New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The economic impact of the "second wave" of COVID-19 was much smaller than that during the full lockdown phase in 2020-21, though the health impact was more severe, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday.
London [UK], January 31 (ANI/ Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday refused calls to resign after an investigation into a string of parties held at his official residence in Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown found there were serious "failures of leadership and judgmen
London [UK], January 31 (ANI): The British government on Monday published a long-awaited report into parties held at Downing Street that allegedly breached the country's COVID-19 rules, found serious "failures of leadership and judgment" by the UK government.
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): As the nation fought COVID through lockdowns, the impact they had on the pockets of the middle-class is immense. From losing jobs to having to change vocations to make ends meet, lockdowns pushed this section of society towards poverty.
Thampanoor (Kerala) [India], January 30 (ANI): Kerala witnessed a total shutdown and streets wore a deserted look on Sunday as the state government imposed a Sunday curfew amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
Auckland [New Zealand], January 29 (ANI): Researchers have found that mothers under the age of 50, who were working from home during the lockdown were most likely to increase their alcohol consumption.
Auckland [New Zealand], January 27 (ANI): A new research has found that stressed-out women under 50 who were working from home and living with children were the most likely to increase alcohol consumption in lockdown.
Beijing [China], January 26 (ANI): Chinese citizens are locked in a never-ending cycle of COVID testing and no news about the resident's condition is permitted to leave the lockdown as the Chinese authorities do not want to embarrass the leadership in front of the world during the Winter Oly
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): At a time when 'Work from home', 'lockdown', 'quarantine' and 'restrictions' are the most common on everybody's lips, it is fairly clear that the world has changed, and few have felt the effects of this change more than the luxury reta
Xi'an [China], January 24 (ANI): The city of Xi'an in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi on Monday lifted the lockdown imposed in late December due to a coronavirus outbreak, the local government said, reported Sputnik.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), January 23 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday said that COVID-19 cases were reduced in the state, adding that if cases continue to decline, the government will consider withdrawing Sunday lockdown.
California [US], January 22 (ANI): A new research has found that the problem is not the number of hours teenagers spent online during the lockdown, but the quality of their online interactions.