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Russia today faced a further tightening of sanctions as its armed forces continued their unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, with the Biden administration freezing any Russian central bank assets held within the USA or by Americans. The same order has been imposed on funds owned by Russia’s National Wealth Fund and ministry of finance.…

The Asia-Pacific paint and coatings industry will play a key role the growing global nanotechnology-based coating market, with the region expected to register most significant expansion of production in the coming decade, said a market report titled Nano Coatings Market Size, Growth, Industry Analysis, 2022-2029, published in December 2021 by India-based DataM Intelligence (1).…

UNIVERSITIES in the Netherlands are calling on the Dutch Government to cap the number of international students to maintain the quality of their degree programmes, Pieter Duisenberg, president of the Association of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), has told University World News (UWN) in an interview on February 14.…

The CEO of the American company that has been awarded a halal certification for hemp products containing active CBD (cannabidiol) ingredients has said his business will be contesting false claims about CBD, a non-psychoactive compound treating pain and relieving anxiety.

Fareed Syed, CEO of HalalCBD, based in Las Vegas, USA, told Salaam Gateway, that his company sells CBD tinctures and gummies in three flavours.…

The Tunisian halal poultry sector has claimed its good practice has been preventing livestock from becoming infected with bird flu, that can infect human consumers. Tunisia’s vulnerability to the disease is particularly intense because the country lies on the key wild bird migration routes between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.…

Global haircare brands are starting to recognise a gap in the Muslim market as they launch products for hijab-wearing women and include them in marketing campaigns. L’Oréal’s Kérastase is the latest international brand to target this segment, having positioned its first anti-hair fall (loss) range, Genesis, to appeal to hijab-wearing women in Malaysia.…

Pakistan’s Islamic retail banking sector is expected to see impressive growth in the years ahead, aided especially by an increase in Islamic mortgage lending as more faith-oriented customers choose Shariah finance when buying or building a home. Pakistan is the second most populous Muslim country in the world and the demand from its 227 million people for Islamic financial services are expanding fast – albeit from a low base.…

Pakistan’s retail banking sector is tapping into demand for Islamic consumer finance from religious-minded Pakistani expatriates via a government-backed digital accounts facility that enables remote buying of a property and a car in their home country.

In September 2020, the central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), allowed the 8.6 million non-resident Pakistanis (NRPs) to open a bank account in Pakistan through a digital and online process, without any need to visit a bank branch in person.…

The proactive move by the mainly Muslim south Asian archipelago of Maldives to boost halal tourism will make this country a larger market for halal-certified food imports. Imported food sold to its permanent population of 540,500 must be halal food under Maldives Food and Drug Authority (FDA) regulations, said Dr Abdullah Shiham Hassan a senior Maldives lawyer and past head of law in the faculty of Shariah law at the Maldives National University: “This is checked and monitored by the FDA regularly.”  …

Transport coatings innovators have been increasingly integrating graphene into their products, as researchers continue to leverage the functionality delivered by a sustainable material whose honeycomb lattice nanostructure offers major durability without adding bulk.

Researchers from Poland’s Gdańsk University of Technology have highlighted graphene’s flexibility and ability to adapt to the “roughness and curvature of the substrate surface” as a boon within paint and coatings design, especially for hard wear and tear uses, such as transport.…