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AstraZeneca Worries Complicate Bid to Vaccinate the World Bloomberg 2 hrs ago James Paton, Tim Loh and Todd Gillespie (Bloomberg) -- Growing worries that AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine causes rare blood clots could hinder immunization campaigns across the world, from London to Seoul. Reviews by U.K. and European Union regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot, a cheaper and easier-to-deploy product that many nations are counting on in a bid to end the pandemic. Safety concerns could shake confidence in the injection, e...

Johnson opts for slow end to lockdown Emily Ashton and Alex Morales, Bloomberg Feb. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A social-distancing floor marker sits in a classroom at All Saints Catholic College in Manchester, England, on Sept. 1, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Anthony Devlin British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared the end of the pandemic is "in sight" for England as he set out his aim to ease lockdown rules in a series of stages over the next four months. Johnson detailed a four-step plan that will reopen schools from March 8, outdoor hospitality from mid-April and sports stadiums by mid-...

Electronics goods face biggest tariff hikes in India’s Atmanirbhar push Premium Share Via Read Full Story India’s latest budget, tabled in Parliament on 1 February, came with a fresh set of tariff hikes. Coming after months of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ push, the hikes inevitably lent steam to India’s increasingly protectionist image. A sectoral analysis shows that the electronics goods sector, which depends heavily on China, continued to be among the biggest targets of India’s tariffs this year. Effective 2 February, the government raised duties on about 1,250 of the 10,400-odd ite...

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, is increasingly playing a bigger role in the economy and intends to invest around $40 billion each year in the local economy

'I am now on Koo', Railway Minister Piyush Goyal pushes for Made-in-India app Premium 2 min read Koo won the Aatmanirbhar App Challenge organised by the Indian government Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, in one of his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio talks, encouraged Indians to use Koo Share Via Read Full Story Koo, Made-in-India app, is seen as an alternative to US microblogging site Twitter. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also joined the desi app. Taking to Twitter, he said, "I am now on Koo." Railway Minister seems excited about it, "Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for re...