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WHO sounds alarm on rising pace of technology-facilitated violence
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The latest estimates on intimate partner violence (IPV) note that lifetime IPV prevalence in South-East Asia Region is 31.5%, one of the highest across all WHO regions. Digital violence--including cyberstalking, image-based abuse, trolling, doxing, and online harassment--is rising at an alar
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Safer, Inclusive Schools Critical for Children's Learning: Coalition for G
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25: The Asia Regional Hub for Coalition for Good Schools, today released the findings from its report titled 'Creating Good Schools: Preventing School Based Violence against Children in Southern Asia.' Coalition for Good Schools is a global network committed to a
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China's new bank loans tumble more than expected in April: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China's new bank loans tumbled more than expected in April from the previous month. The development has further raised concerns regarding the economy's recovery and regulators have called on banks to cap rates offered on some deposits from next week, The Standard reported.
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China's oil and gas consumption declined in 2022 amid weakening economy: R
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China's oil and gas use fell in 2022 for the first time in decades due to COVID-19 lockdowns that curbed energy demand, a sign of a weakening economy, writes Clifford Krauss in The New York Times (NYT).
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Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party has fallen into a censorship trap, say
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ge Chen, who is an assistant professor in Global Media and Information Law at Durham Law School, argued that "Xi and his party have fallen into a censorship trap."
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Study finds link between computer access, mental health among young people
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have found a link between poorer mental health among young people and adolescents and access to computers during COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Mainland China's economy is expanding while global economic outlook for 20
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): S&P Global Market Intelligence on Thursday said mainland China's economy is expanding again after a setback in the second quarter due to Covid-19 lockdowns while the global economic outlook for 2023 has dimmed as financial conditions deteriorated.
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China's foreign businesses face unprecedented difficulties, uncertainties
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 11 (ANI): China's foreign firms are struggling to survive due to unprecedented difficulties and uncertainties amid strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the country.
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Slowing economy, crippled by Covid lockdowns leave China's jobless youth i
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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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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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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