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Targeted ETFs to Consider as Biden Eyes Infrastructure April 1, 2021 As President Joe Biden looks to update and upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure, ETF investors can turn to targeted sector plays to capitalize on the spending spree. Biden is expected to call for a roughly $2 trillion package to invest in roads and bridges, along with plans to fight climate change and boost human services like elder care, Reuters reports. The potential spending plan, which is expected be announced on ...

Abstract Located on Iceland’s southwestern coast, Vetnibörg is a thriving metropolis established to revitalize Iceland’s economy following its financial collapse in 2008. Today, with 240,000 citizens, Vetnibörg boasts the world’s first hydrogen economy, supported by sustainable design principles that reduce the use of non-renewable resources and create a healthy environment for its citizens. Vetnibörg’s multifaceted energy infrastructure harnesses renewable, carbon neutral energy. En...

Credit: Photo by Victoria Heath on Unsplash A large cross-national survey of Europeans showed that managers were more likely than non-managers to report restless sleep. However, women managers reported better sleep quality in countries with greater gender empowerment, while men managers reported better sleep in countries with stronger economies. Xiao Tan of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 17, 2021. Previ...

Niger uranium mine closure: hundreds of jobs cut, concerns for environment Issued on: A Cominak site near the Akouta mine in Arlit, Niger AFP PHOTO PIERRE VERDY 3 min A uranium mine in the northern Niger town of Arlit is scheduled to shut down on 31 March, cutting 600 jobs, after its resources were depleted, leaving mine workers without jobs and a very small payout package, according to an official of the National Union of Mines. ...

Kerala is famous for electing the Left Democratic Front and United Democratic Front by rotation. That tradition is going to be broken. I join those who predict that Pinarayi Vijayan will win the coming election and stay on in office, making him the first Kerala chief minister to enjoy a continuum of power. And that will be good for the state. No chief minister has blossomed the way Vijayan has. He is hardly the communist party boss he started out as. He is now a leader of all people, easily the...

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Social biases, slow implementation of female-friendly legislation and a high cost of choosing to challenge the archaic power framework did not stop women of Pakistan from pursuing their passion and fending for families. Following the lead of resistance icons like Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, rape survivor Mukhtaran Mai and the brave human rights activist Asma Jahangir, they are marching on, beating odds, contributing to home-making and nation-building, striving for wage parity, exercising r...

Blue Book on 5G Development Index of Sichuan Province (2020) Issued 　　As of the end of January, 2021, the number of 5G base stations in Sichuan Province has reached 39,000, ranking first in western China and fifth in the whole country. On March 2, Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Department, Sichuan Communications Administration, and the 5G Industry Alliance of Sichuan Province jointly issued the Blue Book on 5G Development Index of Sichuan Province (2020), objectively measuring ...

‘Beggars Corporation’: Novel Way to Transform Lives in India, Solve National Security Threat VARANASI, India—Every day, scores of beggars line the banks of the river Ganges in the city of Varanasi, where pilgrims pour in from across India to cremate their loved ones, perform the rituals of life and death, or visit the ancient temples in the world’s longest continuously inhabited city. The city, which is part of the parliamentary constituency of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has b...

Papua provincial govt urged to allocate endowment fund for education 7th March 2021 Papuan students (ANTARA News Papua/HO-DPRD Biak Nufor) To manage this endowment fund, the Finance Ministrys LPDP model can be adopted Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Indonesian finance ministry has urged the Papua provincial government to allocate an endowment fund to finance human resources development and education for native Papuans. The fund could be allocated from Papua Provinces annual budget, Direct...