scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Your coronavirus nightmares are good for you. They’ll help prepare for scary times

If your dreams are dark, it’s just the mind’s way of coping. Dreaming about the precise problem you’re trying to solve may be especially helpful.

China is reopening its wet markets. That’s not a bad decision

Attraction of wet markets isn't so different from farmers’ markets in the West. Consumers know food is fresh because there's little refrigeration.

Why the argument is shifting in favour of wearing a face mask

By wearing a mask I’m signalling to strangers on the bus or in supermarket that I’m trying to protect them. It’s a new way of showing respect.

How Google is working with researchers to trace coronavirus cases in Europe

Location data Google collects has been shared with researchers. It can’t be used to track individuals but shows broad patterns of movement across countries.

Power grids prepare for load disruption after Modi’s call to switch off lights on Sunday

PM Modi’s call to switch off lights for 9 minutes Sunday evening could result in a sudden drop of about 15 gigawatt of power demand across the nation.

World Bank offers $1 billion emergency aid to India to help fight Covid-19

With this, India will receive the largest chunk of the $1.9 billion support offered by the World Bank to 25 developing nations.

Now, Singapore to close schools and most workplaces as Covid-19 cases rise

Singapore’s tougher moves signal its current approach – relying on contact tracing, strict containment measures and quarantine – is no longer tenable.

One week on, Boris Johnson is still ill and isolating with coronavirus fever

With deaths still rising, Johnson is anxious to drum home his message that Britons must obey government orders to stay in their homes as much as possible.

Modi govt is seeking $6 billion of loans to fight coronavirus

The World Bank has already committed $1 billion and Modi govt is in talks with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and ADB for more.

Coronavirus hasn’t made much of a difference to these conflict hotspots of the world

Some leaders are looking to exploit the virus as a distraction that allows them to advance goals like cracking down on dissent.

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.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

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.