Tesla's sales decline came amid an overall drop for new energy passenger cars in China, and increased scrutiny from regulators on the electric car company.
The remainder of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) cannot be completed in the country, says Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Despite the second wave of Covid ravaging India, the BSE Sensex is still up more than 3% so far this year, while the Nifty 50 index has jumped about 7%.
Vivian Balakrishnan, a medical doctor before entering politics, said subsequent waves of coronavirus infections will be a usual occurrence in the coming years.
The debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to crash land back on Earth this weekend with experts trying to work out exactly when and where the remnants will touch down.
The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up a notch over the last few weeks and it's now looking as though millions of people will be impacted.
Thursday's session in Asia-Pacific followed a mixed finish overnight on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a new closing all-time high.
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