Oslo [Norway], May 24 (ANI): A prominent Hong Kong activist has raised alarm over the curb of free speech in Hong Kong at the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF).
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): Chinese economy is under pressure due to stringent curbs to curtail the COVID pandemic, which is adversely affecting production capacity and other logistics.
Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): China's export growth witnessed a sharp fall to 3.9 per cent in the month of April, as the draconian COVID-19 curbs that the country imposed in late March in the economic hub of Shanghai, and other cities start to show their effect on the economy.
Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): Amid a rising trend of curbs on rights in China, the country is intensifying its censorship of Hollywood movies to make them 'conform' to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideals, a media report said.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Punjab Directorate of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday issued an order directing its department to curb the use of bouquets and plastic bottles in Health Ministry events to reduce plastic waste and pollution.
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The use of loudspeakers at religious places is in the spotlight again with the Maharashtra government making police permission must for such use. The move came days after an ultimatum by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray that the loudspeaker
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): The government of Himachal Pradesh ended all restrictions that were imposed in the state to curb COVID-19 infections on Friday.
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): In a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), a consensus was made to scrap the imposing of fines for not wearing masks and the penalisation is likely to be done away with, said sources.
Bern [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss government said on Wednesday that it has decided to lift all COVID-19 restrictions in the country on April 1.
Shanghai [China], March 30 (ANI): Amid the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases, the Chinese authorities have imposed the strictest lockdown measures in the city of 26 million since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, a media report said.
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Three months after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had revealed in a survey last December the Taliban takeover's impact on Afghanistan's media has been dramatic, the situation has only exacerbated.