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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Modi govt plans to raise Rs 6 lakh cr from infra assets sale in four years

The planned sales are in line with PM Modi’s strategic divestment policy, under which the state will retain presence in only a few identified sectors with the rest privatised.

Kids, Covid and Delta variant: What we know and what we don’t

Ways to keep children safe in school include improved ventilation, using CO2 monitors to assess how stale the air is, wearing masks and modulating class sizes.

Big Basket, Amazon, Flipkart are struggling to find e-vehicles for their delivery fleets

India’s delivery giants are finding there aren’t many models available that can be deployed at scale, and what supply there is can’t keep up with demand.

What press freedom crackdowns from US to China to Turkey mean for investors

Restricted information flows can mask political & regulatory problems as well as corruption, raising the risks of doing business—particularly in more volatile emerging markets.

You may be tired of Zoom but Zoom isn’t tired of innovating and offering new products

Already, over 50 apps are built on top of Zoom, from games & cloud storage workspaces to surveys. Clearly, the company isn’t satisfied with conquering videoconferencing category.

Nexus, the www of payments that could end the era of costly global money transfers

Nexus won’t be another app but a blueprint for instant cross-border payments that could put international wire transfers in the museum where they belong.

‘Shot in the arm for the world’ — IMF nations approve $650 bn to aid Covid fight

The creation of the reserve assets is the first since $250 bn issued after global financial crisis in 2009 & is meant to help nations deal with debt & fallout from the pandemic.

Why the pandemic’s invisible deaths needs to be counted

A better grasp of the toll is vital to assess the precise, real-world impact of vaccines and other preventative measures, or to understand just how lethal variants have been.

Support rises in Japan for Tokyo Games as country racks up gold medals

Previously plagued by concerns over the pandemic and a list of scandals, positive remarks about the Olympics have risen significantly in Japan since the opening ceremony.

Champagne with no bubbles? Thank climate change

Still wine is becoming increasingly common, the rise in the temperature in Champagne region over the past three decades is the reason.

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.