NEW DELHI: Even as it indicated a decline in underage marriage, data released as part of the National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) showed that 20.1% women – in the 20-24 age group – surveyed were married before 18 years, the legal age of marriage for women. This marks a decline of a little over three percentage points when compared to NFHS-5 (2019-21) when this was 23.3%.For men – in the 25-29 age group – 15.9% had married before 21 years, the legal age of marriage.This marks a 17.7% decline from the 2019-21 survey.On gender-based violence, the report said the percentage…
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A new expansion at the Dock + Food Hub aims to strengthen local seafood processing capacity, support food security and create new opportunities for producers across the Alberni Valley and beyond. The Dock+, operated by the Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA), is now a shared food processing facility of more than 20,000 square feet. As part of the BC Regional Food Hub Network, it is home to multiple anchor tenants and supports a growing network of local producers, seafood businesses, and food entrepreneurs. The expansion was a $5 million project that was made possible though support from the Government of…
All computer-based immigration systems went down for about five hours, between 4:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., forcing officers to clear travelers by hand at the peak of the morning rush, The Star reported. It was the second nationwide breakdown in five weeks, following a similar crash that stranded travelers for about two hours on April 23, and the latest in a run of failures at Malaysia’s borders.A multi-day autogate outage hit the two Johor crossings with Singapore in January, and a nationwide autogate failure in July 2025 left more than 380,000 foreign travelers stranded, according to Malay Mail.The January failure…
As UAE residents enjoy the fourth day of their Eid Al Adha holidays, Dubai Mall has announced that its public parking facility is now full.In messages displayed on electronic signboards across Dubai, the mall advised visitors to use public transport to reach the destination instead of driving. The mall is accessible by public bus services as well as the Dubai Metro. Additionally, several institutions are operating shuttle services to and from the mall for those planning to visit.Over the last few days, the destination has seen a huge footfall of revelers celebrating the long holiday weekend. The mall, which has…
May 30, 2026 JAKARTA, INDONESIA – EQS Newswire – 29 May 2026 – AIMS officially launched AIMS Indonesia on 25th May 2026, marking a major milestone in the company’s regional expansion and reinforcing its long-term commitment to Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The Grand Opening celebrated a defining achievement for the company: securing the BAPPEBTI licence, the regulatory authorisation that formally permits AIMS to operate in Indonesia. With this approval, AIMS Indonesia is fully authorised to serve the Indonesian market with high standards of compliance, fund security, and institutional-grade trading infrastructure. Held at the newly established AIMS Indonesia Office in central…
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As you might know, IHH Healthcare Berhad (KLSE:IHH) last week released its latest quarterly, and things did not turn out so great for shareholders. IHH Healthcare Berhad missed analyst forecasts, with revenues of RM6.6b and statutory earnings per share (EPS) of RM0.06, falling short by 6.5% and 8.6% respectively. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company’s performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. So we gathered the latest post-earnings forecasts to see what estimates suggest…
When a cha chaan teng in Busan, South Korea, made it into this year’s Michelin Guide, it was a sign of how far the Hong Kong tea restaurants have come since the 1950s and 60s. Both at home and abroad, cha chaan teng are hotter than boiling-hot Ceylon tea poured through a milk-tea cotton “stocking”. In Hong Kong, long queues form outside Milk Cafe branches, while social-media buzz surrounds the ramshackle Lan Fong Yuen on Gage Street, Central. Overseas, these cafes have spread to cities such as Seattle and New York.A popular working-class mealtime fixture since the mid-20th century, cha…
Merve Aydogan30 May 2026•Update: 30 May 2026The United Arab Emirates secretly carried out dozens of airstrikes against Iran during the initial days of its war with the US and Israel and continued up to the day after a ceasefire was declared in April, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report published Friday.The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said the operations were coordinated with the US and Israel, both of which provided intelligence support.Targets reportedly included strategic islands in the Strait of Hormuz, the port city of Bandar Abbas and major Iranian energy infrastructure, including a petrochemical complex…
Despite deep defense and economic ties, religion and identity have become major fault lines in the relationship between Washington and New Delhi. The deterioration of US-India relations under the second Trump administration is often viewed through the lenses of friction over trade, the shifting US positions on China and Pakistan, or the deprioritization of the Indo-Pacific in American national security strategy. But an invisible strain lies in the growing cultural tensions shaping political discourse in both countries. The fault lines between the United States and India are extending beyond traditional instruments of statecraft into issues of religion and identity. On…