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Topic: New York

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Satish Tripathi on New York Governor’s commission to revive economy

The ‘Blue-Ribbon Commission’ aims to focus on plans that will jump-start New York's crippling economy hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

UN chief Antonio Guterres recommends scaled down annual meeting of world leaders in New York

It is likely the General Assembly gathering will be postponed or the event modified as New York remains one of the global epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York City is likely to stay closed until June, says Mayor Bill de Blasio

New York has recorded a decline in daily hospitalisations, ICU admissions & fatalities but the Mayor said this must continue further before reopening the city.

How a breakthrough Covid-19 antigen test could help countries ease out of lockdown faster

In episode 467 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains what antigen tests are and how FDA's breakthrough test can aid economies as lockdowns ease across the world.

Sunday edition of Boston Globe falls short of pages for death notices

Death notices in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe (26 April) ran up to 21 pages, that is 16 more than the previous week's edition.

One in five New York City residents tests positive for coronavirus antibody, shows survey

A survey of over 3,000 people in New York State show that 13.9 per cent had antibodies against Covid-19, meaning they were exposed to the virus without knowing.

Rich Americans escaped to bunkers in New Zealand as coronavirus struck

For years, New Zealand has featured prominently in doomsday survival plans of rich Americans worried that, say, a killer germ might paralyse the world.

New Covid-19 cases in New York fall to lowest since epidemic began

New York deaths remain high but Governor Cuomo talks of reopening the city as only 53 new Covid-19 cases were admitted to hospital overnight.

Trump’s dance of ‘death’, testing times for the British Queen and Easter at home

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

New York, New Jersey urge people to stay put as deaths rise and peak of infection nears

New Jersey, which trails New York with the second-highest number of infections in the US, expects cases to peak in two to three days.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?