Asia-Pacific

Buoyed by the growing demand, over 45 data centres spanning 13 million square feet and 1,015 MW of IT capacity are planned to come up in India by 2025, a report showed on Tuesday. Altogether, there will be 183 data centres in the country…

Had COVID-19 not struck, Asia Pacific could have brought down extreme poverty to a level achievable in 2020 itself, enabling more people to improve living standards from surviving at less than USD 1.90 per day, an ADB report said. People…

Travelers of Australian low-cost airline Jetstar can now avail the facility and book seats on IndiGo flights as an interline agreement between the carriers. The agreement went live on Wednesday. "As demand for air travel continues to…

Delhi-NCR has been ranked 10th in the list of most expensive office market in Asia Pacific, according to Knight Frank. In its Asia-Pacific Prime Office Rental Index for Q2 (April-June) 2022, real estate consultant Knight Frank said that…

The risk of recession in a handful of Asian economies is rising as higher prices spur central banks to accelerate the pace of their interest rate hikes, according to the latest Bloomberg survey of economists. Sri Lanka, which is in the…

NEW DELHI: Indian travellers have emerged as the most intrepid in comparison to others in the Asia Pacificregion, displaying greater keenness to be out and about after the Covid-19 pandemic than their counterparts in Vietnam, China, New…

Deal activity (including mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and venture financing deals) in India grew 3.2% in May, although the Asia-Pacific region as a whole witnessed a sharp decline of 12.7%, from 1,330 deals to 1,161 deals,…

India’s high taxation structure on fuel and continued imposition of price bands are “bad ideas” that “retard” the recovery and growth of the aviation industry, said a senior executive at the International Air Transport Association…

SynopsisJust as the Quad was beginning to find its feet, Australia, the UK, and the US, came up with the Aukus pact. But does the Aukus, of which India isn’t part, overshadow Quad? Strategic-affairs experts in the countries that are part…