Covid, Galwan, Trump and more: The biggest news stories of 2020

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  • 5 Dec
  • 2020

Covid, Galwan, Trump and more: The biggest news stories of 2020

Covid, Galwan, Trump and more: The biggest news stories of 2020

Pandemic
2020 will be forever marked as the year when humanity faced its worst pandemic in over 100 years. It spread across all continents (except Antarctica); no country was spared. Businesses were shut down, crores lost their livelihoods, people were locked for months, and continue to suffer throughout the year. Many vaccines are now in trial stages (Pfizer have got approval for it as well) but experts say it will be many months (perhaps years) before everyone could get vaccinated. Covid 19 has pushed economic growths back by several years and effects on economies will be felt for years to come.
US Elections
A hotly contested election in the US also dominated the news in 2020. Donald Trump became the 11th US president not to get another term in the office, and was defeated by Joe Biden (though Trump still contest that).
India-China border clash
Back home, India was engaged in a vicious border dispute with China along its eastern border since May 2020. In the clash itself, 20 India soldiers and 43 Chinese soldiers lost their lives.
Social Media
There were a lot of things going in social media. There were talks in the US to break the Big Tech cos. TikTok was banned in India and in the US. Facebook and Twitter were in the limelight as well amid a rise in fake news.
Black Lives matter
Thousands of Americans carrying placards reading "black lives matter" and raising slogans such as "no justice, no peace" took to the streets in many US cities, demonstrating against the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. People across countries and continents declared support for the Black Lives Matter movement via a succession of passionate protests.
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