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Beijing imposes strict COVID-19 restrictions amid holiday week
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): In a major escalation of COVID-19 restrictions amid a surge in Omicron variant cases, Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, shut down Universal Studios and ordered residents to provide proof of a negative Covid test to enter public venues, a media report sai
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Beijing reports 55 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): As China's COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an alarming rate, the Chinese capital, Beijing reported 51 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and four asymptomatic cases on Sunday, local media reported citing authorities as saying.
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Rights groups call on China to release Taiwanese man who attended Hong Kon
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): Human rights groups have slammed China over restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu after his release from jail.
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Shanghai covid lockdown: Residents complain of getting rotten food due to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 29 (ANI): The ongoing severe lockdown restrictions in China's Shanghai to contain the spread of COVID-19 has drastically affected the day-to-day lives of the people due to food shortage, a media report said.
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Karwaan's guide to Char-Dham-Yatra via Helicopter, book now!
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 29 (ANI/SRV): The famous Char Dham yatra has witnessed a slowdown in recent years on account of COVID19 restrictions. With greater control over the devastation and panic created by the pandemic, the government has allowed the yatra to happen this year after a two year
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Bulgaria lifts COVID-19 restrictions for arriving people starting from May
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Bulgaria will lift the coronavirus-linked restrictions for arriving people starting from May 1, the national Health Ministry said.
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Dress restrictions tighten for Afghanistan girls' schools, says rights gro
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): After seizing powering August the last year, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls' secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls' secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces.
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EU backs Lithuania's plan to aid firms amid China's embargo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a EUR130 million Lithuanian scheme to support and facilitate access to finance by companies hit by China's trade restrictions.
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China's economy slows down, unemployment rises
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 26 (ANI): China's economy has slowed down, with consumption slumping and unemployment rising partly due to the COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and the restrictions on private enterprise, media reports said.
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Beijing pressures Tibetans to 'speak in Chinese'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 26 (ANI): Chinese officials in rural Tibet are forcing village leaders to speak in Chinese and pressurizing them to support language policies mandated by Beijing," a media report said.
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DCGI gives emergency use authorisation to Covaxin for 6-12 age group
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gives restricted emergency use authorisation to Covaxin for the 6-12 age group.
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Taiwan's Foxconn suspends operation of two factories in China due to COVID
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple's main supplier of electronic components, has suspended operations of two factories in the eastern city of Kunshan due to COVID-19 restrictions, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported on
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