Rauw Alejandro Is Ready to Take on the World
Puerto Rican star aims for bigger hits and more diverse sounds as the streams keep climbing
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The 2020 Latin Grammys opened with a splashy, star-studded homage to the salsa legend Héctor Lavoe. While a group of music luminaries, including the singer Victor Manuelle, belted out the lyrics to “El Cantante,” the 28-year-old Puerto Rican artist Rauw Alejandro sauntered onstage holding hands with reggaeton matriarch Ivy Queen. Wearing his signature braids and a burgundy suit adorned with gleaming chains, the smooth newcomer seemed to announce that although he’s known for R&B and reggaeton, he could easily glide in next to seasoned veterans and perform salsa. Throughout the whole night, in fact, he felt a little like the ceremony’s golden boy: In addition to the Lavoe tribute, he was nominated for Best New Artist and he did a medley of his own hits during a pre-show special. It all adde
Ministry envisions to earn $5 billion from IT exports by 2023
Business
December 26, 2020
ISLAMABAD: With a vision to achieve $5 billion by 2023, Pakistanâs export remittances from information technology and IT enabled services (ITeS) surged 38.16 percent to $648.940 million during July-November of FY2020-21, compared to $469.713 million during July-November FY2019-20, a statement said on Friday.
This was the highest growth rate achieved by the IT sector since 2018, when growth rate for the corresponding period was just 13 percent, the statement added.
Lauding the latest exports performance of the industry, Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque said the initiative for bringing the IT companies from secondary and tertiary cities into mainstream was well underway for ensuring holistic growth.