According to a ranking published by Bloomberg last week, the Ambanis once again remain on the top of the list of the wealthiest families in Asia despite their recent losses, owing their riches to the Reliance Industries conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. The rest of the top 10 of the rankings is a blend of different industries, countries and also some global household names.
According to the 2023 World Happiness Report released on
Monday, Finland once again leads the ranking of the world's happiest countries consecutively,
for the sixth year. Even though its score (7.80) is considerably higher than the
rest of the countries, a significant portion of the top ten roundup are also
Nordic, with Denmark in second place (7.59), Iceland in third (7.53), Sweden in
sixth (7.40) and Norway in seventh (7.32).
Graduates in STEM – acronym for fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are in demand globally but often are in short supply. Many countries have tried to encourage their youth to enroll in STEM to facilitate important growth industries like medtech, digital services, mobility or computer sciences. However, countries have had varying success in the matter.
After observing record gains in wealth, ultra-high net worth
individuals (UHNWIs) lost a combined $10 trillion last year.
A lagging stock market knocked these fortunes against high
interest rates, energy shocks, and economic instability. But some of the
world’s billionaires have grown in this environment, posting sky-high revenues despite
of inflationary pressures.
Data driven from the list of Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, features
a snapshot of the richest people in the world in 2023.
Air pollution is considered to be extreme environmental health hazard to humankind, becoming a reason for over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that is equal to over $8 trillion dollars. This analysis is according to the World Air Quality Report 2022 released on Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company. The analysis revealed that out of a surveyed 131 countries, regions and territories, only 13 resulted in meeting World Health Organization air guidelines of annual PM2.5 concentrations at or below 5 μg/m3 in 2022, many of which were in Oceania.
Airbnb bookings were seen to be cut by more than 40 percent due to the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020, but were seen to bounce back remarkably well in 2021 and 2022. Driven by the strong uptick in international travel in 2022, Airbnb received bookings more than double compared to 2020 and last year, as the number of nights and experiences booked through the platform surpassed its pre-pandemic extreme. Viewing the gross booking value, Airbnb's performance in 2022 was even more impressive as it exceeded 2019 levels by more than 66 percent, all thanks to average daily rates that were considerably higher last year than they were in 2019.
According to the report Women, Business and the Law 2023, recently published by the World Bank, there are only 14 countries in the world which agree on full legal protections to women. Among them are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, as well as Germany and the Netherlands are the nations offering full equal rights for men and women, at least from a legal perspective.
Cities become “expensive” due to a number of factors such as high demand for housing, a concentration of high-paying businesses and industries, and a high standard of living. Furthermore, factors such as taxes, transportation costs, and availability of goods and services can also contribute to the overall cost of living in global cities.
The infographic uses data from EIU to rank the world’s most
and least expensive cities to live in.
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