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What’s impeding global vaccination drive? Debunking myths about COVID-19 vaccines
July 26, 2021 01:15 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Vaccination has been a game-changing tool in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 3.6 billion people have been successfully vaccinated across the globe. Rising concerns about vaccine safety have triggered countless challenges.....
Why is China tightening the noose for tech companies?
July 26, 2021 12:24 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanThe crackdown by the Chinese government on its tech companies has been making headlines for about 10 months now. In the latest bout of crackdown, the Chinese anti-trust regulator – State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) – impo...
Chinese government cracks down on Tencent
July 25, 2021 05:04 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanThe Chinese communist government has cracked down on multinational technology conglomerate holding company – Tencent Holding Ltd – in a stated goal of restoring fair competition in the market. The State Administration for Market Regulati...
COVID-19 has a new epicentre; and that is worrying
July 25, 2021 03:09 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanAs COVID-19 pandemic seems unrelenting, it has found new epicentre: a yet another country in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region – Indonesia. In the past one month, the archipelago on the top of Australia has reported 1.07 million fresh COVID-19 ca...
How are M&As shaping the Australian oil and gas industry?
July 25, 2021 12:12 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Oil prices were on the move with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting the business of many Australian companies. With disruptions in the demand market, With M&As to shrink focus on core and profitable operations or expand c.....
What is bond market telling us about inflation?
July 24, 2021 12:53 AM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanA month back, fears over growing inflation gripped the financial system across the globe. The global economy seemed overheated. The global central banks were caught in a dilemma: economies had just crawled out of recession and needed some support; i...
What is a virtual private network? How does it work?
July 24, 2021 12:41 AM AEST| By Sonal SinhaSummary A virtual private network (VPN) is an encrypted connection over the internet from a device to the network. A VPN helps to determine the way data would be routed via a connection. A virtual private network operates on the network .....
What is vertical farming?
July 24, 2021 12:16 AM AEST| By Sonal SinhaSummary Vertical farming is a farming technique in which plants and crops are grown indoors in vertically stacked layers and under an artificially controlled environment. Hydroponics, aquaponics, and aeroponics are three techniques of vertical .....
Pegasus ‘snoopgate’ scandal: What we know so far
July 23, 2021 08:57 PM AEST| By Ankit SethiPegagus, highly sophisticated spy software developed by Israel-based cyber intelligence company NSO Group, can infiltrate even the most secure systems. Allegedly used as a surveillance tool by both state and non-state actors, the software has captu.....
Which are the most valuable companies in China?
July 23, 2021 02:52 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanHate me or love me, but you can’t ignore me: this is the statement that China might be humming to the world right now. Over the years, especially since the turn of the millennium, has grown at an unbelievable rate. By 2020, China had cemented...
Is India’s central bank set to roll out its own digital currency?
July 23, 2021 12:44 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanIndia – the world’s most populous country and a start-up hub – is likely to start its official central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC) soon. “RBI is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining...
What does Biden administration’s latest move on cryptocurrency mean for investors?
July 22, 2021 01:41 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanThere have long been concerns surrounding the underground economy supported by cryptocurrencies. Few years back, the global drug trafficking was also alleged to be supported by digital currencies. With more and more formalisation of cryptocurrencies,...
What is brewing in the APAC markets?
July 22, 2021 12:51 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanIt has been a mixed week for the Asia Pacific (APAC) equity markets – at least till now. While the key benchmarks across the region tanked in the beginning of the week, they recovered most of the losses in Wednesday’s rally. The trigger...
Worried about COVID-19? Here’s what you can do to stave off the virus
July 22, 2021 11:33 AM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanIn May, when India hit the second wave peak, the world hoped that the virus might have been gone for good. But the tenacious virus seems to have another plan. The virus can beat any mobile phone maker fair and square, when it comes to upgrades. The v...
How Bitcoin went from offering 122% YTD return to being an underperformer
July 21, 2021 02:03 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanBitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple coins - largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation In April 2021, when the world’s largest cryptocurrency – Bitcoin – touched the US$64,000 mark, it enthralled its investors with a whopping year-...
APAC markets bounce back in green on Wall Street rebound
July 21, 2021 12:03 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanSummary APAC markets have made a strong comeback. Australia, Japan are among the region’s star performers. Chinese shares remain flat. The equity markets in the Asia Pacific region rebounded on Wednesday after a day of huge losses y.....
COVID-19 fears continue to loom large on Tokyo Olympics
July 21, 2021 11:09 AM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanThe fears about a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic are still weighing heavy on Olympics 2020, as officials didn’t rule out the eleventh-hour cancellation. More and more athletes have started testing positive for the virus, and sponsors have...
‘Best day ever’, says Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin spaceflight launch
July 21, 2021 02:40 AM AEST| By Sanjeeb BaruahA glorious new chapter was added to the international commercial space tourism program on Tuesday. In 10 minutes and 10 seconds, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos along with a three-member crew, successfully reached space and landed back on Earth. In thes.....
Blue Origin spaceflight: All details about the crew and voyage
July 20, 2021 11:14 PM AEST| By Kamalika GhoshAmazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is all set to make history by going 100 kilometres above the surface of Earth on the Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket today (20 July), which also marks the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11’s mo.....
Britain’s complete unlock a calculated risk or a wild blunder?
July 20, 2021 04:22 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The UK government has announced easing of almost all COVID-19 restrictions. Experts have sounded alarm on Britain’s unlock strategy, calling it a threat to the world and a potential ground for the emergence of COVID-19 variants th.....
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