Ravi Velloor
Associate Editor at The Straits Times
Associate Editor &Snr Columnist, The Straits Times. Author: India Rising-Fresh Hope, New Fears. Public Speaker. Music buff. Jefferson Fellow.
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6 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor
FOR SUBSCRIBERSIn Good CompanyMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates says that like any technology, AI can be misused.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNGPUBLISHED May 09, 2025, 07:00 AMSINGAPORE – If Mr Michael Bloomberg, founder of the eponymous financial information empire, says the wellspring of his vast philanthropy was a special look he spotted in the eyes of the great givers, then Mr Bill Gates can justifiably turn his orbs on full beam.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor
UPDATED May 07, 2025, 04:30 PM
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor
UPDATED Apr 27, 2025, 05:00 AM
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3 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor
Nearly three decades ago, East Asia entered two years of the most severe economic contagion, triggered by the collapse of South Korea’s Hanbo Steel and a few months later, the massive devaluation of the Thai baht. The chain of events accelerated with the July 1997 Thai devaluation, sweeping across South-east Asia. It ravaged Malaysia and, particularly, Indonesia. Thousands of businesses shut down and millions went out of work as the Asian financial crisis spread.
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4 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor
Seventy years ago this week, in the afterglow of Asian decolonisation, 29 Asian and African nations came together in the Indonesian city of Bandung, seeking to give the developing world a new and positive direction. South-South cooperation was embodied in the final communique’s call for economic cooperation and technical assistance at the conclusion of the conference held from April 18 to 24, 1955. But it went beyond that.
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