There are some institutes where a national level competitive exam or a board exam score is necessary to select the admitted students out of a large pool of applicants...

https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs/10th-12th-board-exams-cancelled-postponed-unprecedented-impact-of-covid-19-on-education-says-expert/2249051/

#TheFinancialExpress

Copper prices touched record highs
in both London and Shanghai markets on hopes for improved demand
amid tightening supply...

https://www.reuters.com/article/global-metals/metals-copper-hits-record-high-on-higher-demand-hopes-tighter-supply-idUSL1N2MX08B

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Sea freight lead times ---remain challenging--- due to the pandemic, group said on Monday...

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/energy-and-resources/revenue-at-irish-engineer-mincon-ahead-of-last-year-1.4560273

#irishtimes

GBP/USD has bounced as the BOE upgraded its outlook and horrible US jobs figures. UK GDP and US consumer figures promise another busy week in cable. Early Mays daily chart shows bears are gaining some ground. The FX Poll is pointing to short-term falls before and upswing later. Something is ...

https://www.forexcrunch.com/gbp-usd-can-americas-cooldown-send-sterling-above-1-40-uk-gdp-us-consumer-eyed/

#ForexCrunch

There are growing indications that India's latest wave of Covid-19 infections will add to risks among by sapping near-term momentum from the economic recovery...

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/relief-to-postpone-financial-stress-from-india-s-covid-surge-fitch-121051000334_1.html

#business-standard

Prince Michael of Kent was the first member of the royal family to learn Russian, of which he is a qualified interpreter...

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prince-michael-kent-cousin-queen-elizabeth-ii-accused-selling-access-putin-1690158

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir's sprawling scrapyard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric...

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-government-and-politics-1b7c281eb7df53b24c08ac6d5fef6085

#APNews

Alexander Zverev won his second Mutua Madrid Open title on Sunday, with a three-set win over Italian Matteo Berrettini to move up to fifth in the ATP Race to Turin...

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/madrid-masters-alexander-zverev-makes-ground-novak-djokovic-win-over-matteo-berrettini-1690169

Keith Pitt, the minister for resources, water and northern Australia, has refused to say a battery, no matter the size, is able to back up a wind farm. Sky News reporter Tom Connell was pressing the minister on the reasons for his rejection of funding for a green energy hub in north Queensland, with...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2021/may/10/clarke-and-dawe-keith-pitt-refuses-to-say-a-battery-can-back-up-a-wind-farm-video

#theguardian

Dev team doesnt have necessary hardware, and even if they could afford it eBay is empty Open Solaris spork Illumos has decided to deprecate support for SPARC CPUs...

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/05/10/illumos_deprecates_sparc_support/

#TheRegister

The Butterfly Effect Re-Setting The Global Paradigm

Authored by Alastair Crooke via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

The shift of paradigmcentred onthe U.S. pivot away from West Asia naturally impacts on IransJCPOA calculus...

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the idea that small things ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/butterfly-effect-re-setting-global-paradigm

#ZeroHedge

Indian share market indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 ended April 2021 on a negative note, falling up to 2.5 per cent on the back of rising COVID-19 cases and announcements of lockdown-like measures...

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/stocks-to-buy-in-may-nifty-dec-target-at-16100-markets-to-remain-range-bound-on-rising-commodity-prices/2249050/

#TheFinancialExpress

Santander says it will not lend to the self-employed if they received government help in the past three monthsCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI desperately need some help after Santander declined our remortgage application. I have never earned more than I do now and ...

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/may/10/covid-furlough-payment-to-help-staff-lost-me-mortgage

#theguardian

The post How a dam upgrade project is showing the growing presence of women in engineering appeared first on NS Energy.
International Water Power & Dam Construction (IWP&DC) magazine takes a look at how theEwen Maddock Dam upgrade project in Queensland, Australia, is showing the growing presence of ...

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/dam-upgrade-project-women/

#CompeloEnergy

"The lockdown closed most of the avenues for spending and even after the lockdown was lifted a heightened uncertainty resulted in households' behaviour drifting towards conservation of cash."Indians are worried about their finances, as per one economic parameter, at least.Since the onset of the ...

https://qz.com/india/2006292/the-pandemic-has-made-savings-a-priority-for-indian-households/

#Quartz

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 Italys Ambassador to Malaysia Cristiano Maggipinto is positive that bilateral trade between Italy and Malaysia will flourish this year despite the setbacks caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. He pointed out that in...

Malaysias exports to Italy also had a very slight ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/10/envoy-says-malaysia-italy-trade-relations-on-solid-ground/1973052

#TheMalayMailMoney

Unveiled in a pair of announcements, the Victorian government will invest millions into technology aimed at bushfire prevention and bridge maintenance...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/victoria-to-invest-au133-million-into-digital-radios-for-bushfire-prevention/

#zdnet

With the numbers of COVID-19 positive cases going up, the Indian Armed Forces continue their relief missions, and countries across the world continue sending aid to India to help in the fight against the pandemic...

https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/iaf-continues-airlifting-oxygen-and-medical-aid-canada-japan-send-more-help/2249041/

#TheFinancialExpress

[New Times] Rwandan cyclists were disappointing in the 2021 Tour du Rwanda as none came in the top twenty in the general classification which was dominated by foreign riders...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100068.html

#AllAfricaNews

China's yuan jumped to a
3-1/2-month high against the dollar on Monday, underpinned by
broad dollar weakness, as investors continued to assess the
implications for monetary policy of a disappointing U.S.
employment report.
The currency's strength is fuelling speculation the central
bank may step...

https://www.reuters.com/article/china-yuan-midday/yuan-jumps-to-3-1-2-mth-high-market-gauges-c-bank-tolerance-idUSL1N2MX069

#Reuters

[Nation] After failing to eliminate her husband Solomon Mbuthi's perceived lover, Jane Muthoni turned to the very men who had chickened out of killing her competitor, Margaret Kimindiri, with a new target and more money...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100069.html

#AllAfricaNews

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:INFLATION SURGE?A key measure of U.S. inflation is expected to have increased in April for the third straight month...

https://apnews.com/article/retail-sales-consumer-prices-prices-health-coronavirus-pandemic-7b9b46deed55c1a65665014b27f3d8fd

#APNews

Originally posted onEVANNEX. by Charles Morris Around the time Tesla announced plans to build the Shanghai Gigafactory, Chinas government rolled out the red carpet. Relaxed regulations on foreign ownership, expedited building permits, even an offer of a residence permit nothing was too good for Elon...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/10/whats-going-on-between-tesla-china/

#CleanTechnica

[This Day] A report released by the United Nations has estimated that about 155 million people in 55 countries including Nigeria are facing acute food insecurity and require urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100037.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Leadership] Abuja -- Amid assurances that schools in the Federal Capital Territory are safe, some parents and guardians were seen at the Government Secondary School, Kuje, at the Weekend withdrawing their children and wards from the school's boarding facility over fear of attacks by bandits...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100038.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Leadership] Lagos -- Seven months after the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) flagged off the evacuation of cargoes from Lagos Ports to Onne Port, Rivers State and Onitsha Inland port in Anambra State, the service is yet to become operational...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100040.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Daily Trust] The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, says the government is carrying out serious, intense and sustained efforts to revive the steel industry to improve the socio-economic fortunes of the country...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100041.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Daily Trust] Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to speak up on insecurity in Nigeria...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100043.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Daily Trust] The Presidency yesterday said over 2,000 hectares of land with titled documents haf been given by 24 States for President Muhammadu Buhari administration's social housing programme...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100044.html

#AllAfricaNews

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without a big food company making promises to deliver products from green, sustainable farms. Turning those promises into reality, though, can be complicated...

https://apnews.com/article/business-financial-markets-7d0ec881cee49dc41656d0e9ac6e2486

#APNews

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans on Sunday took to social media to express their heartfelt love as the world marked Mother's Day with most narrating the special role mothers have played in their lives...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100048.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 316 COVID-19 cases, from 4,251 screened samples marking a 7.4 per cent positivity rate...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100049.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Police Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai on Sunday directed Gender and Children's Directorate to probe claims of harassment and graft in the National Police Service, made by a female officer in a viral video clip...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100050.html

#AllAfricaNews

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President's spouse Rachel Ruto has sent a heartwarming message to all mothers praising them for continuously taking up the role of nurturing and loving their children...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100051.html

#AllAfricaNews

[East African] Tanzanian leader Samia Suluhu Hassan has embarked on a diplomatic charm offensive in the region to promote her country as an investment destination, inspiring optimism about the realisation of the nation's huge economic potential for the benefit of the region...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100052.html

#AllAfricaNews