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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Postponement of Tokyo Olympics now looks inevitable

As Canada pulls out of the summer games, major sporting federations and political leaders have called on IOC and Japanese authorities to postpone the games.

Why Angela Merkel quarantining herself is a blow to Europe’s fight against coronavirus

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be regularly tested in the coming days and perform her duties from home.

Europe is struggling to beat the virus as death toll continues to mount

Europe’s mounting death toll brought grim reminder that in the hospitals at the heart of the outbreak, the virus is overpowering medical professionals.

India has room for fiscal, monetary stimulus to avoid COVID-19 defaults: Top govt adviser

Policy makers’ immediate focus is ensuring people have cash in hand to buy essentials, Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal says.

Experts question malaria drug endorsed by Trump as COVID-19 cure but people stockpiling it

Patients who actually need hydroxychloroquine haven't been able to get it after others have started stockpiling it following Trump's tweet.

Chaos emerges in journals as they loosen standards for papers on COVID-19

Ibuprofen went from recommended to discouraged, based on a Lancet paper that expresses due uncertainty.

Chinese nationals told to stop working for selected US news outlets in Beijing

Foreign news outlets in China are barred from directly employing Chinese nationals. They are instead employed through a corporation which is affiliated with the foreign ministry.

How to date online in the age of coronavirus

The novel coronavirus that causes the malady has infected more than 200,000 people around the world and ushered in a fraught new era of online dating.

Arnold Schwarzenegger shares workout tips for virus quarantine

The former California governor took to Reddit on Friday to share a workout he said anyone could do at home.

Our phones are watching us. That’s a good tool to fight COVID-19

Identifying those infected, tracing their contacts & restricting or checking movements of whoever may be exposed is vital in reducing the spread of diseases.

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Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.