In the double title fight, Vijender will take on reigning African champion Amuzu for defending his two titles WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight.
Choo Tze Huang, the Singaporean golfer is playing on a sponsor's invitation made an encouraging start by posting a 66 to grab a share of fifth place together with Australia's Ashley Hall and Lu Wei-chih of Chinese Taipei.
As India prepares to host the leaders of the 10 ASEAN nations for a commemorative summit next month, a new book says that the election of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister has brought about a change to the relationship between India and the regional grouping and that New Delhi can provide strategic balance in the bloc given the geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is busy shooting for "Thugs of Hindostan" in Thailand, finds it admirable to see women working on the set, saying they are taking over the world.
Singapore's health authority issued advisory asking professionals not to administer a dengue vaccine to patients who have not been previously infected by the virus.
Telecoms services provider Singtel on Monday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Mobike to collaborate in the field of mobile payments, data analytics and others.
Singapore stocks ended little changed on Thursday, as gains in lenders such as OCBC and United Overseas Bank were offset by the weakness in Asian shares after U.S. tech stocks slumped overnight.
Thai Beverage, a maker of wide range of branded beer and spirits in Thailand, said its unit BeerCo bought a 49 percent stake in Vietnamese management consultancy firm.
The reigning Miss Supranational Srinidhi Shetty from India will be crowning the winner of Miss Supranational 2017 at the spa resort city of Krynica Zdroj.
Japan still considers the Philippines as one of its favoured business destinations, particularly in the expansion plans of Japanese business firms to establish new factories and operations.
With just a few more days left for the finale, contestants from around the world are gearing up in the race to clinch the much coveted Miss Universe crown.