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Monday, November 17, 2025
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Topic: Bloomberg wire

Why the world needs to help Modi govt figure out the risk from Covid variant B.1.617

The longer it takes to tame India’s second wave, the higher the risk of a variant that does escape vaccine protection.

Land is selling cheap in Mumbai and this real estate company is taking advantage

Sunteck Realty Ltd. first snapped up land in Mumbai’s upcoming financial district. Now, as a fallout of a prolonged cash squeeze and the pandemic, it sees a bargain brewing again.

Remains of China rocket crash into Indian Ocean, most of debris ‘burnt up during re-entry’

Pieces of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered atmosphere at 10:24 am Sunday local time and plunged into the sea around 72.47 degrees east longitude and 2.65 degrees north latitude.

Now, it’s over to the WTO to clinch a deal on vaccine patent waivers

India and South Africa have proposed a broad waiver from the Trips agreement’s rules on the production and export of vaccines needed to combat the Covid-19 virus.

With India & US stumbling, the world is turning to China for vaccines

Demand is expected to rise if WHO authorises China’s Sinovac & Sinopharm vaccines, allowing developing countries in Asia, Africa & Latin America to access them through Covax.

‘World’s fastest recovery’ outlook for India at risk as second Covid wave hits country

The rupee put up by far the region’s poorest show over the past month as traders factored in the impact of the curbs on economic growth.

Elon Musk leaves Putin stranded on Earth in today’s space race

Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin's historic flight, Russia's space industry can't get its act together.

Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines 90% effective after 2 doses in ‘real-world’ use: US Study

According to data from US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Pfizer & Moderna Covid vaccines effectively prevented infections, not just illness, with substantial protection.

Canada suspends use of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for those under 55 amid blood clot concerns

Move comes just two weeks after PM Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians that AstraZeneca shots are safe for use. Canada is to receive 1.5 mn doses of the vaccine from US this week.

Suez villagers have a new neighbour — 400 metre-long ship holding up global trade

As dredgers, tug boats and teams of engineers race to dislodge a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, the inhabitants of the agricultural hinterland north of the city of Suez are basking in the novelty.

On Camera

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive, divisionary, divisive game.

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.