Allegations that she had exerted pressure on World Bank staff to change a methodology to favour China during her time as World Bank CEO, were denied by Kristalina Georgieva, who is currently the chief of the International Monetary Fund. A… Read More ›
Sustainability
Nearly 2 Mln People A Year Are Killed Because Of Working Conditions, Says UN Agency Report
Every year, almost 2 million people die because of work related reasons, including form illnesses related to working long hours and from air pollution, showed a recent report published by United Nations agencies. In 2016, 1.9 million people all across… Read More ›
India Delivers More Than 22.6 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses On Friday
More than 22.6 million people in India were administered a single dose of vaccine in just one day on Friday which was three times the average daily total doses administered during the past month. A number of states of the… Read More ›
More Than Sixty South Korean Crypto Exchanges To Suspend Services
Customers of more than 60 cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea will be required to be informed of a partial; or complete suspension of trading on the exchanges by Friday midnight in response to a new regulation that is to come… Read More ›
More Covid-19 Vaccines Need To Be Sent To Poor Countries, Urge IMF And World Bank
Countries that have already achieved high rate of vaccination against Covid-19 were urged by the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other multilateral-organization leaders to increase their efforts to deliver more doses of the vaccines to low and… Read More ›
Zara Owner Inditex Report Quarterly Profits Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels
The second quarter sale of fashion brand Zara owner Inditex rose above its pre-pandemic levels, outpacing its Swedish rival H&M, as both firms bounced back from the pandemic crisis. With more stores of Inditex, the biggest fashion retailer of the… Read More ›
Bank of China must stop funding coal power plants abroad: Alliance of 35 NGOs
On Tuesday, an alliance of 35 non-governmental organizations told Bank of China, a major global investor in coal- power plants, that it must end the financing of projects which fuel global warming and instead support clean and renewable energy. In… Read More ›
Racial inequalities cost US economy $51 trillion since 1990
According to a paper presented at The Brookings Institution, racial and ethnic inequities have cost the U.S. economy nearly $51 trillion in lost output since 1990, said San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly. Daly is one of the three… Read More ›
France Raises Bird Flu Outbreak With The Virus Spreading Again In Europe
A bird flu alert has been raised by France after severe cases of the virus were discovered in backyard chickens in the northeast part of the country. This was in addition to the cases in neighbouring Belgium and Luxembourg. The… Read More ›
Yahoo Hires Tinder’s CEO As Its New Chief
Yahoo has roped in the top executive of Tinder and hired him to be its new chief executive officer. Apollo Management Group bought Yahoo, the search engine that is has lagged behind rivals for long, for $5 billion recently. On… Read More ›