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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Clashes at Hubei-Jiangxi border reveal cracks in China’s road to recovery after Covid-19

Among other issues, officials are under the pump to get migrant workers back to work as quickly as possible, after the lockdown drained them of cash and disrupted their lives.

These are the steps India has taken to contain economic fallout of Covid-19

From deferring loan repayments to injecting more liquidity in the banking system, the RBI has introduced a host of measures to stabilise the economy.

Tokyo Olympics gets a new date, to begin 23 July 2021

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach had earlier this month agreed to delay the 2020 Olympics amid the coronavirus pandemic.

US allows emergency use of hydroxychloroquine even as Trump says it ‘may or may not work’

Normally used to treat malaria, hydroxychloroquine yielded promising yet inconclusive results in a small coronavirus trial. It also carries significant side effects.

Mass quarantine patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms: Chinese experts warn Italy

According to experts advising Italy on the pandemic, Wuhan made an error in asking patients with mild symptoms to self-quarantine at home instead of hospitalising them.

Coronavirus has challenged & changed how world’s top scientists work to find a cure

As the rapid spread of coronavirus continues, scientists are having to accelerate meticulous processes that otherwise take years to test and fine-tune.

Coronavirus pushes India equities toward worst quarterly drop

The gauge is set for a quarterly drop of about 30%, surpassing the previous record of a 28% decline in the quarter through June 1992.

Coronavirus makes America seem like a civilisation in decline

No advanced nation has responded as poorly as the US. Perverse regulation, a bungled government test & fragmented supply chains held back testing for crucial weeks.

Once upon a time, the media also brought readers the lighter side of pandemics

Rather than reporting on the horrors, editors chose to search for human-interest angle, digging up cases that raised legal issues yet might be a fun read.

Coronavirus is shaking up the moral universe and testing profound philosophical questions

The pandemic is also a test of the strength of the ideas humans choose to help them form moral judgments and guide personal and social behaviour.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

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.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.