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China sentences bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison
Updated : 6 years 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 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 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 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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Second death from coronavirus confirmed in Hong Kong
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The second death from the novel coronavirus outbreak has been registered in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus weakens demand, disrupts supply chains for China's manufacturi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 19 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service said in a new report on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak has weakened demand and disrupted supply chains in the component, consumer electronics, consumer durables manufacturing and packaged goods sectors.
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HSBC to slash 35,000 jobs, cut costs by $4.5 billion as earnings miss targ
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 18 (ANI): HSBC, the largest of Hong Kong's three currency-issuing banks, said on Tuesday it plans to cut as much as 35,000 jobs, reduce costs by an additional 4.5 billion US dollars and shrink its investment bank in Europe and the United States as part of a broad overhaul by i
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Punjab to screen passengers from Japan, South Korea for coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Amid a heightening scare over coronavirus crisis, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday said the passengers travelling to the north Indian state from Japan and South Korea will also be scanned for the virus in add
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Arvind Kejriwal sings 'Hum Honge Kamyab' after taking oath as Delhi CM
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): After taking oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third time in a row, Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday crooned the famous song 'Hum Honge Kamyaab' along with the crowd gathered at Ramlila Maidan.
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26 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Hong Kong, 17 in Taiwan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 9 (ANI): Local authorities here have said that the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao have confirmed 26 and 10 cases of the deadly coronavirus, respectively, while Taiwan has reported 17 cases.
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Coronavirus set to dampen China's economic growth: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 7 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus outbreak will dampen economic growth in China this year but the scale of the impact remains uncertain and will depend on the duration and intensity of the health crisis, Fitch Ratings has said.
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India suspends visas issued to Chinese passport holders before Feb 5, not
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): As the death toll crossed over 500 in the coronavirus outbreak, immigration officials have suspended all visas issued before February 5 to all Chinese passport holders from any part of the world, apart from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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