MUMBAI: The head of the world's largest vaccine maker directly tweeted US President Joe Biden on Friday (Apr 16) urging him to lift an export ban on raw materials desperately needed to make more COVID-19 shots. The unusual step by Serum Institute (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla underlined the crisis...
SINGAPORE: A four-storey building along Thomson Road has been acquired by the Government and will be demolished by the end of the year to facilitate the construction of the North-South Corridor (NSC). The 57-year-old building, located at 68-74 Thomson Road opposite United Square shopping mall ...
SINGAPORE: Grab Holdings, Southeast Asia's ride-hailing to delivery giant, is considering a secondary listing in its home market of Singapore after completing a Nasdaq listing via a US$40 billion SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) merger, three sources familiar with the matter said ...
BEIJING: China's economy expanded at its fastest pace in record in the first quarter, data showed on Friday (Apr 16), in a sharp turnaround from its historic contraction caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The world's second-largest economy was the only major one to grow at all in 2020, supported ......
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s DBS Bank has committed to zero thermal coal exposure by 2039, as part of “continued efforts to tackle climate change and work towards a lower carbon future”, it said on Friday (Apr 16). To achieve this goal, the bank will cease the onboarding of new customers who...
SINGAPORE: Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew at a faster pace of 12.1 per cent in March from a year ago, up from the 4.2 per cent growth in February. Growth was mainly due to non-electronics, which rose by 9.4 per cent year-on-year, according to official data released by...
