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April 29 , 2021 1238 days 896 0
  • LG of South Korea has confirmed that it is closing down its mobile phone business.
    • The company's mobile phone unit has been a loss-making affair for about six years.
  • The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare recently reported that as many as 116 districts in India have reported zero malaria cases in 2020.
    • In 2020, India had reduced the disease burden of Malaria by 84.5%. And also, it has reduced the deaths due to Malaria by 83.6%.
  • A Glacier burst occurred in Sumna, Neeti Valley located in Chamoli district in India-China border.
    • In India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, the glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each year since 2000.
  • The US Senate recently passed a bill to help combat the rise of hate crimes against the Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans.
    • Of all the states, California is facing a greater number of hate crimes.
  • South Africa’s second-largest lender FirstRand Bank exited India after 12 years.
    • FirstRand became the second global bank to exit India after Citigroup.

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