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2023 started on a weak note but outlook bright: S&P Global Market Inte
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Though 2023 started on a weak note for stock investors, the outlook is expected to be bright globally as the year proceeds, fueled partly by the reopening of the Chinese economy after the Covid-induced lockdown.
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China endures a bitter burden under Xi's one-man rule
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China, under Chairman Xi Jinping, thought it was wiser than anyone else. In fact, instead of wisdom, it turned out that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi was pursuing nothing other than obstinate exceptionalism, believing it could do what no other nation on Earth could achieve.
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Year-ender 2022: Despite vaccine strides, India not out of Covid-19 shadow
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Till now, four confirmed BF.7 cases have been reported in the country and the Centre has put an advisory, asking citizens to mask up and ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour when outdoors.
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2022: China's most difficult year under Xi's rule, reeled from zero-Covid
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China had its most difficult year under Xi's rule as it reeled from his costly zero-Covid policy - from months of overzealous enforcement that crushed the economy and stoked historic public discontent, to a wholesale abandonment so abrupt that left a fragile health system scrambling to cope
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China's economy grew 3.2% in 2022, well below forecast: Centre for Economi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This was well below forecast and seems to have been caused by lockdowns associated with its Zero Covid policy, the London-based consultancy said in a report.
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Factories forced to shut down in China amid COVID surge
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Chinese economy was already struggling when Beijing abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Retail sales had contracted in November because of widespread lockdowns, and unemployment had surged to the highest level in six months.
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People throng Kerala markets for 'plum cakes' on Christmas
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After two years of hiatus because of Covid-19 and lockdowns, people in Kerala's capital thronged cake shops to celebrate this year's Christmas with full swing.
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China's new COVID variant a threat to Pakistan: NCOC
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As per the NCOC, there is a risk that the new variant may enter Pakistan after China decided to lift the lockdown and travel restrictions.
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China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, only those whose death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus are classified as Covid deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, a top infectious disease doctor.
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China releases new guidelines on censorship of online comments and 'likes'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid anti-government views and posts in the wake of the massive public protests across the country over Covid lockdowns and a fresh outbreak, China released new guidelines on the censorship of online comments and 'likes', writes Thu Dao in the Indo-Pacific Center for Strategic Communications
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"India needs to go back to COVID basics", says Dr Anil Goyal of Indian Med
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"India needs to go back to COVID basics - testing, treating, tracing", said Dr Anil Goyal from Indian Medical Association.
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Patients with comorbidities must be careful amid COVID surge, Health exper
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the fresh global surge in COVID-19 cases, a senior consultant physician, on Thursday, cautioned the patients with comorbidity asking them to be careful in the coming days.
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