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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Chinese banks still don’t know if Anil Ambani repaid their $100 million last night

Ambani had until 4:00 p.m. Friday in London to make the payment into court or run the risk of automatically losing the lawsuit over $700 million in defaulted loans.

Planes are grounded, factories shut & cities on lockdown, yet data keeps flowing

Broadband providers are proving to be the one industry that can cope with coronavirus-induced turmoil without massive state intervention.

Prepare now for the long war against coronavirus

It’s essential to clearly envision the problems we’ll face over the next 12 to 18 months and mobilise to respond right away.

India’s forex reserves plunge the most in 8 years as RBI defends the rupee

India’s forex reserves fell by $5.35 billion to $481.9 billion in the week ended 13 March, the most since November 2011 when the hoard dropped $5.7 billion.

Broke Anil Ambani has to pay $100 million to Chinese banks by the end of today

Anil Ambani has until 4 pm in London or 9.30 pm IST to make payment or run risk of automatically losing lawsuit over $700 million in defaulted loans.

Disney+ delays Indian debut after IPL postponement due to coronavirus

Walt Disney chairman Bob Iger had earlier announced that the Disney streaming service would be launched in India the same day IPL was set to start.

Why work from home is a new headache for cybersecurity teams

Every time an employee connects to their corporate network from home, they’re creating possible access points for hackers to exploit.

Wristband monitors, fines and jail time – how Asia is battling a second coronavirus wave

Places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan are now facing a surge of new cases thanks to large number of travelers carrying the virus arriving at their borders.

Social distancing is best option against COVID-19 for now, not forever

With lockdowns of months, life largely stops, short-term & long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billion lives may be eventually at stake.

Japan is paralysed because it doesn’t know what to do with the Olympics

Other sporting events in Japan, US and and other countries have been canceled, delayed or held without spectators because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.