Japan’s Education Ministry eyes using digital textbooks as official schoolbooks
The move is likely to spark debate as it would drastically transform what form textbooks — the foundation of the country’s school education system — should take.
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Misleading mooncake ads, vulgar content: China’s influencer network firms face regulatory clean-up
Now, authorities are targeting companies known as multichannel networks (MCNs), which help online content creators to plan content as well as market their channels in exchange for…
Fur-tune tellers do brisk business as more animal lovers in Singapore seek help from ‘communicators’
Anecdotal evidence suggests that with rising pet ownership, a growing number of fur parents are turning to animal communication to understand their pets’ inner worlds.
Controlled drug Ketamine a lifeline for patients with severe depression in Singapore
Since October 2020 – when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) first authorised sale of an esketamine nasal spray for serious depression – five psychiatrists who used the…
Kidney patients deprived of dialysis service at Nepali hospital
Local people, patients, and their relatives criticise the government and authorities concerned for not operating the dialysis service at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences.
Pet care leave: A new perk for pawrents in some Singapore firms
The Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) said the number of licensed dogs in Singapore has gone up by 30 percent since 2019. There are now about 91,000 licensed dogs in the country.
Why do Dhakaites feel richer in winter?
Individuals seem, or at least feel, more fashionable, more active, and, strangely enough, wealthier suddenly when the temperature drops.
Pakistan tops annual smoking death toll in South Asia: report
According to the Global Burden of Disease 2024, Pakistan reported an annual death rate from smoking of 91.1 per 100,000 people, notably higher than the averages for South Asia…
Two ‘off-label’ chemo drugs used together to fight bladder cancer successfully in Singapore
The new union of gemcitabine and docetaxel was offered from October 2023 specifically to patients who were unresponsive to treatment and at higher risk for surgery. They are now…
Indonesia’s poverty rate at historic low despite uptick in inequality
The Statistics Indonesia report notes that 24.06 million people were living below the poverty line in September, down from 25.22 million in March when the rate was at 9.03 percent.