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IEA Warns Of Record Drop In Investments In Energy Projects In 2020
The largest drop in the investment in the history of global energy is being engineered by the novel coornavirus pandemic. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), investment in global energy expected to increase by 2 per cent before the… Read More ›
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China Targets Australian Exports In Retaliation To Calls For Coronavirus Investigation
It did not take long for China to strike back against Australia after Australia demanded the constitution of an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. On a Sunday morning television show in late April, support for an… Read More ›
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Slowing Down China And India Raises Uncertainty Of Global Economic Revival
China and India have driven much of the global growth since the global financial meltdown of 2008. But following the novel coronavirus pandemic, economic activity in both countries has plunged which has raised the risk of prolongation of the expected… Read More ›
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This Indian Firm Could Be Key To A Covid-19 Vaccine Reaching Corners Of The World
India’s Serum Institute, the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world by volume, could be the key to production of Covid-19 vaccines. This institute is currently working with a number of candidates for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus –… Read More ›
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ECB’s New Guidelines For Banks To Assess And Disclose Their Climate Risk Exposure
Banks in Europe will be asked to assess and then disclose the climate related risks of their lending portfolio by European Central Bank (ECB). This measure by the central bank of the European Union could also prompt EU based banks… Read More ›
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New YouGov Report Paints Worse Than Thought Picture Of UK Gambling Addiction
A new research work in the United Kingdom has warned that the rate of gambling addiction could be much higher in the country than believed previously. The report also claimed that almost half of the people who have developed the… Read More ›
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US Could Permanently Halt WHO Funding And Review Membership, Threatens Trump
If the World Health Organization (WHO) did not commit to improvements within 30 days, all funding of the world body by the United States will be halted permanently, warned US President Donald Trump on Monday. Trump also threatened that he… Read More ›
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Virus Pandemic Widens Gap In Focus Of Oil Majors In The Europe And The US Towards Clean Energy
A review conducted by Reuters on companies in the oil and gas sector has revealed that Europe’s top oil and gas companies believe that the novel coronavirus induced global health crisis will have a long-term drop in fossil fuel demand… Read More ›
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Internet Giants In Indonesia Will Need To Pay VAT Starting July
Starting July, big internet companies will need to pay value-added tax on sales of digital products and services in Indonesia. Analysts say that this move could be followed up by other countries as countries try to find out ways and… Read More ›
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Both The UK And The EU Should Concede Grounds In Brexirt Talks, Urges Both Parties
After the latest round of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union over post Brexit deals yielding little results, both the parties have urged that each one should conceded some ground in the negotiations for r a trade… Read More ›