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TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Sweden’s Covid expert says ‘world went mad’ with lockdowns

Sweden epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said he advised against restricting movements as it can create problems including increased domestic abuse and mass unemployment.

IMF gives a more pessimistic projection of global economy, expects GDP to shrink 4.9%

IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said that the cumulative loss for the world economy this year and next as a result of the recession is expected to reach $12.5 trillion.

ICICI Bank considers raising $3 billion in share sale

India’s second-largest private sector bank will be joining its peers in seeking capital to expand lending business.

Chinese state-owned developer gets nod to test Covid-19 vaccine in UAE

Beijing-based China National Biotec Group Co. was awarded approval on Tuesday to conduct Phase III trials for its Covid-19 vaccines in the Middle Eastern country.

Singapore’s food delivery surge during lockdown highlights plastic waste problems

Daily waste collected from domestic, trade premises like apartments and shophouses was 3% higher over the eight-week circuit breaker period compared with March.

Ludo may no longer be king in a post-lockdown India

Ludo King is the first Indian gaming application to pass 100 million downloads and was the sixth most downloaded game worldwide in May.

India’s richest states will have biggest income losses, SBI says

Eight of the wealthiest states and UTs, including Delhi and Maharashtra, will post double-digit contractions in income this fiscal year through March 2021.

New Yorkers are so bored they’re splurging on firecrackers to entertain themselves

There were 11,275 fireworks complaints in the first 21 days of June, compared with 28 in the same period last year, according to city data.

How to make safe decisions when you can’t plan much in the age of Covid

As data gives us an idea on how the virus spreads, it can help us divide activities into relative risk categories, making it easier to take a decision.

Filmmakers are returning to shoot in New Zealand as it emerges as Covid-free haven

James Cameron's return to New Zealand to shoot his Avatar sequel shows how the country can leverage its new super power ⁠— being Covid-free ⁠— to boost economy.

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Granta’s India issue goes into the heart of ‘vikas’. Restlessness written all over it

The Ramayana entering politics is not the collapse of reason alone; sometimes it is also the search for continuity in a decade that has moved faster than people can catch up with

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.