China is spreading fake news about the Covid-19 situation in Taiwan, alleged a Taiwanese official. This is the reason that publicising and refuting some of the instances of false information that have been circulating online is being done by the… Read More ›
Sustainability
Antifungal Drug Shortage In India As Covid-19 Survivors Contract The Rare Complication
With the healthcare system of India reeling under a massive wave of coronavirus infections, the country said on Friday that measures were being undertaken to address a shortage of a medicine that is used for treating of a rare fungal… Read More ›
With Economy Reopening, Retail Spending Soars In The UK
After months of lockdown, retail shops have reopened in the United Kingdom and the British shoppers spend lavishly on new clothes in April, showed official data on Friday. According to experts, this was a further signal of a robust recovery… Read More ›
Despite Concerns Over British Farming, UK Offers Free-Trade Deal To Australia
A new set of trade deal terms have been offered to Australia by the United Kingdom according to which the two trading partners will phase out taxes on imports over a period of 15 years. There were reports of a… Read More ›
Danish Court Orders Carlos Ghosn To Pay Back $6 Million To Nissan And Mitsubishi
A court in Denmark ordered the fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn to repay 5 million euros ($6.1 million) in wages to Nissan and Mitsubishi in relation to a case that he had brought. At the core of this… Read More ›
Cellphone Fee Drop Offsets Input Costs As Consumer Price Fall Continue In Japan
A record drop in cellphone fees offset the rise in energy prices in Japan in April resulting in the country recording the ninth straight month of a drop in core consumer prices. This suggested that the economic recovery of the… Read More ›
Ford bets on electric version of its best selling F-150 pickup truck to beat Tesla
Ford Motor Co is betting that its electric version of its best selling F-150 pickup can beat rivals including Tesla since the model provides newer technologies to a familiar model that fleet owners and businesses are already familiar with and… Read More ›
Renewable energy to power Amazon.com Inc’s data centers
Late on Thursday, Japan’s Nikkei reported, Amazon.com Inc is negotiating to build a renewable power plant in Japan with Japanese power utilities and trading houses, in order to procure clean energy for its local data centers. The tech giant is… Read More ›
EPA waives environmental rule to ease fuel shortage in 12 states
U.S. environmental regulators have issued emergency fuel waivers to help alleviate shortages in reformulated gasoline in 12 states and the District of Columbia. The supply of fuel has become constrained five days after a cyberattack shuttered the country’s biggest pipeline…. Read More ›
Unexpected Surge In Chinese Export In April As US Recovers And India Stalls
With a growth in demand because of a fast rebound of the United States economy from the Covid-19 pandemic hit, there was an unexpected surge in the exports of China last month. The global export market of China was also… Read More ›