One Story In Numbers



  • The recent semi-annual Financial Stability Report of the Reserve Bank of India projects that bank’s bad-loan ratios will almost double in 2021. The central bank forecasts gross non-performing assets (GNPA) will rise to 13.5% by the end of September this year, from 7.5% a year ago. The RBI forecast is divided in terms of the level of stress on the economy, with least being a baseline, then medium stress, and finally, severe stress to the economy. In their forecast, RBI has highlighted that the Public Sector Banks will be most impacted in the case of severe stress scenario with their GNPA ratio will rise to 17.6% compared to 8.8% projected for private sector banks and 6.5% for foreign banks. RBI has also cautioned that an uncertain economic outlook, and extent of regulatory dispensation utilised, could make the projected ratios susceptible to change. This week’s OSIN {One Story In Numbers} highlights RBI’s projection of Banks’ GNPA ratios for September 2021.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating economic impact on the economically vulnerable sections of the society. An analysis conducted by researchers at King’s College London and the Australian National University at charity group Oxfam's suggestion, predicted that an assumed 20 percent drop in income would mean an estimated 547.6 million more people living on less than USD$5.50 a day, the poverty threshold of middle income countries. Researchers used mathematical models to predict how many more people would fall below World Bank poverty lines of USD$1.90, USD$3.20 and USD$5.50 a day assuming scenarios of 5, 10 and 20 percent drop in income. This week's OSIN covers this research and visualizes predictions related to the impact on global poverty and population, in the event of a 20% drop in income, due to COVID-19.
  • With the advent of the World Wide Web, the geographical spacing at the global level has shrunk and continues to do so. People to people connectivity has opened new vistas of progress through the exchange of ideas. The ever-evolving technology has given platforms to interconnect the world in a seamless manner through various applications, like Facebook, YouTube, etc, where individuals can interact on professional as well as personal levels with practically anyone across the globe. In this week’s OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we have mapped the popularity of various applications based on the usage pattern, the world over for the year 2020.
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  • In this week's OSIN {One Story in Numbers} we provide insights of the significant downturn in global Commercial Real Estate Investments due to the pandemic amid widespread lockdowns and travel restrictions that stalled short-term capital deployment by investors.
  • This week's OSIN highlights the sharp decline in sales of the luxury retail sector as shoppers slow spending due to the pandemic and social activities remain restricted.
  • This week's OSIN highlights the Indian companies which are a part of the 2020 Global Fortune 500 list. Reliance Industries Limited jumped 10 places this year to attain 96th place, becoming the only Indian company to be among the Top 100, having a revenue of US$ 86.2 Billion in FY20
  • This week's OSIN highlights the plunge in market value of Intel on July 24, 2020, following a revelation that the company might outsource the manufacturing of its next generation chip sets to a third party. On the same day, the market values of Intel's rival companies soared.
  • This week's OSIN covers the issue of projected degrowth in global population by 2100.
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we showcase the recent surge in Tesla's stock price, driven primarily by better than expected cars delivered in Q2. Recently, Tesla's valuation has added the combined value of the Big Three - GM, Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler - in just five trading days.
  • This week’s OSIN {One Story In Numbers} features the purported financial irregularities in Wirecard, a German payments firm, and the resultant ramifications on the downward trajectory of its stock price.
  • This week’s OSIN {One Story In Numbers} highlights the marginal, albeit steady decline in the global smartphone shipment trends, with particular reference to a forecasted decline in the year 2020.
  • This week’s OSIN is about the cost effectiveness of the SpaceX Dragon Program, in comparison to the other space programs carried out in the last century.
  • In this week’s OSIN we cover a data breach at Truecaller which exposed millions of records of its Indian users. These records were also put up for sale on the dark web, a marketplace for illegal data. We have also visually represented some relevant data related to the size of Truecaller as a company and its user base.
  • This week’s OSIN is about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the amount of money various companies have paid to resolve FCPA cases. We have also shown the top 5 companies that have paid the maximum amount as penalties for violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
  • In this week’s OSIN we cover the impact of COVID-19 on global tourism while visually showing a prognosis made by United Nations World Tourism Organization on the revival path of tourism flow, domestically and also world over.
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we cover Exxon and how it has gone from one of the most profitable businesses in the world to one which is beset in crisis, thanks to the pandemic and its high-spending strategy implicitly demands a recovery in oil and gas prices.
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  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we cover the impact the Coronavirus pandemic has had on the world, within 25 days of March this year.
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we cover the negative fallout of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Hollywood movies and TV production in North America.
  • The latest One Story In Numbers (OSIN) covers the Saudi Arabia (OPEC) and Russia conflict on oil production which has led to a massive crude oil price drop of around 25%, globally. #osin #datastories #oilandgas #saudiaramco #saudiarabia #russia #opec #datavizualization #crudeoil #weekly #datastories
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we cover the notable impact of Coronavirus on air pollution in China, primarily as a result of lowered economic activity, travel, construction, and consumer demand. #china #coronavirus #business #airpollution #epidemic #osin #dataasset #datastories #economy
  • In this week's OSIN, we cover the conviction of Harvey Weinstein in the sexual assault and rape case, which is now being hailed as a turning point in the #MeToo movement. #HarveyWeinstein #OSIN #Data #DataStories #Weekly #SexualHarrasment #harveyweinsteintrial
  • As per research conducted by ‘Buy Shares’, 10 organizations have contributed a total of USD 255.2 Million till date, towards the US Presidential election campaign. The Democratic Party has received the maximum donations at USD 135.59 Million while the Republican Party has been able to collect a total of USD 119.61 Million. This week's OSIN {One Story in Numbers} covers the contributions by Top 10 Organizations, towards the United States Presidential Election Campaign 2020.
  • This week's OSIN (One Story In Numbers) covers India's highest civilian awards - The Padma Awards. To know more amazing trends, insights and details, please visit the ZIGRAM website - https://lnkd.in/f2A_Kyv #OSIN #zigram #padmaawards #padmashri #india #dashboard #visualanalytics #visualizations #awardsdecorationsandhonors #awards2020
  • In this week's OSIN - One Story In Numbers, we cover the impact of the alarming growth in natural disasters. #OSIN #globalwarming #australia #bushfires #pollution #global #zigram #datastories
  • This week's OSIN (One Story In Numbers) covers a feel-good story about how our world is statistically a far better place to live in, than ever before. #osin #poverty #hunger #childlabour #dataassets #thisweek #childmortality #literacy
  • In this week's OSIN (One Story In Numbers) we cover the massive OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud which has started unraveling over the last few months.
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers}, we cover the economic impact of the ongoing USA - China trade war.
  • In this week's OSIN {One Story In Numbers} we cover the issue of plastic pollution and the role played by global brands.
  • The 2019 Global Hunger Index report, jointly published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), shows that, while the world has made gradual progress in reducing hunger on a global scale since 2000, this progress has been uneven.
  • Dyson, the technology company best known for its vacuum cleaners, recently stated that it had scrapped its $2.5 billion project, to build electric cars. We cover this story in this week's edition of OSIN.
  • This week's OSIN (One Story In Numbers) is about Microsoft's $10 billion JEDI contract win, where they beat Amazon - the larger and possibly more accomplished cloud infrastructure provider.
  • As India continues to battle with slowing economic growth and flagging consumption, another area of concern is the growing external debt, which may render the economy vulnerable to shocks - like global oil price spikes.
  • The gender pay gap affects most industries, with women generally earning less than their male counterparts – and Hollywood is no different. This week's OSIN covers certain major insights from a study of salaries of male and female actors in Hollywood, between 1980 and 2015.
  • The Indian Diaspora today accounts for the largest number of migrants globally. With governments considering this as a vital factor while formulating their foreign policy, it is important to understand the scale of this particular phenomenon. This weeks OSIN (One Story In Numbers) gives an overview about the scale of the Indian Diaspora & its impact on the economy.
  • The word “slavery” conjures up images of shackles and transatlantic ships – depictions that seem relegated firmly to the past. But more people are enslaved today than at any other time in history. This weeks OSIN (One Story In Numbers) covers the scale of Modern Slavery in the 21st century.
  • This week we present The Mauritius Leaks, a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). This investigation provides an inside look at how the former French colony of Mauritius has transformed itself into a thriving financial center and tax haven, at least partly at the expense of its African neighbors and other less-developed countries.