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China to ramp up monetary stimulus as growth outlook darkens amid lockdown

The State Council said in a statement Wednesday that monetary tools "such as a RRR cut" will be used "in a timely and appropriate manner" to maintain reasonably ample liquidity

IMF asks China to boost vaccination, recalibrate strategy to fight Covid

The IMF has asked China to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination and recalibrate its strategy to deal with the virus and address the challenges arising from a slowing global demand

Foxconn offers staff $1,400 to leave after protests in China's iPhone city

Apple Inc.'s main global production partner said in an online notice the sum, to be paid out in two installments, will help smooth the journey home for employees

JD.com announces pay cuts of 10-20% for managers amid China slowdown

JD's decision came a few days after Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated "common focus" as the government's aim

Data story: India adds 408 new Covid cases; active tally at 5,881

India has added 3,807 cases in the past 7 days

China's iPhone city locks down urban areas as Covid-19 cases rise

The new restrictions were announced after hundreds of workers at Apple's main iPhone-making plant in Zhengzhou streamed out of dormitories earlier in the day

Majority of people with long Covid endure stigma, discrimination: Study

According to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the majority of persons living with Long Covid suffer some type of stigma directly related to their condition

Violent protests erupt at Apple's biggest iPhone-making plant in China

Hundreds of workers at Apple's main Foxconn plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak

Mumbai logs 14 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally below 100

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 14 new COVID-19 cases, which took its overall infection tally to 11,54,830, while the active case count dropped below the 100 mark, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Since nobody succumbed to the infection during the day, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,743, it said. On Tuesday, Mumbai had witnessed 12 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality. The active case count dipped to 98 cases from 114 cases a day before. The recovery count reached 11,34,989 after 30 patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours, the BMC said. The city's COVID-19 growth rate between November 16 and 22 is 0.002 per cent. As many as 3,296 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the state so far to 1,85,39,286. The recovery rate stands at 98.3 per cent, while the doubling rate is 47,452 days, the civic body said.

Zoom seeking VoIP licence indicates organisational shift in India: Experts

Zoom Video Communications has sought approval from the government of India to launch its Zoom Phone services in India, according to media reports

China widens Covid curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries

In Beijing, malls and parks were shut and once-bustling areas of the capital resembled ghost towns as authorities urged people to stay home

Coronavirus likely to increase risk of stroke in children, claims study

Children may be at increased risk of stroke after COVID-19 infection, according to a small study conducted in the US. The research, published this week in the journal Pediatric Neurology, reviewed medical charts and diagnosis codes to identify 16 hospital patients who had an ischemic stroke between March 2020 and June 2021. Most of those took place between February and May 2021, shortly after the surge of COVID pediatric cases. Of those tested for COVID antibodies, nearly half tested positive. None of the 16 had been severely sick with the virus and some had been asymptomatic, the researchers said. Five patients were not tested for past COVID infection, a limitation of the study, they said. "It may be that hyper-immune response that comes later that's causing kids to clot," said MaryGlen J. Vielleux, a pediatric neurology resident at University of Utah Health and lead author of the study. "Overall, kids have a relatively low risk for stroke, but there is a rare but real risk afte

Delhi govt to pay over Rs 16L to judicial officer for Covid treatment

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to reimburse forthwith over Rs 16 lakh to a serving judge of the district judiciary towards the cost of Covid treatment incurred by him during the second wave of the pandemic. The high court refused to accept the submission of the Delhi government's counsel that the private hospital, where the Additional District Judge (ADJ) was treated, shall be asked to explain why it charged amounts higher than those prescribed in a government circular. The hospital, he said, shall be directed to refund the overcharged amount of Rs 16,93,880. Justice Rekha Palli said the fact remains that during April-May 2021, when the residents of Delhi were not only struggling to get hospital beds but there was also a huge shortage of oxygen, the petitioner judge had no other option but to seek treatment at a private hospital and has thankfully survived. One shudders to think what fate the petitioner would have met if he had not, at that point, been treate

Fauci bemoans impact of political divisiveness on US' response to Covid

Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci bemoaned the impact of political divisiveness on the country's response to Covid-19.

Data story: India adds 360 new Covid cases; death toll at 530,596

India has added 3,399 cases in the past 7 days.

China's Covid policy will hinder property recovery: Goldman Sachs

On the Covid policy, Goldman expects China to reopen the country -- which it defines as a period when authorities no longer lock down cities when cases surge -- in the first half of 2023

As rents plummet, Hong Kong loses top spot for luxury shopping to New York

Manhattan's Upper Fifth Avenue is now the priciest street globally for shopping, Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui district comes second

China Covid-19 cases near record high since pandemic began: Report

Over 28,000 new infections reported nationwide; Beijing shuts businesses, schools in hard-hit districts, tightens rules for entering the city

No new Covid-19 case reported in Madhya Pradesh; active tally at 13

Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday did not report any new COVID-19 case or fresh death linked to the infection, keeping the overall tally unchanged at 10,54,889 and the toll static at 10,776, an official said. The recovery count increased by seven to 10,44,100, leaving the state with 13 active cases, the official informed. With 1,591 swab samples examined during the day, the overall number of coronavirus tests in MP went up to 3,02,05,064, he added. Coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases 10,54,889, new cases 00, death toll 10,776, recoveries 10,44,100, active cases 13, total tests 3,02,05,064.

In a first, people to vote to choose Oxford Word of the Year 2022

For the first time, people from across the world will vote to choose the Oxford Word of the Year 2022, Oxford Languages has announced. A team of expert lexicographers have narrowed down a longlist of worthy contestants to a final choice of three words -- metaverse, #IStandWith, and goblin mode. The voting, which started on November 21, will close on December 2. Last year 'Vax' was adjudged word of the year. "2022 has been a year defined by opening back up. However, although we have finally been able to physically reunite and come together again, our world somehow feels more divided than ever," Oxford Languages said. "In recognition of this shift, we wanted to open up the final step of our Word of the Year selection process to the true arbiters of language: people around the world... For the first time in its history, the 2022 Word of the Year will be chosen by the public," a statement said. The three words are each relevant to the year in a different way. In 'metaverse', there i