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There was a time when video game playing kids were put under the category of spoiled ones. Indian serials Ramayana and Mahabharata created funny visual effects. But with the advent of animation, the future of Computer Generated images and visual effects has changed. Movies like Avtaar, Life of PI, Marvel Movies, Disney movies and Web series has further added to the fuel This paper is focusing on how much an animator can expect to earn; what are the growth prospects; what kinds of skills he/she needs and much more followed by a case Study of Working in Walt Disney Studio.

The most pivotal business achievements of the 21st century can be classified as the following - the revolutionization of software technology to create a digital economy, rapid economic globalization due evolution of smart devices and enhanced internet and data connectivity services, the development of fintech firms and online payment strategies. This white paper discusses these developments along with the international payment flows which can be attributed to five mega-themes related to the POWER+ framework comprising - Platforms, Online, Wallets, Embedded and Real-Time and the micro-themes under this framework, which are depicted in the above figures. This paper further concludes with the evolving business scenarios in India in the education, health, travel and hospitality businesses, which transformed drastically due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the related key market drivers, different and new product categories within these sectors, the corresponding support of fintech firms, accelerating technological advancement and digital transformation, along with the current trends in these industries.

It is well established that consuming groundwater contaminated with arsenic can lead to diseases of the heart, blood vessels, peripheral nervous systems and skin diseases such as pigmentation change. In this article, I focus on two health outcomes—skin diseases and still births—using district-level data from India, a country with widespread arsenic contamination. Arsenic may come into human contact via direct and/or indirect channel. I intend to examine these two channels of arsenic transmission. To analyse the two-fold objectives of this study, I have used repeated cross-section data from the two health rounds of National Sample Survey Organization (60th and 71st round survey). I find a positive and statistically significant relation between skin diseases and drinking water from arsenic contaminated tube well. Similar results are found for still birth in arsenic affected areas, even after controlling for state- and district-level factors. Using odds ratio, I also find positive effect of rice consumption on skin manifestations, robust to state-fixed effects, but not district-fixed effects. Individuals are more adversely affected in terms of skin lesions and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Drinking arsenic contaminated water is a more dominant pathway than consumption of food containing arsenic, particularly rice and wheat. JEL Codes: I10, I12, Q25, Q53, Q54

Taiwan, especially after the 'Taiwan miracle' has had a meteoric rise, faster than any of its big neighbors, and is now considered among one of the most developed regions of the world. Yet not all is sheen and glory when the costs of development are added especially in energy terms and more so when 99 percent of it is imported from abroad. Taiwan lacks in almost all forms of energy apart from a smattering of coal and gas and is almost entirely dependent on imports for its energy needs. Also, Taiwan imports from the world's most vulnerable regions. This leaves it in a precarious position as Taiwan's growth rates are not only unsustainable but also threaten to collapse if it continues its dependence on imports. This naturally attracts it toward the renewable energy sector, especially nuclear energy. However, given the fact that the entire world is proceeding toward a 'clean technology' establishment, would Taiwan be able to race against the bigwigs, or will its energy scarcity bring it closer to its impending economic penury shall be discussed here.