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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

What if the pandemic never ends? The world should prepare for that too

Scientists are doing all they can to defeat the virus quickly. But policy makers should be planning for the possibility that they won’t succeed.

TikTok wants to do something traditional – produce a reality TV show

The company, part of Chinese technology giant ByteDance, is seeking to broaden its appeal and showcase different ways of using its videos.

Remdesivir maker Gilead is caught between making a profit and treating the world

Remdesivir may become the first medication approved to treat the novel coronavirus but the question is will it generate big returns for Gilead.

How the world is embracing contact-tracing technology to fight coronavirus

Governments want to get people back to work & a key part of this is contact-tracing technology that helps authorities track the virus and warn citizens.

No human role in creating or modifying coronavirus, US intelligence agencies say

US intelligence community ‘concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the Covid-19 virus was not man made or genetically modified’.

Bill Gates says virus vaccine could take as little as 9 months

Even if it takes 18 months, that would still be fastest that scientists have created a new vaccine & 8-10 of the 115 current vaccine candidates look promising.

Can’t work, can’t go, can’t stay. A virus trilemma for low-cost migrant workers abroad

Migrants can’t work, can’t go home (with airlines grounded) and stand a greater risk of infection by staying put in their densely packed urban quarters.

Global smartphone market suffered the worst contraction in history in Jan-March quarter

Demand will remain suppressed through the rest of the year, with global economic downturn preventing any growth until at least the fourth quarter.

Reliance cuts salaries, Mukesh Ambani won’t get any pay this year

Loss of demand for refined oil products and plastics has put pressure on the hydrocarbons business forcing Reliance to reduce costs.

Dead virus particles suspected to be behind Covid patients testing positive after recovery

S. Korean scientists have found patients who remain positive weeks after diagnosis may harbour dead virus particles that can’t be distinguished from infectious ones.

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.