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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Chinese economy contracts for the first time in decades due to Covid crisis

China’s GDP shrank 6.8% in the first quarter from a year ago, the worst performance since at least 1992, missing the consensus forecast of a 6% drop.

Success model Singapore has worst day of infections as cases double over a week

A record 728 new Covid-19 infections were reported late Thursday, bringing Singapore’s total in the past seven days to 2,517.

UK prepares to extend lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to rise

UK Foreign Secy Dominic Raab, standing in for British PM Boris Johnson, will chair a crucial meeting Thursday during which the Cabinet will finalise plans for an extension.

In India, over 32 crore students hit by Covid-19 as schools and colleges are shut: UNESCO

More than 157 crore students across 191 countries severely impacted by closure of educational institutions due to coronavirus, says UNESCO report.

Economists screwed up in 2008. Covid-19 gives them a shot at redemption

This downturn will be bigger & more complicated than 2008, which only increases need for theories to anticipate some of the potential scenarios.

Make more babies or embrace foreign workers – the Covid-19 message to rich Asian nations

Pulling up the drawbridge to halt spread of the disease and protect domestic businesses would be perilous as foreign workers are critical.

IMF sees growth in Asia Pacific coming to a standstill for the first time in 60 years

Growth in China and India will decelerate but their economies will still manage to expand 1.2% and 1.9% respectively, IMF says.

China’s data on asymptomatic Covid cases shows most people never get sick

The phenomenon of asymptomatic transmission is a puzzling feature of the virus that’s allowed the pandemic to spread wider & faster than previous outbreaks.

China closes largest makeshift hospital in Wuhan as coronavirus cases wane

India’s three biggest state-owned refiners have projected a 40% jump in demand for LPG in the first week of April from a year earlier.

Covid-19 might have hit pause on everyday life, but not Brexit

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak affirmed that the govt was committed to its current timetable for trade talks with the European Union, which resume Wednesday.

On Camera

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.