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Topic: Bloomberg wire

‘Social Bubbles’ can limit coronavirus better than social distancing, Oxford study says

Strategically reducing contacts can lower infection rates and flatten the curve considerably more than simple social distancing can, the study says.

Coronavirus isn’t getting weaker, it’s just that we’re fighting it better

Coronavirus may appear weaker in some parts of the world as expanded testing & surveillance are catching people earlier in the course of their illness.

Why it’s always sunny in India’s renewable power market

If India’s power project developers can make round-the-clock renewables work on the business side, they’ll be an attractive option for India’s power buyers.

Amazon employees sue retail giant after contracting Covid at warehouse

Employees claim they were explicitly or implicitly encouraged to continue attending work and prevented from adequately washing hands or sanitising workstations.

Consumers won’t help India’s economic recovery, but their savings will

Rising savings during the nationwide lockdown will help in curtailing India’s current account deficit and increase govt borrowing, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.

Hong Kong passes law banning insults to China’s national anthem

Introduced in early 2019, the measure imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for people convicted of insulting the anthem or singing it in a distorted manner, anywhere from online posts to events.

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t seem to understand Facebook’s problem with Mark Zuckerberg

Apart from concerns about the Trump posts, Facebook employees complain Zuckerberg operates in a bubble and needs greater diversity among his senior advisers.

Will protests further spread Covid? Experts say it’s too soon to tell

Tens of thousands of people have been out on streets and into close contact in cities across US, raising concerns of new Covid clusters.

With flights yet to resume, cheap beach destinations could turn into exotic holidays

The virus has been destabilizing for Southeast Asia, whose rosy economic outlook before Covid was premised in large part on booming international travel.

Zoom’s success story exposes flaw in Big Tech’s market dominance

The Covid era has led to an explosion of innovation and rapid growth for dozens of smaller companies that are emphatically winning even as tech giants try to squash them.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

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.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

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.