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Sunday, September 14, 2025
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Topic: Hong Kong

Hong Kong is testing saliva of travellers to thwart the spread of coronavirus

The biodata can be particularly revealing, but privacy experts worry about who controls the information and what will happen to it after the Covid-19 crisis ends.

Modi’s Goldilocks moment: Hong Kong model of lockdown, Wuhan or South Korea

McKinsey estimates that a prolonged lockdown, such as the one in Wuhan, could decrease India’s GDP by 8 to 10 per cent.

Wristband monitors, fines and jail time – how Asia is battling a second coronavirus wave

Places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan are now facing a surge of new cases thanks to large number of travelers carrying the virus arriving at their borders.

Hong Kong dog dies after release from coronavirus quarantine

While the dog initially tested ‘weak positive’ for coronavirus, it showed no symptoms & was released from quarantine Saturday after further tests came negative.

Hong Kong shutdown is a lesson to the world in halting virus

Unlike the rest of the world, Hong Kong appears to be successfully controlling Covid-19, in part because the memory of 2003 SARS outbreak prompted a public outcry early on.

We asked 4 experts why people are hoarding toilet paper. This is what they said

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, toilet paper is going off the shelf rapidly from Australia to Japan.

Amid privacy concerns, websites in Singapore & Hong Kong track coronavirus patients

Unlike India, the govts of Singapore and Hong Kong have been furnishing details of patients, including the place of work and residence.  

Hong Kong dog tests ‘weak positive’ for coronavirus, could be first case among pets

Officials will carry out further tests to confirm whether the dog has really been infected or if it was a result of environmental contamination.

Toilet paper is the hot new currency in Singapore and Hong Kong

As fears of the novel coronavirus spread and supermarkets run short of basic supplies, it’s the thought - and thickness of the toilet tissue — that counts.

How to protect hospital assistants from coronavirus? Use robots

Telepresence bots on hospital floors in urban China are now acting as a safe go-between that helps curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.