ATLANTA, Sept 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — upGrad, Asia’s largest higher edtech company, has made another senior appointment to its leadership team – with the hiring of Srikanth Iyengar who joins as the CEO – Workforce Development, effective September 2022. Srikanth has over 2 decades of work experience spanning North America and…

BANGKOK, Sept 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — As Asia races to expand its variable renewable energy generation, more integration of generation, transmission and distribution technologies will be required to balance electric grids, enhance energy security and reach decarbonization goals. “Rising demands from intensive power users like data centers and the electrification of…

KUALA LUMPUR, September 26 (Bernama) — Chubb Insurance Malaysia Berhad today announced a commitment to reforestation efforts in Borneo through a collaboration with Animal Projects & Environmental Education Sdn. Bhd. (APE Malaysia). This initiative is in line with Chubb’s long history of supporting environmental and ecological restoration projects that protect biodiversity…

ROSEAU, Dominica, Sept 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The climate crisis is real. Several severe weather patterns are confirming this. Take Pakistan, the scale of the recent deadly flooding in that country is staggering to say the least. Floods triggered by early monsoon rains began in June and remained intense throughout…

BASINGSTOKE, England, Sept 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — A new study from Juniper Research has found the total BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) platform revenue will exceed $38 billion by 2027; rising from $11 billion in 2022. The rapid growth of 240% will be driven by BaaS’ ability to deepen relationships between brands and their customers by…

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as “AIST”) based in Tokyo will hold an international conference, “The 4th RD20,” from Tuesday, October 4, to Thursday, October 6, 2022, as part of Tokyo GX Week organized by the Ministry of…

SUBANG JAYA, Sept 26 (Bernama) — HAPA® Group has announced its latest partnership with Taylor’s University to expand the HAPA® Awards Series, an international awards programme for the region’s hospitality industry. Since its inception in 2002, the HAPA® Awards has been designed to set the excellence benchmark in the hospitality industry. The…

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) — PETRONAS is pleased to announce that the North Malay Basin (NMB) Phase 3 project in Block PM302, located 290 kilometres offshore Peninsular Malaysia, has recently achieved its first gas production. Block PM302 is operated by Hess Corporation’s subsidiary, Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. (Hess) with…

TORONTO, Sept 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Abaxx Technologies Inc., (NEO: ABXX) (OTCQX: ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Abaxx Commodity Exchange (ACX), announces SmarterMarkets™, its media platform producing a weekly podcast focused on redesigning markets and technology to better serve society, has…

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) — Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) and Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC), as the co-organiser, are delighted to announce their official sponsors for this year’s International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM 2022). The event will take place from…