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Green cement is the concrete step towards building a sustainable India
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI/Mediawire): The Government of India is highly focused on infrastructure development in the country to boost economic growth. With the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns pushing back the growth by several years, work on housing, transport infrastructure, and
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China deploys strictest COVID-19 curbs in Shanghai since pandemic beginnin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
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.
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Strict lockdown policy cut down China's GDP by half
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 30 (ANI): In the last few weeks, China has seen its worst COVID outbreak since the initial height of the pandemic in early 2020 when the economy slumped. The latest surge in cases could hit first-quarter gross domestic product by at least half of a percentage point.
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China's 'zero-Covid' strategy falling apart as cases mount
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): China's much-publicised 'zero-covid' strategy that the government credited for bringing the country out of the pandemic till recently is falling apart as the rapidly mounting cases are again forcing mass lockdowns like those seen in 2020.
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British police issue first 20 fines in 'Partygate' probe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], March 29 (ANI/Xinhua): British police said on Tuesday that they would issue 20 fixed penalty notices (FPN) over breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at gatherings in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offices and residence at Downing Street.
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Maharashtra to withdraw cases of COVID lockdown violation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 29 (ANI): Maharashtra government has decided to withdraw all cases against people for violation of COVID lockdown, informed state Home Miniter Dilip Walse Patil on Tuesday.
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China reports 1,293 new COVID-19 cases as Shanghai under lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): China's financial hub of Shanghai is in a two-stage lockdown of its 26 million residents as the country on Monday reported 1,293 new COVID-19 cases, out of which 1,228 were locally transmitted and 65 were imported infections, the National Health Commission's
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China imposes two-phase COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 28 (ANI): Amid the new COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Chinese city of Shanghai is going into a two-phase lockdown starting on Monday.
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Food Franchise Industry is getting back on track - FranchiseByte.com
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI/ATK): The lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing norms, and the fear of the virus had negatively impacted the Food Franchise Industry. Food-home delivery business had recovered significantly. However,dine-in businesses were affected the most
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US could face more COVID-19 lockdowns if cases go up again due to latest v
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States could face more COVID-19 lockdowns if cases go up once again due to the latest variant, even as the most cautious begin to shrug off their virus fears once-and-for-all, British paper Daily Mail has reported, citing the top U.S. infect
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COVID-19 situation in China continues to heat up
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 22 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic situation in China continues to heat up as more than 20 provinces and cities have imposed travel bans and lockdowns.
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Amid biggest COVID-19 outbreak, China imposes stay-at-home orders on milli
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 20 (ANI): China has imposed stay-at-home orders on millions of more people in the country's northeast, as the nation is facing its worst COVID-19 surge since the pandemic first emerged in the city of Wuhan, Al Jazeera reported.
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