India’s exports in 2020-21 may decline around 7.3 per cent to $290 billion compared to $313.36 billion in the previous fiscal due to a sharp fall in the first and second quarters induced by Covid-19 disruptions. But things may improve substantially next year, as per estimates made by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations.“Looking into…Continue Reading
HONG KONG, CHINA – 2019/06/23: German multinational footwear company brand Reebok store is seen in … [+] Hong Kong. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Reebok may be getting a new owner, as its German sportswear parent company Adidas looks to offload the household name brand. Once a…Continue Reading
PUBG Mobile, a game that probably does not need an introduction. It became a smash hit soon after it made its debut on mobile platforms in 2017. Since then, the game has seen tremendous growth both in terms of the number of active players and overall gross revenue.According to a report by SensorTower, PUBG Mobile…Continue Reading
Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes energy, education and health care. The huge, still-unreleased bill is slated for votes on Monday — with lawmakers having only a few hours…Continue Reading
Just six month after raising its first bit of outside funding, ClickUp has closed $100 million in new funding and reached a $1 billion valuation, a report in Bloomberg first reported. The company has seen plenty of growth in the past several months to justify that new unicorn status, including doubling the amount of users…Continue Reading
December 09, 2020 IKEA generates 0.1 percent of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. Can this $40 billion multinational company become climate positive by 2030? Jesper Brodin, CEO of Ingka Group, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how to grow a business while investing in renewable energy, sourcing sustainable materials, and building a circular economy. They…Continue Reading
The first two weeks of India’s Covid-19 lockdown in March came as a welcome break for Khushi Kaushal Shah. Until that point, the 17-year-old professional speed skater had been training non-stop.Shah is India’s top under-19 female speed skater. Before the pandemic, she would hit the rink for two to three hours in the morning to…Continue Reading
New York, Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “United Kingdom Facility Management Market – Growth, Trends, Forecasts (2020 – 2025)” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p05993764/?utm_source=GNW This is expected to rise to an estimated GBP 139 billion by 2021 (source British Institute of Facilities Management). This increase in value is attributed to…Continue Reading
Between March and September 2020, the UN Rwanda has mobilized more than Frw 19.6 Billion to support the Government of Rwanda in the fight against COVID-19. The numbers were made public this Friday 5 November during the UN One Family meeting with Donors, Development Partners, and the Government represented by Amb. Guillaume Kavaruganda, Director General in…Continue Reading
(Image credit: Pinduoduo) Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo is planning to raise up to $6.1 billion through a convertible notes offering and equity. Why it matters: Pinduoduo is looking to fundraise amid buoyed investor confidence on the company’s first-ever quarterly profit, reported in the quarter ended September. The fast-growing e-commerce platform plans to fund new business channels…Continue Reading
More than four billion people could be overweight by 2050, with 1.5 billion of them obese, if the current global dietary trend towards processed foods continues, a first-of-its-kind study predicted Wednesday.Warning of a health and environmental crisis of “mind-blowing magnitude”, experts from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said that global food demand…Continue Reading
