SiN #72 – 74.8%
That is the share of electric cars in the total passenger car sales in 2020, in Norway according to the World Economic Forum. This is attributable to its policy regarding waiver of the otherwise hefty import duties and taxes on…
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SiN #70 – 75%
That is the percentage of world’s population that, according to Snapchat’s report, will frequently use Augmented Reality(AR) technology by 2025. The Snap Consumer AR Global Report 2021, done with the help of Deloitte Digital is based on interviews with 15,000+…
SiN #69 – $150 Billion
Globally, sustainable exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets hit $150 billion last year, vaulting 25 times higher than about $6 billion in 2015 according to MSCI. In 2020, sustainable ETFs saw record inflows of $75 billion, triple those seen in 2019.
SiN #68 – 14.73%
That is the weekly unemployment rate of India as of May 23 according to the think tank, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd. It is almost double that of the rate a month earlier – in the last week of…
SiN #67 – 1.1 Seconds
That’s how fast the Tesla Roadster can accelerate from 0-100kmh/60mph with the Space X option package, as confirmed by Elon Musk on Twitter. This is crazy fast considering the standard roadster is claimed to hit 0-100kmh in 1.9 seconds!!
SiN #66 – 3x
A 2018 study by the researchers of Oxford showed that producing a glass of dairy milk results in almost three times more greenhouse gas emissions than any plant-based milk.
SiN #65 – 350
That is the number of startups that operate in blockchain and cryptocurrencies in India. There are approximately 1.5 crore Indians who have invested in cryptocurrencies holding Rs 15,000 crore according to Moneycontrol. Ironically, Indians have substantial exposure to crypto even…
SiN #64 – $66.5 Billion
That is the net worth of Gautam Adani of Adani Group as of May20th, making him the second richest person in Asia surging past Chinese Billionaire Zong Shanshan, founder of the Nongfu Spring beverage company. The list is topped by…
SiN #63 – 258,700
That is the total number of employees working for the Logistics division of the Chinese E-commerce giant JD.com. For a comparison, that is almost double that of the whole of Alphabet, Google‘s parent company(135,301).
SiN #62 – $1 Million
That is the prize money for 5 lucky winners, who stand a chance to be a millionaire, by way of a lot, announced by the Governor of Ohio, US. The eligibility criteria? You just need to be vaccinated. It is…