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Thursday, August 21, 2025
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Record spikes in Hong Kong, Tokyo feed fears of second wave of Covid in Asia

The resurgences in the Asian hubs come after weeks of people returning to work and restaurants re-opening, raising questions for the need of social distancing again.

IMF sees Asia’s economic pain persisting as coronavirus curbs limit recovery

While regional growth is tipped to rebound to 6.6% next year, that won’t be enough to replace all of the output lost due to the crisis. Image is fine

Asia lost a decade to counter China. But India and Quad can lead new strategy now

Asia has a spaghetti bowl of regional security structures. A new pan-Asian strategy with India in the lead can help counter China’s belligerence.

Thailand’s plan to makeover Asia’s deadliest roads is made of rubber

Thailand, the world’s biggest producer of rubber, aims to turn 1 million metric tons of it into 12,282 km of barriers and guide posts, absorbing about a quarter of the annual harvest.

Coronavirus has made our cities less appealing. But moving out is easier said than done

Megacities in Asia won't disappear. However, the virus has shown the dangers of concentrating too much human capital in one physical location.

CO2 levels rise despite lockdown, Asia’s water crisis and other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Asia’s factories remain in doldrums even as lockdowns ease

Purchasing managers indexes for South Korea, Japan, Taiwan fell, while readings for Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines improved but remained below 50.

Asia’s cautious reopenings mean economic recovery will be slow and uneven

After an era that saw a boost in tourism and freer capital markets, an Asia disconnected from the world would be a major step back.

‘Material Adverse Change’ – How Covid crisis threatens to disrupt India’s bankruptcy process

If wranglings around MAC drag on in tribunals and courts, India’s appeal may fade amid an oversupply of distressed assets everywhere.

Janata curfew is Modi’s 2nd stab at social mobilisation, but it can be a double-edged sword

PM Modi’s TV broadcast has made citizens responsible for their own well-being in the face of COVID-19. If it works, it could lead to more ambitious measures.

On Camera

Why the thriving Indian diaspora in the US is not an asset anymore

The excessive publicity about Indian success stories and their high income and wealth levels has begun to breed envy and resentment in non-elite Americans.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?