Dubai: With COVID-19 disrupting travel and overseas studies across the world, uncertainties are still aplenty for prospective students who are looking to begin their courses abroad in 2021. So, a question arises – is it worth spending money on a course abroad, if e-learning is a continuing trend?
With the pandemic still spiking in several countries worldwide, the foreign education landscape has been evolving to adapt to a shift towards e-learning – at least for the time being, especially in countries with stricter travel restrictions in place.
Will pandemic-induced e-learning trends last?
Even before COVID-19, there was high growth and adoption in education technology, with related investments reaching $18.6 billion (Dh68 billion) in 2019 globally and the market for online education projected to reach $350 billion (Dh1.3 trillion) by 2025, data from the World Economic Forum showed.
»PUBG Mobile India Launch May be Delayed Indefinitely as Govt Seeks to Extend China Apps Ban
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PUBG Mobile India Launch May be Delayed Indefinitely as Govt Seeks to Extend China Apps Ban
PUBG Mobile India was earlier rumoured to launch in March this year, after cutting ties with China-based Tencent last year. A new report claims that the government is imposing a permanent ban on several Chinese apps.
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PUBG Mobile India s launch seems unlikely in the near future as the Indian government has reportedly refused to set aside its ban on multiple China-origin apps. As per a new report, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued fresh notices to TikTok and 58 other banned Chinese apps which purportedly states that the government is not satisfied with their response following their removal from the India-specific Google Play Store and Apple App Store back in June 2020. The report adds that the interim ban on these apps is now perman
One of 2020 s shining examples has been the Renaissance Capital IPO ETF (IPO), up over 111% year to date, Old Mission s Harry Whitton said in a Wednesday interview. The fund has grown to over half a billion dollars this year. It s really exciting, said Whitton, his firm s head of ETF sales trading. I think everybody s tied onto the whole record of IPOs happening this year in December, over 400 new issues launched in the IPO space.
Renaissance Capital expects heavy hitters such as SpaceX and Instacart to debut next year, and with that, the IPO ETF s gains to keep adding up.
Another fund family that s likely to build on its 2020 success is that of Ark Invest, which has brought in over $15 billion in assets year to date, Whitton said.