As I posted earlier, asking Trent Boult to bowl against Chris Gayle was a very bad idea. He was expensive during the KXIP innings and went for plenty of runs. Coulter-Nile would have been a better option against Gayle. After the six was hit off the very first ball, Boult was under a lot of pressure. Anyway.. it was a very close game and this time luck favored the King's XI Punjab.

Second super over will be bowled by Trent Boult. KXIP need 12 runs from 6 balls and I guess Chris Gayle will be opening the batting. I don't know whether it is a good idea to have a left-arm bowler against the left-handed Gayle. Perhaps Nathan Coulter-Nile was a better option. Anyway... it is not going to be easy task for KXIP. BTW, what will happen if the second super over gets tied? Will we have a third super over?

The methodology for calculating market capitalization is flawed, especially for some of the altcoins. For example, XRP was placed at no.2 in 2017, before ending up at the 4th spot. Do you really think that the market cap of XRP can be that high? I would say that the market cap is somewhat accurate only for Bitcoin. For most of the other cryptocurrencies, it is inflated. So the real Bitcoin dominance is much higher than what you see in the coinmarketcap website.

Not many of the new projects are able to achieve soft-cap levels these days. So even if you get the tokens from airdrops, they will be mostly worthless. As such there is nothing wrong with the airdrops, but the ICO market is in bad condition now. But still, I would say that airdrops represent one of the easiest methods to get hold of some cryptocurrency, for the new users.

It was a match they could have won. But once again, they wasted the chance. Just 9 runs needed of the final over and Trent Boult had gone for 40 from his previous 3 overs. And somehow, KXIP once again found a way not to win the match. One thing I like about KXIP is that they are very consistent. They are consistent in the way they throw away matches which they could have won easily.

Tether may be having a higher market capitalization, but my preferred stablecoin is Binance USD (BUSD). Obviously you can't use it in exchanges apart from Binance platforms, but I regard BUSD to be more trustworthy when compared to the other options such as USDT, USDC and HUSD. All that said, I never store any of my money in stablecoins. I use them only for trading.

Agreed with this statement. Can you imagine a robot doing custom-made tailoring, or making state-of-the-art dishes such as Lobster Frittata or Laksa noodle soup? Also, do you think that it will be possible for a robot to become a cop or a politician? My opinion is that a lot of FUD is being spread by people with vested interest, to stir up opposition to technological advance.

I can't agree with OP. There are hundreds, if not thousands of cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. In order to manipulate the prices, the whales need to rig all of these exchanges. It is very impractical. They may be able to do that with some of the less known shitcoins, which are traded in two or three exchanges. But I don't think that it is possible to rig the trading with the top-10 or top-20 cryptocurrencies.

No need to be too pessimistic. The infection levels are going down all over the world, perhaps with the exception of the European Union. With stimulus measures in place, the small and medium sized businesses should be able to stay afloat. And I am not that concerned about the vaccine. By the time it is available to all, the pandemic would be mostly confined to a few areas.

Developing countries are worst hit, because the governments can't afford to dish out generous stimulus packages. So there is going to be very little government support directed towards the small and medium sized businesses. But one advantage with countries such as Bangladesh is that they have a younger population, and the fatality rate from COVID 19 has been much smaller when compared to the developed nations.

As long as the demand is there, the dark market business will flourish. Even if the authorities shut down all the dark markets, the drug users are going to secure their supplies through street vendors. As far as I can see, the "war on drugs" in the United States is causing more harm than good. It is just forcing the drug users to consume synthetic opioids, rather than soft drugs such as cannabis. And if I am not wrong, overdose deaths crossed the 40,000 mark last year (with the vast majority as a result of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids). Those lives don't matter, because the pharma giants get billions of USD in profit every year from manufacturing synthetic opioids.

I am not from that area, but I would assume that Bangladesh imports most of the food stuff (since they have a huge population restricted to a small area). And with travel restrictions in place, moving goods from one place to another costs more. On top of that, there is a bigger chance of agricultural produce and foodstuff getting damaged, as a result of delays in transport.

The KKR team management did a big mistake by not including him in the playing XI earlier. Sunil Narine was performing poorly in the initial matches, and they stuck with him. Replacing Cummins was out of question, as he is being regarded as one of the best pace bowlers in the world right now. But there was a possibility of including Lockie in place of Russell, as the latter is also not performing in a consistent manner.

The stress should be on "growing population". The unemployment is because of uncontrolled population explosion, and automation makes up a very convenient excuse. The number of jobs are not growing as fast as the population. And IMO, the human population is already at unsustainably high level. With or without automation, the unemployment rate would continue to surge.

The outcome of the presidential elections never had any impact on the exchange rate of the US Dollar. The United States Dollar is the strongest fiat currency in the world right now, and it is likely to remain at that position for the next few decades. The election of neither Trump or Biden is going to cause a change in ground situation for the cryptocurrencies.

Unbelievable performance by AB de Villiers. RCB was almost certain to lose, but then he scored 25 runs from the 19th over. Rajasthan Royals remain at the 7th position in the points table, with only KXIP performing worse than them. BTW, CSK has won the toss and decided to bat against DC. Interestingly, they have included Kedar Jadhav in the playing XI. I hope we'll get to see some quality defensive skills from him.

I would agree. The voter turnout among the left-wing groups have been historically low. And it will be even lower this time, due to the COVID 19 pandemic. On the other hand, the Trump supporters are not even taking this pandemic seriously. They refuse to wear masks and they regularly ignore social distancing. So I would assume that Trump supporters are more likely to turn up to vote.

A few days ago, Gayle was hospitalized for food poisoning. I suspect he hasn't fully recovered  from it, although the team management is saying otherwise. Anyway, his fans were happy to see him back on the pitch. However, KXIP needs to rethink their strategy. Gayle performs best, when he is opening the batting. I have a feeling that the no.3 slot is not very suitable for him. 

30% would be fair (after taking into account the inflation), only if applied to large-sized gains (such as above $250,000 per year or so). I don't think that this rate should be applied to investments being made by the middle-class households.

India was just an example. There are safer options out there. For example, in Canada only half of the realized capital gains are taxable. I believe in Australia also it is the same. In some of the European countries, the rate is much lower. For example, Croatia (12%), Hungary (15%) and Israel (15%).

The charity organizations are doing it mostly for PR. They are not interested in the long-term benefit of the Africans. As you posted, they want to make the natives dependent on them for food and other necessities. If they really want to help the Africans, then rather than providing food aid, they should provide quality education and agricultural equipment. Food aid is just an eyewash, to get rid of the surplus agricultural stock in Western nations.