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Topic: Bloomberg wire

China shuns salmon after it is linked to new Covid outbreak in Beijing

Salmon has been taken off shelves in supermarkets & grocery delivery platforms across major Chinese cities, while experts are warning people not to consume it.

Fall in wholesale inflation gives room to RBI to further cut rates

WPI inflation data signals weak demand & allows RBI to further cut rates to support an economy headed for first annual contraction in more than four decades.

Response to Covid has come at the cost of tackling the more fatal cancer

Early detection of cancer is key to survival and treatment. Yet Covid-19 has deterred people from seeking help to avoid the hospital or burdening the medical system.

The first Covid vaccines may not prevent you from getting infected

To keep economies from collapsing could result in the world settling for a vaccine that only prevents people from getting really sick but not the infection itself.

Do we need Covid lockdowns for a second wave? Pakistan may offer some lessons

With coronavirus infections surging as economies reopen, officials will need to consider unorthodox alternatives.

We tested 5G networks across Asian cities. The verdict: patchy

While carriers are investing billions of dollars in expansion, 5G's technical design demands high network density to provide the advertised stratospheric speeds.

The former entertainment reporter behind a fugitive’s $8 billion Asian fortune

Chan Hoi-wan, the second wife of Hong Kong billionaire mogul Joseph Lau, started accruing assets in 2017 when Lau gave her a retail complex.

It’s manufacturing that’s giving Iran a lifeline, not oil

In 2019-20, non-oil exports amounted to $41.3 billion and exceeded the country's oil exports for the first time in Iran’s modern history.

How Hong Kong’s rich are preparing for a worst-case scenario

Private bankers say their high-net-worth clients accelerated contingency planning efforts after China announced last month it would impose controversial national security laws on Hong Kong.

Kim’s sister says North Korean army ready for action on South Korea

The latest dust-up was triggered by South Korean activists who sent anti-Pyongyang messages in balloons across the border.

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India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

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.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

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.