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Topic: Bloomberg wire

Why coronavirus is punishing the economy more than Spanish Flu

Although the human cost of coronavirus probably will end up being smaller than that of the Spanish Flu, the economic cost may be larger and last longer.

Time to end the ‘blame game’ over coronavirus, Chinese ambassador tells US

Ambassador Cui Tiankai said blaming China for the coronavirus outbreak’s spread risked ‘decoupling’ the world’s two largest economies.

India’s services industry index crashes to lowest in the world in April

The April PMI figures provide the first real glimpse of the devastating hit to the economy from the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.

Why I just volunteered for a Covid-19 vaccine trial

'Challenge trials' speed up the process of vaccine testing and might also help understand the natural immunity of people who’ve already been infected.

Airlines and airports will need very expensive revamp to survive in the virus era

Airlines have been burning through $10 billion a month as passenger totals have tumbled more than 90 per cent during the past month.

Coronavirus has transformed how scientific research findings are communicated

Open access to scientific papers, AI mining research to get data insights faster, and a more-open review process — this could be the new future for science.

Why financial markets will never be the same after the coronavirus crisis

Airlines, oil-drillers and other troubled industries are in line for bailouts, while banks are being browbeaten to stop paying out dividends

Trump, Pompeo continue to blame Wuhan lab for virus but US agencies are less convinced

Two people familiar with the intelligence reports Trump cited said the Wuhan lab claim is circumstantial since US has very little information from the ground.

Hong Kong is testing saliva of travellers to thwart the spread of coronavirus

The biodata can be particularly revealing, but privacy experts worry about who controls the information and what will happen to it after the Covid-19 crisis ends.

For Germany, reopening the economy is proving harder than shutting it down

Chancellor Merkel has been taking a cautious approach to relaxing Covid-19 restrictions, but small to medium businesses can't wait to reopen as tourist season approaches.

On Camera

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.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.