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Asian Canoeing Championships postponed amid coronavirus scare
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 7 (ANI): The Asian Canoe Confederation (ACC) on Saturday postponed the upcoming Asian Canoeing Championships amid coronavirus scare and travelling restriction to the host city Pattaya, Thailand.
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Pet dog infected with COVID-19, Hong Kong authorities confirm first case o
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 5 (ANI): Health authorities here have confirmed that a pet dog belonging to a coronavirus affected patient had contracted the virus. Experts called it a "low-level infection" that was likely to be the first reported case of human-to-animal transmission of the disease.
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Polished prices slide amid coronavirus fears
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Diamond trading declined sharply in February due to economic uncertainty due to the coronavirus. Manufacturers and dealers are facing a severe liquidity crunch as sales to China and Hong Kong have stopped.
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K'taka Health Minister calls emergency meet over COVID-19 positive case in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu has called an emergency meeting of officials at Bengaluru on Tuesday after a Telangana techie was found positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus infection which has killed nearly 3,000 people across the wor
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Apple iPhone XR became top-selling model globally for 2019: Counterpoint R
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Feb 28 (ANI): Apple iPhones secured leading spots in the best selling category globally for 2019, according to Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse.
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Hong Kong's publishing house owner Jimmy Lai arrested over role in anti-go
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 28 (ANI): Media mogul and founder of Hong Kong-based Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in anti-government protests in the city last year.
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Coronavirus survey reveals WHO faces credibility crisis among Hongkongers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 26 (ANI): The majority of Honkongers do not trust coronavirus-related data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Beijing, according to the non-profit Lion Rock Institute think tank.
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Corononavirus: Hong Kong schools will remain shut beyond Easter
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 26 (ANI): Owing to the coronavirus outbreak, schools in Hong Kong which had remained shut for over three weeks are set to not open after Easter holidays even as the university entrance exams will go ahead as scheduled, Hong Kong education officials said on Tuesday.
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China sentences bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 25 (Sputnik/ANI): A court in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo has sentenced Chinese-born Swedish citizen Gui Minhai to ten years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets.
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Coronavirus may have started in Xinjiang's prison camps
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 22 (ANI): The coronavirus epidemic in China appears to have started from the cramped prison system, possibly at internment facilities in Xinjiang, according to media reports and social media posts.
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Coronavirus to hit India's cut & polished diamond industry: ICRA
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The coronavirus impact in China coupled with weak demand conditions in key markets is expected to impact the domestic cut and polished diamond (CPD) industry in a major way, according to investment information and rating agency ICRA.
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Coronavirus: Air India flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong cancelled till June
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Air India has cancelled its flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong till June 30 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
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