asia Cup are confident there will be no cancelled matches when the competition takes place in the UAE next month. The tournament was originally scheduled to be staged in India. However, it has been switched because of ongoing...
India Fortifies The Himalayas! IAF’s New Radars To Secure Mountainous Borders, Check China, Pak Threats
The Eurasian Times
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August 7, 2025
On August 5, 2025, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved several critical capital procurement proposals to enhance the Indian Armed Forces’ capabilities. A standout decision was the Acceptance...
India Tariffs Could Cost Apple Billions if Trump Follows Through
The Mac Observer
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August 6, 2025
Apple’s decision to shift iPhone assembly from China to India helped it dodge billions in U.S. tariffs. But with former President Donald Trump suggesting a sharp tariff hike on Indian goods, that strategy now faces serious risk. Trump said on...
India News | Bihar CM Assures Teachers on Transfer Issues, Promises Choice of Districts for Postings
Latestly
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August 7, 2025
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 7 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday assured teachers facing problems with recent transfers that they will be given options to choose three districts for their postings. Kumar said the Education...
India tariffs doubled: Gem & jewellery industry looks to set up units in low-tariff nations
ETRetail.com
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August 7, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s doubling of existing tariff to 50% on India has prompted the Indian gem and jewellery industry to explore setting up manufacturing units in low tariff nations like Dubai and Mexico from where they can directly export to...
India has seen transparent, sensitive governance model in last 11 years: PM
Nagaland Post
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August 6, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that his government is working with a holistic vision to rejuvenate infrastructure nationwide, asserting that India has witnessed a governance model that is transparent, sensitive and citizen-centric...
Asia: Markets rise as Trump chip exemptions boost tech giants
The Business Times Singapore
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August 7, 2025
[HONG KONG] Asian equities rose on Thursday, with big-name chip firms making big gains after Donald Trump said those investing in the United States would be exempted from a threatened 100-per cent tariff on semiconductors. The advances built on a...
China’s military camouflage tech blends like leaves, blocks laser beams, hides from heat
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 6, 2025
Scientists have developed a tunable multispectral compatible infrared camouflage device with the help of a type of phase change material. Based on the infrared radiation characteristics of Rosaceae plants, the design aims to achieve...
China’s struggling EV maker Neta in deep trouble in Thailand
KrASIA
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August 7, 2025
Chinese electric vehicle maker Neta is facing a backlash in Thailand, as the restructuring of its parent company has caused difficulties supplying parts to the country and paying suppliers, resulting in the price of some new cars being slashed by...