Ajay Banga, the US candidate for president of the World Bank, tested positive for COVID-19, and the meetings he was planned to attend during his two days in India have been cancelled.

Ajay Banga tests Covid positive upon arrival in India, meeting with top officials cancelled

Rosaline Arokia Mary, a chief ticket inspector for Southern Railway, raked in Rs. 1.03 crore (almost US$121K) in fines from unruly or non-ticketed passengers. The Railway Ministry took to Twitter to praise the ticket checker and shared pictures showing Mary collecting fines from passengers and examining tickets.

Meet India’s first female railway ticket inspector to collect over US$121,000 in fines

In his first public testimony before the US Congress, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew sought to allay worries about the Chinese-owned app's links to the Beijing government and its purported incapacity to restrict "harmful" content.

Morning brief: TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress, violent clashes erupt in France, and more

Eight new confirmed cases of Marburg disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. This brings the total of laboratory-confirmed cases to nine and probable cases to 20 since the outbreak of a deadly disease similar to Ebola was declared in February.

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases: WHO

The US and Canada have agreed to refuse asylum seekers at unauthorised border crossings. The official agreement will be announced on Friday (March 24) by US President Joe Biden along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit to Ottawa.

US, Canada reach agreement to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings

A male zebra ran wild in the capital of South Korea. It spent hours trotting down busy streets and back alleys before being tranquillised and taken back to a zoo.

WATCH: Zebra escapes zoo, runs wild through Seoul streets

A man riding a motorcycle at a speed exceeding 100 kilometres per hour on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was intercepted by a man in a car. Raghvendra Singh, a champion of traffic and road safety, wanted to give him a helmet and educate him on the value of driving safely.

Meet the ‘Helmet man of India’: Road safety crusader who distributes helmets for free

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) stated in its third supplementary charge sheet filed in connection with the Kingfisher Airlines loan fraud case that a Swiss bank estimated fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's net worth at Rs 7,500 crore (almost $1 billion) in August 2017 — highlighting the fact that he had sufficient funds available to repay banks from whom his airline had borrowed money.

Fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya had adequate funds in 2017 to repay bank loans but chose to flee: CBI

Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, is currently in the spotlight amid growing scepticism of the Chinese app around the world. The app is running the risk of being banned across the United States.

EXPLAINED | Who is Shou Zi Chew? TikTok CEO attempting to save its US operations

Indeed.com, a website that lists jobs, announced Wednesday (March 22) that it would lay off over 2,200 workers, or nearly 15 per cent of its workforce. “The cuts come from nearly every team, function, level and region,” at the company, CEO Chris Hyams said in a memo released by the company.

Job listing company Indeed to let go over 2,200 employees, almost 15% of its workforce

A strike by unionised Starbucks baristas against the company's alleged anti-union coercion was planned on Wednesday at approximately 100 cafes as they welcomed their new CEO Laxman Narasimhan.

WATCH | Starbucks workers plan 100-cafe strikes, accuse brand of anti-union coercion

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to sue Coinbase Global Inc over some of the crypto exchange's products, turning up the heat on the largely unregulated sector.

US SEC threatens to sue Coinbase over some crypto products, serves notice for action

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