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China forced to admit economy hit by COVID lockdowns
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 19 (ANI): Dazed by its Zero-COVID policy, the Chinese leadership has set aside its usual secrecy and is issuing warnings about the lockdowns negatively affecting production and spending.
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China's 'Zero Covid Policy' takes a toll on human suffering
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 19 (ANI): Despite following a 'Zero Covid Policy', Covid cases continue to rise in China leading to loss of livelihoods, extended lockdowns, huge economic losses and ascending levels of anxiety among the citizens of the country.
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China stares at national crisis with spike in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 19 (ANI): China on Monday reported 3,297 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday, while lockdowns in cities are triggering cascading effects with Beijing staring at a national crisis.
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China's Premier Li Keqiang issues third warning over economic growth amid
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 19 (ANI): China's Premier Li Keqiang issued a third warning about economic growth risks in less than a week, raising concern over businesses as widespread COVID-19 lockdowns disrupt production and spending.
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WTO lowers 2022 global trade growth forecast to 3 pc from 4.7 pc
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday lowered the 2022 global trade growth forecast to three per cent from its earlier projection of 4.7 per cent due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Small to large vendors are thriving in-spite of COVID
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI/ATK): Vendors were hit hard by the Covid-19. Lockdowns and the fear of going outside made parks, markets, and other public places destitute and silent. In cities such as Los Angeles and New York, vendors reported a 90 per cent decrease in income.
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Reverse migration during COVID impacted real estate projects: Govt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Real estate projects across the country were adversely impacted due to the reverse migration of construction workers during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, Union Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said on Thursday.
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4 in 5 Skillshare users in India preferred learning skill-based creative c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Skillshare, world's largest online learning platform for creativity and creators, released data on online learning trends in India, which point towards a significant number of people wanting to pursue their creative interests. With multip
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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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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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US could face more COVID-19 lockdowns if cases go up again due to latest v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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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