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Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Shanghai 'shuts' half of its make-shift hospitals
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Shanghai, the city has closed half of its make-shift hospitals, warning the citizens of possible epidemic rebounds in some old neighbourhoods.
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Xi Jinping's signature Zero-Covid policy obstructs growth curve in China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): Following the country's most severe outbreaks, the Chinese premier Xi Jinping gave another blow to China's already crippled economy as he doubled down on his 'Zero-Covid policy' in an attempt to contain the rising COVID-19 infections.
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Chinese social media abuzz with rumours of Xi Jinping stepping down for CO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): Chinese social media is buzzing with speculations that President Xi Jinping might step down from his position following the mismanagement of the stringent Covid-19 lockdowns accompanied by the economic slump in the country.
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Govt taking measures to deal with inflation, will be able to control it in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kashipur (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): Saying that India has broadly come out of the turbulence that occured due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Principal Economic Advisor to Government of India Sanjeev Sanyal on Friday asserted that a number of steps are being taken by the government to
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China's draconian lockdown measures mobilising popular discontent
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China's draconian lockdown measures, including the strictly implemented zero-COVID strategy, are increasingly mobilising people against the government, with experts suggesting that the recent excesses might lead to a more permanent alienation of the masses.
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China refutes reports of imposing three days lockdown in Beijing
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China refuted the reports of imposing three days lockdown in Beijing as the country is going through its worst COVID-19 outbreak.
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6 dead in North Korea, after country announces first COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 13 (ANI): At least six persons were confirmed dead on Friday in North Korea and over 350,000 people were infected with a fever that spread "explosively" in the country, which had a day ago announced its first case of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
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China's uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country's winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity prices.
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China's Yuan expected to weaken further amid COVID lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): China's Yuan is expected to weaken further over the coming weeks as signs emerge that China's central bank is preparing further interest rate cuts to prop up the faltering economy.
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North Korea reports first case of Covid-19 Omicron variant
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Thursday reported its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant and put in place a "maximum emergency" virus control system in the country with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "eliminate" the virus, state media reported.
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Global companies suffer under China's 'unsustainable' zero Covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): As businesses in China continue to suffer due to zero-covid policy, global brands have revealed the damage to their bottom lines as both supply and demand took a major hit with millions of people living under strict lockdown.
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Mozart Automobiles will be launching Electric Car by the beginning of 2023
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 11 (ANI/TPT): At a time its ride-hailing business is limping back to normality after months of Covid-induced lockdown, the company Mozart Automobiles is building India's largest two-wheeler factory and has already launched two vehicles from its stable with multiple stor
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