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Mukesh Ambani, Asia s richest man, is at the center of a bomb scare investigation.
A car containing explosive material and a threatening letter was found near Ambani s Mumbai home on February 25.
On Saturday, a police officer was arrested for his alleged role in placing the vehicle near the home.
Mukesh Ambani, Asia s richest man, is caught up in a bomb scare investigation.
On Saturday evening, a Mumbai police officer was arrested for his alleged role in leaving an explosives-filled vehicle near Ambani s home in Mumbai, India, last month, the Times of India reported.
The officer, Sachin
Ocean Independence
A 154-foot Hong Kong ferry that was converted into a luxury yacht is for sale for $2.7 million.
The yacht has 6,000 square feet of living space over three levels, including four guest cabins and a home cinema.
It was redesigned to be eco-friendly, with solar panels and a water catchment system.
What used to be a passenger ferry boat in Hong Kong has been transformed into a luxury yacht with 6,000 square feet of living space and a home cinema and it s for sale for $2.7 million.
The 154-foot boat, called Dot, can sleep up to eight passengers in four en suite cabins. It comes with a home cinema and a central mezzanine area that houses the largest sofa in Hong Kong and enough space for a 14-foot Christmas tree, according to Ocean Independence, the superyacht brokerage listing the boat.
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Seychelles is opening its borders to tourists on March 25 with no quarantine or vaccine required.
Travelers only have to show a negative COVID-19 test to enter the island nation in the Indian Ocean.
The move follows the success of the Maldives, another island nation that s been open to tourists with no quarantine requirement since July.
Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, is reopening its borders to tourists on March 25 no quarantine or COVID-19 vaccine required, the country s tourism authority announced last week.
Travelers only have to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure, and then they re free to roam Seychelles sandy white beaches and snorkel its warm turquoise waters.
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Insiders say Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman doesn t care about social causes. He s focused on making shareholders money.
While some in Silicon Valley warn of a backlash, Slootman s main concern is winning.
Technology executive Frank Slootman took software company Snowflake public in one of the biggest tech IPOs of 2020, raising $3.4 billion at a $33.3 billion valuation. By the close of Snowflake s first day of trading, its stock had shot up as much as 165%.
Overnight, Slootman s 5.9% stake became worth billions, and Snowflake was established as an elite Silicon Valley player it was briefly valued more highly than IBM at one point not long after its IPO, though its stock price has declined more than 13% since the beginning of 2021. Experts say Snowflake, which today has a market valuation of nearly $77 billion, has been bolstered by the rise of remote work during the pandemic.
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Travelers can bypass a 14-day quarantine
by staying in the bubble facility, but they can t leave
it.
The facility has 150 guest rooms, gym pods, and 40 meeting rooms with air-tight glass panels and separate ventilation systems.
As the world rolls out COVID-19 vaccines and international travel remains largely grounded, Singapore has opened up what it says is the world s first bubble facility for non-quarantining business travelers.
The facility, called Connect@Changi, will allow business travelers to bypass the city-state s mandatory 14-day quarantine as long as they don t leave the facility. Inside, guests will stay in hotel-like rooms, have meals delivered to a cubbyhole outside their door, and conduct in-person business meetings with Singaporeans and professionals from around the world in rooms with air-tight glass panels and separate ventilation systems.