News in Infographics: Ambani vs Adani net worth, Counterpoint smartphone shipment report, and more

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News in Infographics: Ambani vs Adani net worth, Counterpoint smartphone shipment report, and more

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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani has dethroned Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani to become Asia's as well as India's richest man following a surge in RIL stock price.  

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The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 41.4 per cent in 2021, to total $90.9 billion, up from $64.3 billion in 2020, with Amazon retaining the first position in 2021, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei, according to Gartner, Inc, a global information technology research and advisory company.  

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Owing to the shortage of components, smartphone shipments are likely to fall by 3 per cent in 2022. According to Counterpoint Research’s latest Global Smartphone Quarterly Shipment Forecast, the total smartphone units shipped globally in 2022 are expected to fall to 1.36 billion units, from 1.39 billion units in 2021.  

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Not even a single stock from this sector eroded investors’ wealth in the past three years. In fact, as many as 20 stocks rallied more than 100 per cent during June 2019-June 2022 and a dozen of stocks jumped in double-digit during the same period. Can you guess the industry?  

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Here’s to some good news for moviegoers and entertainment junkies! In case you have plans to binge and chill over the weekend, we have you covered. While ‘Ms Marvel’ is all set to release on Disney+Hotstar and Jennifer Winget-starrer mystery series ‘Code M: Season 2’ is all set to release on Voot on June 9, films like Mahesh Babu and Keerthy Suresh-starrer ‘Sarkaru Vaari Patta’ and Yash and Sanjay Dutt-starrer ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ are available on Amazon Prime Video.    

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Amid the fading of the pandemic, a uptick in hiring demand has been observed in the blue and grey collar segment. According to the latest report by Qjobs, a blue and grey collar jobs platform, a stirring 73% increase in job vacancies has been witnessed in the fourth quarter as compared to the previous quarter of FY22.