The 2020 US Elections' Indian obsession

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The 2020 US Elections' Indian obsession The race for the American presidency is heating up, with the Democrats formally announcing Joe Biden as their candidate and as November draws closer, both camps are wooing all demographics. The Indian connect of top influential CEOs On the list is Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group. The company started as a steel trading business to grow into a multinational conglomerate operating across industries such as real estate, automotive, and information technology. Anand is also on the board of Invest India, an agency established by the government to showcase investment opportunities in the country. Twitter followers: 8,073,171 E-commerce trends from the post-COVID world India's non-metropolitan regions are showing a considerable presence in the race for online retail, suggests a new report by e-commerce focused SaaS platform Unicommerce, reports IANS. Chinese stake in Indian banks raises alarm After picking up a stake in housing finance major HDFC, the Chinese central bank People's Bank of China has acquired a very small stake in ICICI Bank through the recently closed Rs 15,000 crore share sale by the country's second largest private sector lender reports PTI. Japan's PM Shinzo Abe battles colon disease even as speculation about his health grows Abe suffers from chronic ulcerative colitis and has spoken of struggling with it since junior high school. A flare-up in 2007 forced him to quit as prime minister.​ High levels of just one type of molecule seen in COVID-19 patients prevents immunity Scientists, including those from Harvard University in the US, noted that the release of massive amounts of molecules involved in cell-cell signalling in the body called cytokines can lead to some of the most severe symptoms of COVID-19. In China, a Trump wax statue maker laments virus impact Located in the outskirts of Shanghai, Shanghai Maiyi Arts exhibition hall doubles as makeshift museum, where guests can pose next to replicas of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, martial arts star Jackie Chan, and others.​ Study dispels doubts over the transmission of the coronavirus through breast milk A study by University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California Los Angeles suggests breast milk cannot transmit the COVID-10 virus to the infant. KKR takes to Twitter to show team rooms According to a report by PTI, IPL's star-studded teams Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals, and Kolkata Knight Riders arrived in the UAE on Thursday. Bayern Munich win their sixth UEFA Champions League Longest season ends with Bayern Munich beating PSG for 6th Euro Cup. PSG has yet to lift the European Cup despite more than $1 billion being spent on players in the nine years under Qatari ownership.

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