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Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Thursday

Intel apologises to China customers for vowing to avoid Xinjiang labour

The chipmaker sent a letter asking suppliers not to use any labor or products sourced from Xinjiang 'in order to ensure compliance with U.S. legal requirements,' it said in a WeChat statement Thursday

Two doses and a booster of Sinovac fail to protect against Omicron: Study

Two doses of the BioNTech shot, known as Comirnaty, was also insufficient, though adding a booster of the same type raised protection to adequate levels, the researchers said in a statement

China puts 13 million residents in lockdown ahead of Winter Games

China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases. The measure comes just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympics in Beijing, roughly 1,000 kilometers (6210 miles) to the west. There was no word on whether the virus was the newly surging omicron variant or the far more common delta. China has recorded just seven omicron cases four in the southern manufacturing center of Guangzhou, two in the southern city of Changsha and one in the northern port of Tianjin. China has also been dealing with a substantial outbreak in several cities in the eastern province of Zhejiang near Shanghai, although isolation measures there have been more narrowly targeted. Authorities have adopted strict pandemic control measures under their policy of seeking to drive new transmissions to zero, leading to frequent lockdowns, universal masking and mass testing. While the policy

China suspends Alibaba Cloud over failure to report internet bug

China has suspended Alibaba Cloud's services for six months after failing to report about the serious Internet bug -- which has put millions of systems and devices at hacking risk

Chipmaker Intel apologises for asking suppliers to avoid Xinjiang

Intel Corp. apologised Thursday for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the chipmaker became the latest foreign brand to face the fury of state media regarding the region

China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi'an

One person from each household will be permitted out every two days to buy household necessities, the order said.

China bans foreigners from spreading religious content online

No organisation or individual will be allowed to disseminate information about religious ceremonies on the internet unless they have a licence from China's religious regulator

China's Xi Jinping endorses Hong Kong's 'patriots only' election

Sunday's elections for the 90-seat Legislative Council were swept by politicians backed by China's ruling Communist Party

China property bets roiled by deleted post on 'all out' support

The news sent more than 20 Chinese property and construction stocks jumping by the 10% daily limit on Tuesday.

World Athletics president mulls adding meet in China in state-of-track talk

With track and field adding another Diamond League event in China, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe addressed the human rights issues in the country during his state-of-the-sport Zoom meeting.

Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to Chinese-run programme

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment programme was found guilty on all counts Tuesday.

Antony Blinken speaks to Lithuanian Prime Minister amid China's tension

Blinken on Tuesday (local time) spoke with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and reaffirmed the importance of robust defense and economic relations between the counties.

Situation at Sino-India border 'generally stable', says China

The military standoff at Eastern Ladakh has brought the relations between the two countries to a standstill

Chinese warplane entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday

A Chinese military plane flew into Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday.

Drones take centre stage in US-China war on data harvesting

Critics of DJI warn the drone maker may be channelling reams of sensitive data to Chinese intelligence agencies

Omicron scare, FPI sell-off: Here's what spooked the markets on Monday

Analysts expect the downtrend to be arrested soon and steep correction will lead to value buying at lower levels

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai says never made sexual assault claims

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai said on Sunday that she had never accused anyone of sexual assault and was not going to travel abroad.

China rues 'insufficient' penalties, to tighten antitrust legal enforcement

China last month elevated the seniority of the market regulator's antitrust unit, the National Anti-monopoly Bureau

China reports 83 new Covid-19 cases as Zhejiang outbreak continues

Of the new infections, 44 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission