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Slowing economy, crippled by Covid lockdowns leave China's jobless youth i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 28 (ANI): China's slowing economy crippled by COVID-19 lockdowns has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future.
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Twitter data indicates unemployment higher in lower-to-mid income countrie
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 25 (ANI): In contrast to higher-income nations like Canada, lower-to-middle-income countries still experience high unemployment rates in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns and economic restrictions, according to a recent study conducted by York University in collaboratio
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New Delhi: Mushroom farmer who sent workers back home during migrant crisi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): The mushroom farmer who sent his workers home to Bihar during the migrant crisis in May 2020, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a Shiv temple in the Alipur police station area in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Lockdown in Chinese city continues to cause disruption in trade flows
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 21 (ANI): Amid concerns over the Chinese economy, Yiwu city in Zhejiang province is continued to cause disruptions to trade flows after thousands of e-commerce merchants reportedly suspended deliveries when the city went into a COVID-19 lockdown.
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Homeowners boycott mortgage payments as China's economy stumbles
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): In a rare act of defiance, Chinese homebuyers across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
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Shanghai: Shoppers throng exits at Ikea store amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], August 16 (ANI): Shangahi Ikea store saw panicked shoppers rushing for the exits after city health authorities on Saturday ordered the store to shutter down with shoppers inside after a close contact of a COVID-19 case was traced to the location.
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China slows BRI investments amid Ukraine war, COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 5 (ANI): Amid changing geopolitics due to the Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic, China has slowed down its investments in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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China's party membership figures expose Xi's concerns
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) twice-a-decade national congress in November, an intra-party bulletin that updated membership figures of the CCP has ruffled some feathers among some China analysts.
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96 per cent of the Indian Businesses are focusing on Sustainable Travel: S
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A new study by SAP Concur, a provider for integrated travel, expense and invoice management solutions has discovered that while managing corporate travel 96 per cent of all businesses across India say their companies are actively focusing o
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Chinese banks under scrutiny for opaque interconnectedness of financial fi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): The resilience of the Chinese banking system has come under scrutiny in recent years as there are indications that Beijing wants more control over its economy.
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Around 25 million people faced consequences of Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 21 (ANI): Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy and the harsh lockdown affected roughly 25 million people in China's financial centre and its largest metropolis Shanghai and what is important is that it was avoidable.
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Chinese activists indicted for discussing 'human rights' to be tried separ
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): Indicted for the same charges of discussing 'human rights', Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong and human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi will be tried separately on Friday and Monday respectively.
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