May 2020

Bitcoin Price Could See Big Breakout After BTC Halving: CNBC’s Brian Kelly Major CNBC’s master on Bitcoin, Brian Kelly, was live in the CNBC studio on Friday, saying that after the splitting on May 12, Bitcoin will be more rare than gold dependent on stock-to-stream proportion. In the video, Kelly clarifies in detail how a splitting functions and what it implies for the Bitcoin flowing gracefully. The measure of Bitcoins that diggers are creating, he says, will be marked down into equal parts (not the Bitcoin cost as some BTC pundits have been kidding after March 12). Source: U TODAY

Joe Biden refutes sexual assault allegation U.S. presidential up-and-comer Joe Biden on May 1 decidedly denied explicitly ambushing a previous staff member, saying the incident she claims occurred 27 years ago “never happened”. “They aren’t true. This never happened,” Mr. Biden said in an announcement in regards to the allegations made by Tara Reade, a previous staff member in his U.S. Senate office. Source: The Hindu

Russian Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive for the new coronavirus and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will incidentally perform Mr. Mishustin’s duties, yet the PM said on Thursday that he would keep in contact on key issues. Mr. Mishustin, 54 was named PM in January. During a video call, Mr. Putin voiced the expectation that Mr. Mishustin would keep participating in drafting strategies to support the Russian economy, which has been harmed by the infection pandemic. Source: The Hindu

Oyo appoints Troy Alstead as an independent board member Budget hospitality chain Oyo has selected Troy Alstead, previous Starbucks head working official, as an autonomous board individual from the organization. Post the arrangement, he will join Betsy Atkins, Munish Varma, Bejul Somaia, Aditya Ghosh, and Mohit Bhatnagar on the organization’s board. Source: Entrackr

IIT-Madras Professor T Pradeep chosen for Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 Prof. T. Pradeep faculty of Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been selected for the Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 in the ‘Science and Technology’ field for his assignments in nanotechnology-based water purification. Earlier this year Prof T. Pradeep was honoured with the Padma Shri and is credited with developing nanotechnology-enabled water filters. His work helped to deliver clean water for at a cost of just 2 paise per litre in India. Source: The Economic Times

Atsushi Ogata appointed as President, MD and CEO of HMSI On Friday during lockdown 3.0, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) appointed Atsushi Ogata as the new president, chief executive officer and managing director with immediate effect. Earlier Minoru Kato was CEO of HMSI, who completed a three-year tenure in India and returned to Japan as the operating executive & chief officer life creation operation, Honda Motor Co, it said. Source: Moneycontrol