Topics: Asia

Interview: Gaurav Jalan of mPokket says, “We do not restrict our service to a limited number of cities or colleges”

While speaking with TechGraph, Gaurav Jalan, Founder & CEO of mPokket said, "Like other instant apps we do not restrict our services to a...

Bharat second in COVID-19 media casualties

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to claim victims among journalists across the globe, Bharat (India) emerges as the second most affected country (after Peru)...

HealthTech: In conversation with VentAllOut Founder Sumit Mittal

VentAllOut Founder & CEO, Sumit Mittal speaks to TechGraph about the journey of VentAllOut and how it is shaping the healthcare sector through its...

SAIF Partners rebrands as Elevation Capital, locks seventh stage fund at $400 mn

Asia based venture capital firm SAIF Partners on Tuesday announced that "It has rebranded itself as Elevation Capital and has also closed early-stage fund...

Unicommerce E-commerce Trends Report: E-commerce locks 17% growth during post-COVID-19, GMV up at 23% with an average order size of Rs 1,000

Unicommerce, India‘s leading e-commerce-focused SaaS platform, today released an impact report on the e-commerce industry, which throws light on the performance across verticals and...

Assailants, Corona killing journalists in Indian subcontinent

As the year 2020 rolls on, the Indian subcontinent sets to improve in its journo-murder index with only two casualties this year to date. The...

Increasing Cases and United States ‘Carousel Retaliation’ spooks risk sentiment

The risk sentiment was souring as US trade representatives had proposed imposing tariffs on USD 3.1bn of imports from France, Germany, Spain, and the...

Market Watch: EU heads of state to discuss the recovery plan today

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged and expanded its asset purchases by GBP 100bn to GBP 745bn. The BoE would have held back...

Jubilant Life Sciences partners with Gilead Sciences to develop remdesivir

India-based drugmaker Jubilant Life Sciences on Tuesday said that "It's subsidiary Jubilant Generics Limited has entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Gilead Sciences to...

COVID-19: Imran Khan says ‘Pakistan can’t afford the nationwide lockdown’

As the confirmed case of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Pakistan reaches to 464, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Friday said that...

Coronavirus Update: Pakistan reports first death from Coronavirus

Pakistan's health ministry said on Wednesday that a coronavirus infected person had died. The death was announced on a web portal the ministry launched on...

Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi: Global recession likely if coronavirus becomes pandemic

A global recession is likely if coronavirus becomes a pandemic, and the odds of that are uncomfortably high and rising with infections surging in...

ADB secures Rs 8.5 billion through offshore India rupee-linked bonds

The Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday said that “It has secured Rs 8.5 billion (approx $118 million), form a new issue of...

Coronavirus Outbreak: South Korea to launch mass coronavirus testing, US pledges $1 billion for vaccine

South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases, as countries stepped...

IATA: Asian airlines can lose $27.8 billion in revenue due to coronavirus outbreak

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region stand to lose $27.8 billion (£21.6 billion) of revenue this year as they slash flights due to declining demand...

Coronavirus Outbreak: Oil prices steady as coronavirus related demand concerns weigh

Oil prices were little changed on Monday as concerns of falling fuel demand caused by the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in China...

Coronavirus Outbreak: Over $420 billion wipes out from China's stock market

Investors erased $420 billion from China's benchmark stock index on January 3, sold the yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading novel...

Saudi Arabia may shave light crude prices to Aisa in February

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, may cut the prices of its light crude grades sold to Asia in February on signs of...

Telenor selects Sweden's Ericsson for 5G telecoms network in Norway

Telenor has picked Sweden's Ericsson as the key technology provider for its fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Norway, it said on Friday, gradually removing...

"India's economy to be at 4.3% in Q4 2019", says Nomura

India's economy is expected to grow at 4.3 percent in December quarter this year amid concerns over crisis in the NBFC sector, according to...

India making sixth interest rate cut, still no cure for economy

Five interest rate cuts since the start of the year hasn't stopped India's economy from slowing to its weakest growth rate since 2013, but...

Saudi Arabia increases light crude prices for Asia to six-year high

Saudi Arabia raised on Monday its light crude prices for sales to Asia in January to the highest in six years, tracking gains in...

NIUM launches its cross-border payments platform in Indonesia

With the attempt to strengthen its position in Southeast Asia’s cross-border payment space. NIUM (a formerly known as InstaReM) on Wednesday, said that “It...

US, China seeks new site to sign tentative trade agreement, says President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump said that the US and China are working to secure a new site to sign a tentative trade truce and the...

InstaReM starts digital money transfer service in Canada

Solidifying the company’s presence in North America. Singapore -based cross-border digital payment company, InstaReM has announced the launch of cost-effective digital cross-border payments transfer...

Cross border payment company InstaReM partners with Joe Root’s R66T cricket coaching academy

InstaReM, a Singapore based leading cross-border digital payment and money transfer company on Tuesday announced it’s a partnership with The Root Academy (R66T Academy)...

Chinese authorities launch an investigation on FedEx’s delivery error

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into FedEx Corp over parcels delivered to the wrong addresses, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The...

Indian junk bonds make a big comeback in 2019

Sales of Indian junk bonds have made a big comeback in 2019, almost tripling to hit a five-year high, boosted by a risk-on rally...

Air India Express may lease Jet Airway’s Boeing 737 aircraft

Air India Express, the international budget arm of Air India, is examining the possibility of leasing some Boeing 737 aircraft of grounded carrier Jet...

Exim Bank extends two line credit worth of $180 Mn for two projects of Ghana

The Exim Bank has extended two lines of credit (LoCs) worth USD 180 million to two projects in Ghana. The bank has given a USD...

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