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Elon Musk lands Time magazine’s person of the year for 2021

Highlights Elon Musk’s Tesla is the top player in the EV market and has around two-thirds of the market.   In April 2021, SpaceX won a...

All about the new Instagram ‘Take a Break’ feature

As parents, we are continuously trying to come up with innovative ways to reduce screen time for our kids. But, in this new normal where we ourselves...

GoodCarts Reveals 2022 Trends for Ethical and Sustainable Retailers

MINNEAPOLIS, December 10, 2021 /3BL Media/ -– Working with a growing community of more than 100 ecommerce retail members, GoodCarts sees the hig...

What Next After COP26? Be the Ball.

Before, during, and after COP26, I could not stop thinking about the final scene in the movie Caddyshack. In the fi...

World News in Brief: Indian general dies in crash; Germany gets new...

  India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and longest-serving four-star general Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, among 12 others, die...

World’s richest families got richer in 2021

As 2021 comes to an end, we explore the wealthiest families of 2021. These families own various businesses ranging from consumer, healthcare to financ...

Holiday shipping deadlines for USPS, UPS & FedEx: All you need to kn...

HIghlights All major US parcel delivery service providers have released their respective deadlines for shipping packages and cards for Christmas an...

World News in Brief: From Ukraine crisis, Beijing Olympics to Omicro...

US-Russia talks on Ukraine US President Joe Biden held a two-hour virtual meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine. Rus...

US mulls swift, tough sanctions to deter Russia from invading Ukrain...

The Biden administration is considering tough measures, including stopping the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as leverage to deter Russia from inv...

Kalkine Daily Brief: Top world news of the day 

Chipmaking giant Intel Corporation has announced that it would list shares of Mobileye, its Israel-based subsidiary that specializes in self-driving c...

China’s Evergrande hits 11-year low failing to repay creditors

Highlights  Chinese real estate firm Evergrande Group fails to repay creditors. Evergrande shares fell 20% on Monday after the Company announ...

Will the Wuhan-born coronavirus continue to impact our lives in 2022...

When will Covid-19 end? When will life come back to normal? Will we ever get rid of the masks and the fear that this pandemic has induced upon us in t...

Airbnb rentals illegal in NYC if occupants stay less than 30 days

Holiday rental company Airbnb Inc. braces for more troubles as regulators impose new rules. The San Francisco, California-based firm has been struggli...

Growing club of Indian executives running global tech giants  

Highlights  Indian-origin persons are holding the top-most posts at several global tech companies. The latest addition to the long list of In...

Didi: Why this Chinese ride-hailing giant wants to delist from NYSE?

Highlights  Chinese ride-hailing service provider Didi Chuxing said on Friday that it plans to delist its stock from the New York Stock Exchan...

Microsoft’s (MSFT) new Teams Essentials is dirt cheap – know feature...

Highlights The latest version is specially designed for small businesses and has key features like video calls, file sharing, calendaring, and grou...

Square Inc (SQ) changes corporate name to Block

Highlights Square Inc will officially become Block on Dec 10, the company said in a release on Wednesday. Square Inc’s ticker symbol SQ on...

Who is Parag Agrawal?

Highlights Parag Agrawal is appointed as the new CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey. Agrawal completed his bachelor’s degree from IIT-Bo...

Why is Jack Dorsey stepping down as Twitter CEO?

Highlights Jack Dorsey will step down as Twitter CEO. Parag Agrawal has been appointed as Twitter’s new CEO. Bret Taylor has been named as...

World in panic mode as Omicron arrives

Highlights Omicron has made its way to the UK, Germany, Italy, Israel, Belgium and Hong Kong. WHO has classified the new infection as a “var...