News in Infographics: Global GDP growth, top 25 workplaces & more

From India's record agricultural exports to TCS, Infosys featuring in top 25 workplaces, check out all the updates here.

Business Today Desk

Apr 6, 2022,
Updated Apr 6, 2022 7:38 PM IST

Agricultural exports (including marine and plantation products) for the year 2021-22 have crossed $50 billion, the highest level ever achieved for agriculture exports, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement on Wednesday.

TCS, Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys are among the top 25 workplaces, according to social media major LinkedIn. The list was collated by keeping seven parameters in mind -- ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity and spread of educational backgrounds.

The global GDP growth could range between 3.3-4 per cent this year and between 2.5-3.2 per cent in 2023, depending on various scenarios, according to the report, 'KPMG Global Economic Outlook'. It added that the risks to its forecast are currently skewed to the downside.

The 'KPMG Global Economic Outlook' report also pointed out that the recent geopolitical developments are hurting India's domestic stock indices and creating volatility in crude oil prices and exchange rates.

Indian start-ups raised $8.4 billion in Q1, 2022(January- April 5), a 22 per cent growth year-on-year (YOY) compared to the corresponding period last year, according to data sourced from Tracxn by Business Today.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal welcomed Elon Musk on the company’s board and said that he would bring more value to the board. Musk owns 9.2 per cent stake in the microblogging platform.

One case each of new highly transmissible COVID-19 variants XE and Kappa was found in Mumbai on Wednesday, according to a report by India Today. The variants were found during genome sequencing of 376 samples.