News by Numbers
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From World Bank to Meta, a look at Sheryl Sandberg's journey as one of the world's most influential women
Sheryl Sandberg is finally leaning away from her responsibilities as COO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Sandberg, Meta's second most powerful executive, made the shock announcement on Wednesday that she will leave after a 14-year tenure. Here's a quick glance at her work so far
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World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco kills over 8 million people every year
Here's a look at shocking numbers depicting how Tobacco is poisoning our planet each year, according to a recent report by WHO
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World military expenditure has surpassed $2 trillion for the first time; India among the top 5 spenders
Here's a look at how much did US, China, India, UK, and Russia spend on their military in 2021
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Indian ecommerce market to grow by 96% between 2021 and 2025: report
As per the 2022 Global Payments Report by Worldpay from FIS, buy now pay later (BPNL), which is the fastest growing online payment method, will account for 8.6 percent share in India's ecommerce market value by 2025
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What is QUAD, and how does it work?
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as QUAD, is an informal strategic forum comprising India, Japan, Australia, and the US. It primarily addresses maritime security, climate change, Covid-19 relief, among other things
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India added 8.8 million jobs in April
Where on the one hand, manufacturing and construction sectors saw an increase in labourers, India's agriculture sector on the other, saw a sharp decline
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Why the pandemic is far from over
A few countries a still seeing a spike in Covid-19 cases, mostly led by Omnicron sub-variants that could turn out to be more infectious. A look at the trends in some countries battling the coronavirus scourge, and the variants responsible for it
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Messi is world's highest-paid athlete in 2022
According to Forbes' estimates, world's ten highest-paid athletes collectively earned $992 million over the last 12 months. Here's a look at the top 10 highest paid athletes in the world
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122-year record: Why is it so hot in India this summer?
Summer began early this year, with record temperatures in March and April in certain parts of the country. Temperatures continue to rise and there have already been four heatwaves this year—two in March alone. Here's what's causing the extreme heat
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From Microsoft-Activision to Musk's Twitter buyout: Largest tech acquisitions of all time
Microsoft acquiring gaming company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion has been recorded as the largest tech deal of all time. Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter falls at the third rank. Here's a look at the largest tech acquisitions of all time, with some details on each of them
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Timeline: How Elon Musk's Twitter buyout unfolded
Within a month, Musk has gone from revealing he's the largest shareholder of the micro-blogging platform, to buying it out. Here's a timeline of how it unfolded