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Lockdown to end soon? NSW inching closer to 70% vaccination mileston...

Highlights  NSW will start reopening the state after three months of COVID-19 lockdown. Australia is set to start vaccine passport services w...

Doha negotiators sidelined in new Taliban regime

Highlights Mullah Hassan Akhund has been appointed as Afghanistan’s Prime Minister. Mullah Baradar – a comrade of Mullah Omar –...

Employees are resigning in droves: What’s fuelling the Big Quit?

One of my favourite mentees, Sonal Gupta (name changed), who has turned out to be a competitive journalist, was recently talking to me about her profe...

Asia Pacific: Closed borders, porous markets

Highlights Other than India and Vietnam, not many equity markets have seen abnormal returns in 2021 Lot of major economies in the region have shut...

EI Salvador grabs the spotlight adopting Bitcoin as its official cur...

Highlights EI Salvador became world’s first country to make Bitcoin its official currency. The country bought 400 bitcoins running ahead of...

After space mission, Jeff Bezos eyes age reversal solutions

Altos Labs, a startup that works on reversing biological aging, plans to open a Cambridge UK-based research lab. The company is funded by Amazon&rsquo...

Which are the 5 best AI companies worldwide?

Artificial intelligence is simulation of human intelligence by combining several technologies and computer systems. Some of the applications of AI are...

Can’t afford Bitcoin? Here are top three cryptocurrencies under US$1

Highlights While some cryptocurrencies are trading at abnormal prices; some of them are below US$1 The star performer below US$1 has been Dogecoin...

Global semiconductor shortage may stretch to 2023

Highlights The COVID-19 pandemic-induced challenges have badly hit the manufacturing and supply of semiconductor chips in the global market. The w...

Jewish people ring in new year with Rosh Hashanah celebrations

Highlights Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time of annual celebrations for the Jewish people across the globe to embrace the coming year....

COVID-19 in Australia: No letup in sight despite continuous lockdown...

Some of the Australia’s major cities have been under lockdown for almost three straight months now to contain the third wave of the COVID-19 pan...

What is Bitcoin mining? Why is it not yet ESG compliant?

Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are gaining traction. The global economy has gone through a rough patch over the last one year, which has impacted the Bi...

Two decades after 9/11, the wounds are still fresh!

Highlights The world abided together to fight terrorism after the horrifying 9/11 terror attacks. After years of struggle to fight and combat terr...

Australia’s ASX200 features among APAC top performers over last year

A stock market ticker shows financial gains and losses Highlights ASX200 is among the top gainers in the APAC region. Vietnam’s VN30 has...

COVID-19 pandemic: have we reached endemic stage?

At the endemic phase, a disease might not always be prevalent with elevated spread levels but may continue there for a longer duration with intermitte...

Japan PM Suga set to resign, Tokyo stock markets at a 30-year high

Highlights  Japan PM Yoshihide Suga is set to resign amid public dissatisfaction over his handling of Covid-19 and the Olympics. Serving for...

Five stocks Warren Buffett is still pursuing

Warren Buffett, 91, is arguably the most successful investor of the 20th century and that’s the reason why Wall Street keeps a close eye on his...

APAC markets mixed; ASX200 in red despite positive GDP numbers

Highlights ASX is trading in the red despite better-than-expected GDP numbers China markets are in the green. Japan is the biggest gainer in the...

How many jabs of vaccine are needed to protect you from COVID-19?

With 221 countries and territories affected till now, the COVID-19 cases, as on date stand in excess of 218 million – sending the world economy...

Why are investors eyeing Nasdaq Listed NIU Technologies?

Highlights  NIU technologies is a China-based electric two-wheeler maker and seller. The company is listed on NASDAQ. The company has report...