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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Welcomes Louis Bidmead as Head of Transactional Liability Insurance for Asia and the Middle East

Middle East News 247 07/08/2023

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has named Louis Bidmead as Head of Transactional Liability Insurance for Asia and the Middle East. In this role he will work with BHSI’s global transactional liability team to provide BHSI’s comprehensive line of coverages to

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Completion of South Asia’s Largest Individual Wastewater Treatment Plant Benefits Five Million People in Bangladesh

Middle East News 247 17/07/2023

On July 13, 2023, the completion ceremony of the Dasherkandi Sewerage Treatment Plant (DSTP) project undertaken by POWERCHINA was held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others attended the ceremony. Sheikh Hasina praised at the ceremony, “The overall plan for wastewater management in Bangladesh began with the

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AVPN Announces USD 3 Million Asian Youth Mental Wellbeing Fund

News Desk 23/06/2023

New Delhi, 23 June 2023 – AVPN, the largest network of social investors in Asia, announced today the launch of a USD 3 million Asian Youth Mental Wellbeing Fund (the “Fund”) at the AVPN Global Conference 2023. The Fund is the first philanthropic pooled fund that focuses on youth mental wellbeing across Southeast Asia and South Asia. Yayasan […]

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Regional Conference of WMO’s Regional Association II (Asia) Concludes in Abu Dhabi

Middle East News 247 17/03/2023

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — The Regional Conference (RECO) of WMO’s Regional Association II (Asia), hosted by the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), concluded today in Abu Dhabi by issuing a high-level statement in support of the UN initiative ‘Early Warning for All’. The statement highlighted the urgent need to build national and community […]