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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Gold imports by India fasten to decade-high as jewellery sales double

Weddings and celebrations picked up in full swing in the December quarter, more than doubling full-year imports to about 925 tonnes, the highest since 2011.

Covid isn’t behind us, but the world’s next big health emergency is already here

Covid has led to 5.6 million deaths, but antimicrobial resistance is likely to log 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Its treatment has led to antibiotics' overuse, which has spiked drug resistance.

Italian Generali buys 25% stake worth Rs 1,250 cr in insurance JV from embattled Future Group

The stake sale, which will give Generali majority control over the JV, comes as the Future Group is locked in a prolonged legal battle with partner Amazon.

Asia’s virtual banks need oversight to guard data, India could offer model, BIS says

Along with Singapore, India may offer a model for creating a platform under central bank supervision that allows personal data sharing, with customer consent, says BIS.

Biden’s wolf-crying campaign over Ukraine has turned the tables on Putin

There is a plausible scenario that defies the seemingly unshakable logic of Putin's planned invasion of Ukraine and plays out as a media phenomenon rather than a hot war.

India’s economic indicators flash early warning signs for rebound

While the needle on a dial measuring the so-called ‘Animal Spirits’ remained stable, top producers signaled weakness as 2021 wound down.

Fed does what’s expected, not what’s needed

Federal Open Market Committee signaled it would start a rate-hiking cycle soon, follow with gradual reduction in its balance sheet, and end its asset-purchase program by early March.

Fed’s hawkish pivot sends sovereign yields soaring to highs across Asia, Australia, NZ

With growing expectations that the Fed stance will spur rapid tightening from central banks all over, yields rose across regions including in Asia.

World has taken over 10 billion Covid vaccine doses, rich nations used 71%: Bloomberg tracker

The remaining 29% of doses have been taken by less wealthy countries such as India, much of Africa and parts of Asia, which together make up almost half the people on Earth.

How Vladimir Putin keeps everyone guessing

Over the years, Putin has always had the upper hand tactically vis-à-vis the West because he’s had what’s called escalation dominance. But experts say he may have gone a big step too far.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.