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Artistic protests erupt in Beijing against Covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 26 (ANI): It has been more than two years since Chinese people are facing the strictest COVID protocols along with repeated compulsory testing, travel restrictions and lockdowns.
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Twitter data indicates unemployment higher in lower-to-mid income countrie
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 25 (ANI): In contrast to higher-income nations like Canada, lower-to-middle-income countries still experience high unemployment rates in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns and economic restrictions, according to a recent study conducted by York University in collaboratio
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Spectrum Talent Management plans to go public in the next couple of years,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI/PNN): Spectrum Talent Management, a one-stop solution for global-local human talent management needs, aims to go public in the next couple of years, backed by the growth in the hiring segment. The company closed FY21-22 at 465 crores, which is 55 per cent hi
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Financial majors slash China's GDP outlook
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 22 (ANI): Two of the world's biggest investment banks Goldman Sachs and Nomura have cut China's economic growth forecast, media reports said.
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China's arbitrary border closure causes crippling losses to Nepal's busine
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 22 (ANI): Ahead of the festive season in Nepal, businesses have been badly hit by China's arbitrary closure of borders and imposition of lockdowns in several cities following a surge in Covid-19 cases.
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Homeowners boycott mortgage payments as China's economy stumbles
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): In a rare act of defiance, Chinese homebuyers across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
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Xi's authority slipping in face of widespread public unrest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 18 (ANI): Amid the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) scheduled for November 2022 end and mass lockdowns due to surge in COVID-19 cases, President Xi Jinping's authority is slipping in the face of widespread public unrest.
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China slows BRI investments amid Ukraine war, COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 5 (ANI): Amid changing geopolitics due to the Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic, China has slowed down its investments in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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96 per cent of the Indian Businesses are focusing on Sustainable Travel: S
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A new study by SAP Concur, a provider for integrated travel, expense and invoice management solutions has discovered that while managing corporate travel 96 per cent of all businesses across India say their companies are actively focusing o
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China's 'zero COVID policy' drastically affected country's economy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): China started its "zero COVID policy" with the intention to curb the spread of Covid-19 with widespread lockdowns and mass quarantines but in reality, it had slowed down the economic growth of the country.
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China likely to report grim economic performance in second quarter
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's coronavirus lockdowns in major cities has affected trade and daily life causing the country to report a grim performance in the second quarter and increasing concerns of a global recession.
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China bank protesters win promise of repayments
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): Following protests by ban depositors that caught the eye of national and international media, Chinese authorities in the central Henan province have promised to start paying back first on behalf of several rural banks funds of some clients that had been frozen
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