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Topic: Bloomberg wire

Zoom boosts privacy and security, says it’s as safe as its peers

Zoom is launching a feature called Security that sets all privacy settings to highest level, including putting passwords and filtering conference attendees.

Global economy faces a $5 trillion hit due to Covid-19. That’s more than Japan’s GDP

The downturn is predicted to be short-lived, but it is unlikely to return to its pre-crisis trend until at least 2022.

Smoking makes it easier for coronavirus to get into lung cells, study finds

Smokers may have elevated levels of an enzyme called ACE-2, which helps virus enter cells in their lungs, European Respiratory Journal study shows.

Why the Covid-19 crisis is actually an opportunity for India to finally reform its economy

India needs to liberalise and deepen its financial markets, and take policy steps to fix the banking and farm sectors, experts say.

PM Boris Johnson is improving in ICU but virus toll turns bleaker for Britain

Scientists predict UK will be headed into the peak of the outbreak over the next week, at the very moment it has a power vacuum in Johnson’s absence.

India’s petroleum demand has crashed by 70% as country has come to a near-halt

Consumption for the entire month could average about 50% below last year’s levels if the lockdown ends 15 April as planned.

WTO says global trade collapse may be worst in a generation

While trade will suffer, a rebound will be possibly only if businesses and consumers view the pandemic as a temporary, one-time shock, the WTO said.

Bernie Sanders drops out of US presidential race, makes way for Joe Biden as party nominee

Sanders’s move came after a string of losses in recent weeks as he lost voters across regions and demographic groups that cemented Biden's lead

Want to stop the next pandemic? Start protecting wildlife habitats

The assault on ecosystems that allowed Covid-19 to jump from animals to humans went far beyond merchants hunting and selling rare wildlife.

Expat workers in Middle East face uncertain future after Covid-19

Gulf economies are rethinking their policies towards expat workers due to the global recession and collapsing oil prices.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

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.