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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

Dia Mirza joins nine women world leaders to fight COVID-19 Dia Mirza joins nine women leaders across the world to support a global plan for social and economic recovery from the novel Coronavirus. As part of Rise for All, a global advocacy effort, Mirza will contribute to creating a sustainable planet. In this initiative, which aims at mobilising support for the UN road map to tackle the current Covid-19 pandemic, the actor-producer will work towards funding the UN Response and Recovery Trust Fund. Talking about it, she says, “My optimism, my belief in humanity and my faith in us during...

Virat Kohli wishes Rohit Sharma on his 33rd birthday: God bless you with many more elegant innings India captain Virat Kohli took to social media on Thursday to extend birthday wishes to his deputy and star opener Rohit Sharma. Wishes have been pouring in for Rohit Sharma who turned 33 on Thursday. Rohit, unlike the last few years, has been spending his special day at home, with his wife Ritika Sajdeh and daughter Samaira in his time away from competitive cricket which remains suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Happy B’day Rohit @ImRo45. God bless you with good health and...

Irrfan Khan’s wife Sutapa Sikdar pays tribute to him with moving post: ‘I have not lost, I have gained in every which way’ Sutapa Sikdar paid tribute to her late husband and acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan with a moving note. She changed her Facebook profile picture to one with him and wrote in her caption, “I have not lost, I have gained in every which way.” Irrfan died at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Wednesday morning due to a colon infection. Earlier, in 2018, he was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour and underwent treatment in London for the same. Days after Irrfan...

Covid-19: Mastercard’s Banga, two other Indian-Americans in New York advisory board New York: Three eminent Indian-Americans, including Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, will be part of an advisory board formed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to help guide the state’s strategy to gradually re-open the business and institutions amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to witness a declining trend in the number of cases. New York is the epicentre of the pandemic in the US and currently has 295,106 COVID-19 cases with over 17,000 deaths. On Tuesday, 337 people died of the disease in the state. The New York...