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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Asia and the Pacific must overcome skills gaps and scale up technical training to create innovative economies able to generate sustainable, inclusive growth, says a new book by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Multiple political affiliations don’t bog the Bachchans down. The First Family of Bollywood is pleased to serve opposing political camps and still live happily together. In the wake of the make or break Gujarat elections, the Bachchan bahu Aishwarya has been roped in to endorse Narendra Modi’s ‘bhavya and divya’ (glorious and divine) Gujarat. Aishwarya seemed only too comfortable parroting, with some improvisations of her own, the same old fried-in the-oil-of- Hindutva tropes of Gujarat as a model state, as she kept insisting how “at home” she felt in Narendra Modi’s home turf.

In South Asia, it is not just resource-rich Myanmar that attracts international attention these days.

A favorable vote of Parliament for foreign direct investment in retail sector does not mean the end of the obstacles for multinational retail companies in India. The way central government managed to win the vote has clearly shown that it was not a vote in favor of FDI in retail, but it was a vote for saving the prestige of the government, which was determined to go for this policy.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $300 million to overhaul more than 900 kilometers of roads in India’s Chhattisgarh state, bringing better access to markets, businesses, social services and education for rural residents.

Global economic weakness is impacting Hong Kong SAR and real GDP growth is projected to slow to 1¼ percent this year. The slowdown is being driven by trade developments, with net exports expected to subtract 1¾ percentage points from growth. However, domestic demand is proving resilient owing to a supportive fiscal stance and continued strength in the labor market.