India is set to roll out a nationwide goods and services tax as part of efforts to boost economic growth. India ’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed the Constitution Amendment Bill, which ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... generated nationwide attention. "When this story aired on the news we were pretty surprised," the unidentified man's wife wrote in a portion of the letter quoted by The Townsman, asking for privacy fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... ercent of nationwide sales including imports last year. South Korea's imported passenger vehicle sales have surged 31 percent a year on average since 2011, when the free-trade agreement with the Europ ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
China will continue to loosen policies in the housing sector to support property demand, Moody's said on Friday. Property sales nationwide this year will be similar to the levels seen in 2014 due to t ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
... lizer use nationwide by 2020. "I believe it is absolutely possible to guarantee our food security strategy," he said, noting that farmers should use more organic fertilizers. Renmin University profess ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
... set up a nationwide blacklist system to record instances of improper behavior by Chinese tourists, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, adding that the new measures took effect on Monday. Improp ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
... p plans a nationwide protest at McDonald's restaurants on Thursday. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
The United States is launching a nationwide effort to dramatically slash infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria by 2020 to prevent deaths and curb overuse of antibiotics. Officials in the US Ce ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
Canada is launching a nationwide trading hub Monday that will make it easier for firms in the Western Hemisphere to do business in renminbi. China’s central bank is backing the new Renminbi Trading Hu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... nveiled a nationwide soccer reform plan after getting the go-ahead from President Xi Jinping last month. Revitalizing soccer is a must for building China into a sports powerhouse, according to the pla ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... triggered nationwide protests and drew scrutiny to police use of deadly force, especially against black men. Neither a grand jury nor the federal probe led to charges against Wilson. Jackson's departu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... restall a nationwide campaign against sexual harassment on public transportation that was to overlap with International Women's Day, according to human rights advocates and associates of those detaine ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
... d censors nationwide to purge official publications and forums of any reference to the film. The film has become such a hit because it zeroes in on two prominent groups perceived to have substantial v ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... and led a nationwide "reformasi" (reform) protest movement. The former deputy prime minister spent several years in prison after being convicted of corruption and an earlier sodomy charge. The latter ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... amid the nationwide antigraft investigations. Hong Kong buyers are increasingly finding overseas markets more attractive after a general 10 per cent fall in non-US currencies such as those of Austral ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... e couples nationwide may now have a second child if either parent is an only child. As of the end of 2014, around one million couples had applied to have a second child, the report said. Zhai Zhenwu, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... dagascar, nationwide climate plans in Indonesia and Vietnam and clean urban transport in Colombia. Development banks can also play an important role in designing financial tools that allow private inv ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
The Communist Party is conducting a nationwide survey to find out how many of its members have taken their own lives since China's anti-corruption campaign began two years ago, the Financial Times rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
More than 7,000 opposition activists have been arrested by Bangladesh authorities since the start of nationwide protests two weeks ago. The unrest has killed 29 people in a wave of bombings and road b ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... ld policy nationwide will not have an effect on the population and the economy in the short term, but will help bolster the labor pool and economic stability in the long run. In November last year, th ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
