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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Amazon plans to exit $7.7 Billion race for IPL streaming rights

Amazon’s surprise pullout leaves the field open for Ambani’s Reliance, Disney & Sony Group, who’re betting the game will help them dominate an Indian consumer market increasingly going online.

Covid during pregnancy doubles babies’ risk of delay in speech, motor skills, study finds

The study could not assess the impact of vaccination because it examined records from pregnancies between March and September of 2020, before Covid shots were available.

Covid lab leak theory needs more research to investigate possibility, say WHO advisers

While the lab theory remains in limbo, mounting evidence suggests that a seafood market in Wuhan where early cases appeared was not the source of the infection, the WHO report said.

Trump spurned pleas to end lies, call off mob, Capitol attack panel says

The panel opened a televised hearing Thursday with a prime-time presentation that included video testimony from then-Attorney General William Barr.

Apple plans to launch new 15-inch screen MacBook Air and 12-inch laptop in 2023

Apple is also planning new high-end MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips for as early as the end of 2022, though the release date may slip into early 2023.

Vehicle owners, automakers not convinced by govt’s plan to recycle old cars, finds survey

Some 57% of 10,543 vehicle owners surveyed by LocalCircles say whether a car should be removed from service or not should depend on miles on the odometer rather than age.

Elon Musk’s Twitter bid backed by Vy Capital founder linked to Russian billionaire

Vy Capital, a Dubai-based investment firm, has committed $700 million to finance Musk’s bid for the social network, making it the third-biggest outside equity investor in the deal.

RBI is getting its way on rate to fight inflation. But for how long

Shaktikanta Das has to assure Centre that its borrowing program would get completed without pushing the 10-year yield much higher than the current level of around 7.5%, a 3-year high.

Donald Trump, 2 of his children agree to testify July 15 in New York civil probe

The agreement on testimony by Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump was outlined in a document filed Wednesday in state court in Manhattan.

Plane crash mysteries spur renewed calls for cockpit cameras

The push is reigniting a standoff between pilots who guard their privacy, and crash specialists that are under pressure to solve mystery accidents & prevent them from happening again.

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Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.