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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

We will likely need several vaccines to combat coronavirus across the world

US National Institutes of Health director says the first people to get a vaccine will likely be frontline health workers and those with chronic conditions.

Elon Musk reopens Tesla’s US plant, dares California authorities to arrest him

Musk, who claimed the panic around Covid was dumb, has been furious about the lockdown, and threatened to move the company’s headquarters to Nevada or Texas.

We have prevailed, says Trump, ends press meet abruptly after question on US death toll

At a press conference to celebrate his govt's success at expanding testing, Trump went on the defensive under questioning from reporters.

Oxford begins study to prevent worsening of mild coronavirus cases, to start with HCQ

Oxford study will test whether 7-day course of HCQ can reduce serious symptoms in vulnerable groups. The antibiotic azithromycin will also be tested.

Tata Motors is worth nothing without JLR after Covid disruption, brokerage CLSA says

JLR is only driver of valuation. Future equity infusions are likely to be used for loss funding & so we don’t attribute any equity value to India business, CLSA says.

South Korea’s very successful testing strategy has a homophobia problem

The latest flare-up in South Korea, which curbed new cases through rapid testing, has emerged among the gay community, which has few legal protections.

International tourism could decline by 60-80% in 2020 due to Covid-19: UN report

The report states the pandemic has caused a loss of $910 billion to $1.2 trillion and placed millions of livelihoods at risk.

Covid pandemic has given the world a great online learning experiment

With the right infrastructure, it’s possible to rethink academic structures that have in many ways been unchanged since the Victorian period.

How to reopen a country in lockdown? US looks to South Korea, Vienna for ideas

Experts have warned that reopening the US too quickly risks sparking a fresh wave of the outbreak, possibly leading to another, even more damaging shutdown.

With masks & fever checks, it’s a ‘whole new world’ as Shanghai Disneyland reopens in China

The reopening is one of the largest test cases yet of whether mass gatherings can take place safely amid the virus pandemic.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.