Bloomberg India will reintroduce mandatory Covid-19 tests for flyers coming from a number of major Asian nations, including China, amid fears of a fresh wave of infections hitting the world’s second-most populated country. RT-PCR tests will be required from travellers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, effective from January 1, India’s Health Minister Mansukh …

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co has cancelled just over three dozen flights for Friday, suggesting the beleaguered carrier may be close to resuming relatively normal operations after a meltdown stranded thousands of passengers. Friday’s tally of 39 cancelled flights has been consistent for the past day, according to flight tracker FlightAware.com. The website so far lists no Southwest flights that …

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced two additional rounds of unscheduled bond-purchase operations, fighting back against traders betting it will further relax its yield-curve control policy. The central bank offered to buy unlimited amounts of two- and five-year notes at a fixed yield, along with 600 billion yen ($4.5 billion) of one-to-10 year bonds. That was on top …