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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicZero-Covid policy

Topic: zero-Covid policy

China reopens borders from Hong Kong to mainland China ending its zero-Covid policy

After three years of one of the world's tightest Covid-19 regimes including frequent testing, curbs on movement, incoming travellers no longer need to quarantine while crossing borders.

Situation in China volatile—A fire incident, a strict Covid policy spreading anger on streets

The Chinese are drawing parallels between the recent protests and the 1989 Tiananmen Square agitation.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.