IREX Energy JSC, a member of SolarBK Holdings in the leading global exhibition Intersolar in Germany Following up with the goal of reaching out to the global market so as to “globalise the domestic”, IREX plans to attend many solar power exhibition events from major markets. Besides InterSolar 2019, SolarBK also attends annual events such as SNEC PV Power International Exhibition in Shanghai, China (June), Renewable Energy International Exhibition in India (September), SPI International Exhibition (September) in South America, and most recently, The Solar Show Vietnam (April 2019). SolarBK's attendance at big events not only affirms the Vietnamese brand's value in the worldwide market but also strengthens customers' trust in “Made in Vietnam” renewable energy solutions, according to the firm. To export to the EU, IREX has to satisfy the standards certified by international organisations such as UL, TUV, and most importantly the IEC 61215 (design and achieving … [Read more...] about IREX solar panels bring Vietnamese brand to the world
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India suspends cross border trade in Kashmir in new crackdown
India suspended cross-border trade with Pakistan-controlled Kashmir because it was being used to funnel weapons and drugs, the government said on Thursday, in a further crackdown in the volatile territory. Indian soldiers stand guard outside a market in Kashmir's Srinagar city - Photo: AP Trade across the “Line of Control” (LoC), or the heavily militarized de facto border that divides the two parts of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, has served as a confidence-building measure and to help the local population. But tensions between India and Pakistan have been running high ever since a Pakistan-based militant group claimed responsibility for bombing a security convoy in Kashmir. On Thursday, the Indian home ministry said it had been receiving information that militant groups were using the cross border route to send arms, drugs and fake Indian currency. It said that inquiries by the National Investigation Agency had shown a significant number of firms engaged … [Read more...] about India suspends cross border trade in Kashmir in new crackdown
India election: Major political personalities in the fray
Indian election officials check polling material and Electronic Voting Machines at a distribution centre in Hyderabad on April 10, 2019.—AFP Photo Narendra Modi The Indian Prime Minister is up for re-election and as of now the frontrunner to retain power. But he is also arguably the most polarising – and powerful -- political leader in India since the Late Indira Gandhi. Having led the BJP to a massive 283 seats on its own (well over 300 with allies) in the 2014 elections – the first time a single party won a majority on its own in 30 years -- Modi, 68, has spent the past five years leaving his imprimatur on the Indian body politic. For his admirers and supporters, or bhakts (devotees) as they are known, he has been just what the doctor ordered. A muscular approach towards dealing with Islamist terror emanating from Pakistan, an integrationist approach towards the conflict-hit state of Jammu & Kashmir and providing a corruption-free administration are his … [Read more...] about India election: Major political personalities in the fray
Wedded to debt: Fathers of Indian child brides trapped in bondage
For his 16-year-old daughter’s wedding last year, Makhanlal Ahirwal bought Bhawani saris, bangles and anklets, got her in-laws a water cooler, a bed, and utensils as dowry and threw a feast for 500 people in his village in central India. The celebrations added 200,000 rupees ($2,800) to an unpaid debt of about 100,000 rupees that he’d already taken on for the wedding of another daughter. To repay the original debt he had traveled 800 kilometers (497 miles) to Delhi the previous year, where he was lured by a promise of good pay at a construction site. Instead, he was held against his will and denied wages and food for three months before he was rescued. His experience is not uncommon in India, which is home to 8 million of a global estimated total of 40 million slaves - and where many poor families take out loans to cover marriages and then fall into modern slavery while trying to repay the money. "I worked over 12 hours and lived in a tent, but wasn’t paid a penny," … [Read more...] about Wedded to debt: Fathers of Indian child brides trapped in bondage
Abandoned by banks, Indonesia’s poor farmers turn to crowdfunding
Indonesian poultry farmer Yohanes Sugihtononugroho faced ruin four years ago when plummeting prices forced him to slaughter all 100,000 of his chickens and shutter his business. He blamed large-scale poultry farmers who carried out a mass cull after their birds fell sick, flooding the market and sending prices tumbling. “We were a small player fighting tooth and nail every day,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “When it all came crashing down, I was really depressed and didn’t know what I then wanted to do with my life.” Instead of turning his back on farming, the 26-year-old decided to help others struggling financially by setting up CROWDE, a mobile crowdfunding platform that allows users to invest as little as $1 in thousands of farms across Indonesia. Most of Asia-Pacific’s 422 million farms are run by smallholders with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access … [Read more...] about Abandoned by banks, Indonesia’s poor farmers turn to crowdfunding