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The coronavirus spreads faster than expected in the United States of America. The developed nation saw the worst ever peak in January 2021 and expected a similar situation after one year in the country. 5.80 lakh new cases have been registered in the country and weekdays average 2.90 lakh positives per day in the United States. As per the stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children under the age of 17 between December 22-28 and more than 370 people a day are hospitalized with Covid-19. This is an increase of 66 percent over the previous week. In South Africa, where the Omicron was born, it was decided to lift the night curfew altogether.  Of the 50 states in the United States, 18 states have the highest number of cases. Hospital admissions rose 27 percent in the capital, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Ohio, and other states. Experts warn that the virus will not break out like a blizzard in the coming weeks as many young people are still not vaccinated. Pe...

Unfortunately, Omicron takes an active part in New Year celebrations across the world. In the last 24 hours alone, 16.04 lakh people have been infected with the virus. 7,317 people lost their lives. Compared to Wednesday, cases increased to 4 lakhs and deaths increased to 800. 4.65 lakh new positives were recorded in America. These are a bit low compared to the day before. The death toll was 1,777. Massive public events in the superpower are being canceled due to the virus. These include those set up in the wake of the start of the New Year. The number of cases in France is not less than 2 lakh. 2.08 lakh positives were recorded recently. 184 people were lost their lives. The number of victims in Germany (41,816) was another thousand more than on Wednesday. Mortality is highest in Russia (932) after the United States. Poland (794) also has the highest death toll. Although the number of cases in this country is between 15k deaths is huge. The UK, on the other hand, is being overwhelmed ...

Beijing had problems with all developed nations and also its neighbors. In particular, after the eruption of the Wuhan virus, China was showed aggressiveness towards others. Now, Beijing fumes at Elon Musk’s Space Satellites on space. China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station. China blamed that Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX made two close encounters with the Chinese Tiangong Space Station. Beijing has accused the US of violation of international treaty obligations in outer space. But Space X hasn’t reacted yet to Beijing’s allegations. Beijing raises international space protocol without showing evidence on its allegations. It is surprising that China is talking about International Protocol. No one can forget China’s openly flouted rules in the South China Sea. Space laws or treaties haven’t clearly defined the boundaries...

The aviation sector has been battered since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, with countless flights grounded in 2020 as countries closed their borders. Thousands of flights have been canceled across the world since Friday as Omicron-induced restrictions hit global travel and the chaos that ensued over the Christmas weekend spilled over in the coming week. Some aviation companies are in process of cancellation of their services whereas others are staring at massive losses for two years. The new variant of the Omicron is spreading at an alarming rate.  European countries, in particular, are reeling from the blow of the American omicron. Its impact fell on the aviation sector. Nearly 11,500 flights worldwide have been canceled since last Friday. Thousands of flights were delayed. According to flight tracker Flight Aware, nearly 3,000 flights were canceled worldwide yesterday, while 1,200 have been canceled today. During the busiest time of the year, during Christmas and New ...

As per one analysis, the Indian rupee is set to end the year as Asia's worst-performing emerging market currency. The second time in a row, Indian Rupee has been found to be the worst-performing currency in Asia. The rupee is falling dramatically against the US dollar in recent months. Rupee hits one week high and is recorded with 75.59 to the dollar. As per the Bloomberg, Indian rupee might fall further to 76.5 by the end of March 2022. The Indian rupee has fallen beyond 76 in March 2020 when Covid-19 destruct the global economy. The Indian Rupee falls to a seventeen-month low against the US Dollar. But this time what are the reasons for the downfall. In this quarter, the currency has declined by almost 2.2%. One prime reason observed is that global investors pulled out more than four billion dollars. As per the reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sold some of its dollar reserves to restrict the rupee downfall. Indian central bank was helpless to take solid measures because I...

It seems not a favorable period for tech companies in the recent past. Australia and the EU have imposed compliance rules on Facebook and Google. Twitter obeyed the new rules of India. Russian court rules search engine giant Google It was fined 7.2 billion rubles ($ 98 million) for failing to remove content it considers illegal. It is the first revenue-based fine in Russia. The court said the fine was based on Google revenue. However, these penalties are not limited to Google. Russia has lashed out at several technology companies this year. A Moscow court slapped Google with an unprecedented fine of nearly $100 million while Meta (formerly Facebook) received a fine of $27 million, both for failing to delete illegal content.  Usually, the fine is less than a million dollars, but this time it was a hefty fine. Despite repeated warnings to Google, the court imposed a fine for repeated misconduct. Google said it was reviewing the court order and would soon reveal what it would do ...

Once again lockdown name has been heard in China. Lockdown and pandemic restrictions have continued in different parts of the world. In particular, Europe is battling to fight against the new variant Omicron. Xian city is in lockdown after more than 230 new Covid-19 cases were detected. Early reports say that none of the positive cases showed the new Omicron variant. The Xi'an epidemic has turned into a military parade to show off the phalanx of the CCP's biological alien warriors. Xian is located 537 miles away from Beijing. There is a lot of difference in imposing restrictions in China on other nations. People have the worst experience at the time of the first lockdown in 2019. Lockdown in China means you may starve to death. Millions of people in Xian city were in the queue in frigid weather to take part in citywide testing. The city is known for terracotta warriors, is in the midst of another coronavirus outbreak. 63 infections were reported in Xian city on Wednesday and 23...

  There is an important milestone for credit and debit card users in India. From next year, the Reserve Bank will be introducing new rules on all debit and credit card transactions. RBI is coming up with new rules aimed at making debit and credit card transactions safer. RBI has issued key directives for online transactions using credit and debit cards. Credit card and debit card details already deposited on the respective websites and payment gateways are no longer deposited. New rules come into effect from January 01 st , 2022. According to RBI's new rules, RBI has said that websites, apps, and other credit card and debit card details should not be stored while shopping or making digital payments online. From next year, when shopping online, be sure to keep track of 16-digit debit and credit card numbers as well as CVV and expiration dates. If this is not possible then the tokenization method should be used. The RBI revealed this in March 2020 itself. According to Data Security r...

The tennis star Peng Shuai is the symbol of Beijing who reached to International Lawn Tennis. She was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking. Peng gave her first interview to Singapore media since she vanished one in which she denied ever accusing anyone of sexual assault. She gave a public appearance after 41 days. Peng said that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her and her social media post was misunderstood by people. Hashtags like #WhereisPengShual, #BoycottBeijing2022, and #metoo have seen widely circulated in social media since her disappearance.  Chinese Foreign Ministry confirms, Peng Shuai is safe and living her best life in Beijing. Peng Shuai says that there is no state surveillance on her. China is trying to avoid probe after Peng’s denial. In November, Peng accused in social media post that a former Chinese Premier Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her. As vice-premier, Zhang, ...

European countries are vulnerable to the blow of the Omicron variant. There are fears that the virus could increase in severity as people make more trips during Christmas. With this, sanctions are coming again. The situation is particularly alarming in the United Kingdom (UK). The new variant has spread across the country. Seven deaths in the world with Omicron so far have been reported in Britain alone. More than 90,000 cases a day were received in the country, with 60 percent being Omicron. Eighty percent of the latest cases in the city are related to Omicron. Reportedly, over the 30 percent increase in the number of patients in hospitals compared to last week.  Medical experts say that thousands of people are getting infected with the new variant. The government has warned that more than 3,000 people a day could be hospitalized if the lockdown is not imposed after Christmas. The lockdown is expected to be announced two weeks after Christmas or from January 1st. However, some in ...