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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Topic: Bloomberg wire

Trump threatens to veto FDA if it tries to slow down launch of Covid vaccine

FDA officials have indicated they would hold a Covid vaccine to a higher standard than other medications that typically receive emergency waivers from the agency.

Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power if Biden wins

Trump has been criticizing the legitimacy of mail-in voting, which is being offered in a number of states as officials seek to limit the spread of the Covid at packed polling places.

Byju’s gets another $300 million of investments as it expands to meet soaring demand

Investors are increasing support for India’s edtech startups such as Byju’s as the country’s pandemic challenge spreads and closes schools.

RBI won’t allow rupee to rise sharply despite high consumer inflation, ICICI says

Perception that RBI was cutting dollar purchases was accentuated by comment from policy makers that appreciating rupee had helped tackle imported inflation.

The maths isn’t clear on how much US companies will own in TikTok’s Oracle & Walmart deal

Oracle & Walmart say American investors will control more than 50% of the new TikTok Global. But this is at odds with ByteDance’s insistence that the company will get a 80% stake.

TikTok’s algorithm can’t be trusted even if it is transparent. Here’s why

TikTok makes money by keeping people watching, so it can serve them more ads. To that end, it tracks and collects certain types of user data to better match videos to users.

Climate crises, global conflicts & Covid fallout — World’s problems get worse as UN turns 75

The UN is going through one its most challenging periods ever, and keeps churning out increasingly grim reports on the global threats it was created to ameliorate.

Don’t give up on recycling plastic. It’s going to help manage our trash, spur innovation

The global recycling industry has a history of transforming what was previously 'unrecyclable' into useful products and is poised to do so again.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death resets Trump-Biden presidential race in final weeks

With the Supreme Court being thrust into the centre of the presidential race, Trump & Biden are no longer battling for the top job based solely on the Covid issue and the economy.

Singapore Airlines pilots say yes to upto 60% pay cuts to save their jobs

Earlier this month, Singapore Airlines said it will cut about 4,300 jobs. The company had put staff on unpaid leave, and crew not flying stopped receiving flight allowances.

On Camera

Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

If elections happen in Bangladesh next year with the Awami League’s participation, there is every possibility of a sudden surprise around the bend. One can only hope it would not be bloody.

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

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.