27% rise in fortunes of billionaires

The global pandemic has put millions of people out of job and it has also paved the way and been a catalyst for a lot of changes. One notable thing during this pandemic, as reported by Swiss Bank UBS is that the world's richest saw a hike of about 27.5%. It is interesting to see then, just after a World Bank report tells that extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in more than two decades due to the pandemic. Read more on this here.