Violent worker protests erupted at the world's largest iPhone factory in central China as authorities at the Foxconn plant struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak while maintaining production ahead of the peak holiday season.
Chinese city Guangzhou recorded 2,637 local infections on Tuesday, which is nearly one-third of the new cases across China. Currently, China is witnessing a six-month high in infections nationwide.
Beijing [China], October 11 (ANI): Amid a surge in Covid-19 outbreaks ahead of the 20th National Party Congress, the Chinese authorities have started to impose single-person quarantine zones in Shanghai.
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 5 (ANI): Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday offered tika to the public on the occasion of Bijaya Dashami, the tenth day of the fortnightly festival of Dashain, popularly called Dussehra in India.
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI/SRV): The COVID-19 outbreak, inflation, the conflict in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, and the catastrophic repercussions of climate change are the most obvious signs that the world is about to enter a prolonged era of instability. New age organi
Lhasa [Tibet], September 14 (ANI): China's stringent measures under its so-called 'Zero Covid policy' has put the lives of Tibetan people in grave danger amid the recent COVID-19 outbreak that has made the lives of Tibetans unbearable, thus leaving the state in a hassle.
Shanghai [China], September 1 (ANI): With record heat waves causing a surge in electricity consumption in China, the manufacturing activity has come to a halt again in the country as repeated COVID-19 outbreaks took a toll on the economy and high power demand, triggering factory shutdowns.
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China has introduced a lockdown in the 21-million population city of Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, to conduct PCR testing among residents, local authorities said on Thursday amid the spike in COVID-19 infections.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): India is at the cusp of a data centre evolution. Once a small, fragmented industry, colocation data centres are fast transitioning into a large, potentially consolidated industry. Buoyed by the growing demand, over 45 data centres spann
Beijing [China], August 28 (ANI): China is facing a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, a city 290 kilometres from Beijing, laying increasing pressure on the capital which has been faced with imported COVID-19 infections from travellers, media reports said.
Beijing [China], August 28 (ANI): China's industrial performance in July edged down, due to the decline in demand caused by the sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and power shortages, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Saturday, Global Times reported.