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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Social distancing is ruining the big bet on the sharing economy

As coronavirus curtails unnecessary human interaction, it’s hammering businesses that helped people split the use of cars, rooms and offices.

Singapore’s economy plunges in early sign of pain in Asia

The quarterly plunge in Singapore’s GDP was worse than the median forecast of an 8.2% decline in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

Uddhav Thackeray is winning over even his critics with calm demeanour and strong decisions

Dismissed as a ‘puppet in the hands of Sharad Pawar’, Uddhav Thackeray is now earning praise from critics as the ‘best head’ to run Maharashtra in these times.

Covid-19 threat to healthcare workers and the desperate scramble for ways to protect them

In episode 427 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the risky lives of healthcare workers, and explains the novel use of hydroxychloroquine and BCG vaccine.

5 more test positive for Covid-19 in Madhya Pradesh taking state’s tally to 20

The tally includes a Ujjain-based woman, who died on Wednesday in Indore, and a patient with travel history to Khajuraho, officials said.

Why our leaders fail to learn pandemic lessons and take poor decisions

Governments first overestimate their ability to control the virus situation, ignore real-time experience of others & ultimately scramble to tackle it.

Looking for ways to kill lockdown drudgery? Take tips from Bhagwat, Tejasvi Surya, Rijiju

With a 21-day lockdown in place, various public figures have pitched in with suggestions to pass time, from reading books, doing yoga to upgrading educational skills online.

Zee News to Times Now, TV got Covid coverage right, till it invited Sri Sri and Sadhguru

TV news is normally the butt of our unkindest jokes or violent outrage. It’s time to recognise that it finally did its duty during India’s coronavirus outbreak.

All eyes are on Wuhan to study how business will bounce back after lockdown

Resumption of movement in and out of Wuhan, scheduled for 8 April, may serve as template for global markets that have been affected by restraints.

Covid-19: ABP’s mad at Yogi, Zee’s ‘vishwa champion’, BBC on Prince Charles condition

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.