Coronavirus is taking a toll on all sectors of the world including the car manufacturing industry globally.

In the latest case, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has flown Manufacturing parts from China to Britain to continue the production of cars but won’t be able to continue the production as the stock is going to finish in few weeks and the flights from China are restricted due to the virus’s outbreak.The production and sales of big companies like Apple and Samsung have already been affected by the virus earlier this year and Jaguar is the newest to join the list.

Jaguar is Britain’s biggest carmaker, which has three factories in Britain and produces around 400,000 vehicles a year.According to Sir Ralf Speth, the company had just enough parts to continue the manufacturing practices of a week in the UK and will fall short of its manufacturing goals in March which will delay the deliveries.He said: “We have flown parts in suitcases from China to the UK.”China is still figuring out ways to fight and eliminate the coronavirus (COVID-19) and in the process has shutdown factories and restricted movements.

This had led to huge losses internationally as China is the second-largest economy of the world.Apple acknowledged the loss it is facing due to the coronavirus outbreak earlier this week and more companies are assumed to be coming out soon.“This is an issue for the complete car automotive industry,” said Sir Ralf.He added, “We don’t know how long it will take before the supply chain comes on stream again in China.”Jaguar has on several occasions criticized Brexit that because of it, production cuts are taking place and demands are curbing.

And earlier in February, the company said that it had to stop production on certain select days due to multiple reasons.https://www.theleadersglobe.com/industry/uk-jaguar-is-likely-to-struggle/

The Six Nations title quest is about to start and England’s two stars, Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade are gaining fitness while trying to catch some momentum.In the opening quarter against France in round one Tuilagi suffered from a strain and had to sit out for the rest of the match while his team won over Scotland.

Jonathan substituted him while he was injured.Slade damaged his ankle in December and has been absent since then.

He was surprisingly seen in the morning training session on Wednesday morning at England’s Surrey training base.They both play outside the centre and are available for the Sunday’s game against Ireland at Twickenham.The duo is retained ahead of the Sunday game in the 27-man training squad as an indication that they might play in the upcoming clash.

The weekend’s Gallagher Premiership action saw 6 players leave to their respective clubs.There are many substitutes in case any injury happens to either of them.

Eddie Jones will name his team on Friday morning.The head coach said: “Manu trained fully so should be in contention for selection.

It’s good to have a quality player back.

Equinom is a quality seed breeding startup which after good results in the agro-based industy has finally closed its Series B round of $10 million funding led by the German firm, BASF Venture Capital.

It was followed by French firm, Roquette and Trendlines group, Israel.The company has designed Smart seeds which according to initial reports are more nutritious than the traditional commercial seeds as it features the highest amounts of protein and oil content in the market.In the Seriest B funding event, Tel Aviv-based Fortissimo Capital, which is Equinom’s current investor, also participated in the event.Equinom had combined the advanced sensory technologies with high-throughput protein analysis systems to introduce such high-value and high-quality seeds in the market.

CEO of the company, Gil Shalev, established the firm eight years ago with the aim of feeding the world with high protein and nutritious food.In the last five years, Equinom has become one of the most preferred brand of sesame seeds suppliers which generate mechanically harvested varieties.These high-quality seeds are going to enter the market in 2021.Shalev said: “We also plan to launch our high-protein pea variety in 2021.

Equinom will continue working with plant-based food ingredients and food companies to help create tasty, ‘cleaner’ plant-based applications.

We already have clients producing products with our smart grains, which provide higher quality, improved nutritional values, and lower production costs.”Shalev found the investments to be very complete as it comprised of financial and strategic investors and VCs from around the globe.

He added: “It will accelerate Equinom’s expansion globally and allow us to build talent and infrastructure to better serve our clients locally.

US President Donald Trump is set to visit India in future as the talks are hot about it.

But before his arrival, India and the US have signed an accord on intellectual property rights (IPR).

Indian cabinet on Wednesday approved an MoU with the US on the issue of IPRs, as said by Prakash Javadekar, information and broadcasting minister.Trump is to visit India on February 24-25 and this decision has been taken just before it.

The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade had a discussion, a few days before the decision was taken, about reviewing the country’s IPR laws.One official said that the decision was taken to enrich the cooperation between India and the US to enrich the IPR systems between the two nations.

One official stated that the MoU is going to be a learning exercise for the two sides and this agreement is not going to be specific to any sector or industry.

It is to include exercises and training session where experts and officials are going to visit each other’s country to study IPR systems.

Bank of England is withdrawing the old £20 notes from circulation and are bringing new £20 polymer note for the circulation.

The bank announced that it is going to provide a six months’ notice before it withdraws the notes.It further said that there will be many banks which are going to accept deposits in withdrawn notes and the Post Office may also just accept the notes even after the deadline passes.

The old notes can always be exchanged with the Bank of England.The £20 new notes are showcasing the face of artist JMW Turner.

These notes in the market now and are already in circulation.

Winston Churchill and Jane Austin are also featured on the new £5 and £10 notes, respectively.

They are also made of a polymer which is tough to counterfeit according to Bank of England.In 2021, Alan Turning featured £50 notes will be added to the circulation and the old notes will be withdrawn smoothly and gradually.“The new £20 is an important part of our commitment to providing banknotes that people can use with confidence.

Coronavirus is spreading at a hasty rate and throughout the world, many events are being cancelled for the fear of it spreading any further.

We have seen it affecting the Mobile World Conference which was to be held in Barcelona.

And the latest and the biggest event it affected was the Tokyo Marathon.Almost 38 thousand runners were supposed to participate in this international event.

The estimations predict that only around 200 people are allowed to run through this event.Japan is trailing behind China in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus as it has over 500 patients infected by the virus.

Most of these cases are from the Wuhan district of Hubei province.Organizers the unpleasant news on Monday where they declared that only elite athletes can take part in the event.

The Marathon also acts as the qualifier for Tokyo Olympics and it continues to be so.“We cannot continue to launch the event within the scale we originally anticipated.

Kingpins are back the educational conference dedicated to the fashion students and it is to be held in Amsterdam on April 24th.Andrew Olah, founder of Kingpins Transformers and Kingpins show said, “The response (to the first edition of Kingpins Transformers: Ed) was overwhelming.

More than 300 students from 30 universities and fashion programs across Europe attended and received an in-depth and unvarnished crash course on the state of the denim supply chain.

Our goal is to prepare students to enter our industry and hit the ground running with a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the jeans industry.

If we want to change the future of the denim industry, we must equip the young professionals entering the industry with the best information and insight.”The host of this event is Mohsin Sajid who is the founder of Denim History and Mariette Hoitink, of HTNK and House of Denim.

The sponsors of the event are Saitex, Lenzing and FibreTrace.The long-awaited list of the speakers is going to be released soon and there are going to be companies like Lenzing, Tonello, DyStar and Kings of Indigo at the event.The event is going to focus on the environmental, economic and social changes faced by the denim industry and the conference is going to help the students in understanding the problems and issues faced by the denim supply chain.

It will also help students in finding and knowing about the opportunities and room for improvement and innovation in the denim industry.This event is exclusive to the global fraternity of students and is going to cater to the need of students interested in the fashion industry.

Billie Eilish performed at the 2020 Brit Awards on Tuesday (18th February).

Just a few days ago she swept the big four Grammys and became the highlight of this year’s Grammy.

She became the youngest person to win the best album of the year award.She is just 18 and awards are not looking leave her any time soon.

She broke another record when she wrote and sang for the latest James Bond movie, “No Time To Die” as she became the youngest person to do so.Her brother, Finneas, and she had recorded for the James Bond franchise.

She writes songs with her brother in a small room, which she told in the Grammy speech.On stage, at the Brits Awards, she was singing while sitting on a stool alongside Finneas, who was playing the piano.She got Grammy for Best Song, Best Album, Best New Artist and Best Record.

The year 2020 has been very memorable for her brother and herself and it looks like her career is going to get a bigger boost from here.She spoke about “No Time To Die” in a recent interview with BBC London.