By EOS Intelligence

Talk to any top executive at Gucci, Prada, Tiffany (or any luxury brand for that matter) and they will tell you the importance of Hong Kong as a market in their business. For years, Hong Kong has ranked among the top five luxury hubs and accounted for about 5–10% of the estimated US$285 billion luxury goods market. However, the recent pro-democratic protests in Hong Kong against China have left luxury brands grappling, with many undergoing store closures. …

By IndraStra Global News Team

On December 12, 2019, a survey report* released by IBM and it’s subsidiary The Weather Company shows that as many as 94% of top Indian business leaders believe climate change and adverse weather conditions have had a negative impact on business operations while around 72% believe they disrupt local economy. Moreover, 89% of the people in India expressed concern that climate change could hurt the economy. The report also revealed that a significant number of Indians said they were not confident about the local weather forecasts.

Last month, on November 14, IBM’s The Weather Company…

By Samarth Kavoori

Obstacles linked to overpopulation is a ubiquitous debate among Indians today. Mumbai’s congested trains or Delhi’s bazaars are standard images that come into people’s minds while discussing the topic. Over the last few years, however, a conflicting argument has become popular. The view suggests that reduced birth rates could lead to an irremediable demographic problem that clashes with the dominant view of an overburdened planet. …

Oman’s Top-300 Energy Stakeholders to Convene at the 7th Gulf Intelligence Oman Energy Forum on Nov. 25th to Draft a Roadmap on How the Oil and Gas Industry can Help the Omani Economy Convert Climate Change Challenges into Economic Opportunities.

November 24, 2019 (Muscat,Oman) : The energy industry of Oman, the engine of the Sultanate’s economy, is well-placed to help the country tackle climate-change in alignment with the Paris Agreement by converting the challenges presented and converting them into new economic opportunities given the industry’s success over the last 50 years in supporting Oman’s transformation into a modern economy.

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On November 9, 2019, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced the completion of sea trials for the future HMAS Sydney (DDG 42)/NUSHIP Sydney (V). It is the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) third and final 7,000-ton Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), which comes with layered defensive and offensive capabilities — required to counter conventional and asymmetric threats.

AWD Alliance includes the Department of Defence (DoD), Raytheon Australia, and ASC Shipbuilding supported by Navantia Australia.

HMAS Sydney is based on the Navantia designed F100 frigate and is coupled with the Aegis Combat System. The keel was laid down on November 19…

The Nazis justified their many atrocities with the idea that all they did was in service to the creation of a new, human super-race. It took a World War and the horror of the Holocaust to defeat that idea.

Now the US and China are potentially heading into a genetic arms race with possibilities beyond what the Nazis could ever have imagined. The outcome could change the very nature of the human race. That is the alarm being sounded by Dr. …

On May 22, 2019, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) successfully launched the RISAT-2B satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the 72nd launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota and 36th launch from the First Launchpad.

PSLV-C46 lifted-off at 0530 (IST) from the First Launch Pad and injected RISAT-2B into an orbit of 556 km, about 15 minutes and 25 seconds after lift-off. After separation, solar arrays of RISAT-2B were deployed automatically and ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bengaluru assumed control of the satellite. …

It is exactly 25 years since Abu Dhabi and Austria signed a consortium agreement that laid the foundation for the strong and enduring commercial partnership. Core to this relationship is Mubadala`s shareholding in OMV based on the fact that Abu Dhabi acquired 13% of OMV shares from Österreichische Industrieholding AG (ÖIAG) in 1994. Later, Abu Dhabi increased its stake to 24.9% and in 2019 all the shares were transferred to Mubadala Investment Company.

The partnership between Abu Dhabi and Austria developed further in 1997 with initial acquisitions in Borealis a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins…