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iPhone city maintains plant curbs as China tweaks Covid-19 approach

Foxconn's task of catching up on lost iPhone production time has been complicated by the lockdown, which triggered violent protests last week

Covid-19 hospitalisations in Italy rise by 19.5% in a week: Report

Hospitalisations of Covid-19 patients have surged in Italy, so have admissions to intensive care units (ICU) albeit at a slower rate, a report showed

China's repressive action against Covid protesters shows weakness: Blinken

As millions have been affected by China's Covid Zero policy, US's Antony Blinken called Beijing's "repressive" action against the protesters over the Covid lockdown "a sign of weakness"

China adds risks to global growth as factories take a hit on Covid controls

Manufacturing PMI at 48 for Nov against 49.2 a month ago, services sector activity fell to 46.7

Covid-19 laid bare elements of inequalities in India, says P Sainath

The Covid-19 pandemic was an "extraordinary revelatory moment" in the history of India when the elements of inequalities in the society were laid bare, columnist and writer P Sainath said on Wednesday. Sainath said even though the inequalities existed earlier, it was the coronavirus pandemic that gave a "most searing, unsparing, brilliant and thorough autopsy of the society". "It showed us the society we are. What it showed was there earlier also, but this time we couldn't turn our heads away," Sainath said at the Sunil Memorial Lecture, which was held in the memory of socialist leader Sunil Gupta, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Speaking on the topic "India in the age of inequality", he said it became difficult for people to "turn their heads away from the corpse of Indian inequalities" during the time. "The corpse is on the table and every nerve, sinew, vein, artery, every bone, organ is on naked display. All the elements of our inequalities were laid bare on the

Madhya Pradesh sees two new Coronavirus cases, zero deaths reported

Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday reported two coronavirus positive cases, but no patient succumbed to the infection during the day, an official said. With this, its tally rose to 10,54,901, while the toll remained unchanged at 10,776, he said. The recovery count stood at 10,44,113, leaving the state with 12 active cases. With 2,563 samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests carried out in the state went up to 3,02,25,332, he added. The coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases: 10,54,901, new cases: two, death toll: 10,776, recoveries: 10,44,113, active cases: 12, number of tests so far: 3,02,25,332.

Maharashtra records 43 new Covid-19 cases, zero fatality, 79 recoveries

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 43 new coronavirus cases, zero fatality and 79 recoveries, the health department said in a bulletin. The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 81,35,800 while death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,407. On Tuesday, the state had recorded 50 coronavirus cases and one fatality. Mumbai recorded eight new cases while Pune city reported 10. The tally of recoveries stood at 79,86,998. The recovery rate is 98.17 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 1.82 per cent. There are 395 active cases in the state now. As many as 11,893 coronavirus tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours, taking the test tally to 8,56,40,964. Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: Fresh cases: 43; Fatality: 0; Active cases: 395; New Tests: 11,893.

Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero Covid' amid protests

A campaign to vaccinate the elderly has sparked hopes China might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign, but the country faces daunting hurdles and up to a year of hard work before zero COVID can end. Stock markets rose after the National Health Commission on Monday announced the long-awaited campaign. A low vaccination rate is one of the biggest obstacles to ending curbs that have confined millions of people to their homes, depressed the economy and kept most visitors out of China. Health officials did not say how long it might take. A vaccination campaign will require months and China also needs to build up its hospitals and work out a long-term virus strategy, health experts and economists warn. They say zero COVID is likely to stay in place until mid-2023 and possibly as late as 2024. China is in no place right now to move away from its zero-COVID' policy toward a living with COVID' policy, said Mark Williams, chief .

Disruptive tech is fueling investment and innovation in Indian HR Tech

As the pandemic pushed organizations to work remotely, the HR Tech space saw an influx of investments

China vows crackdown on ''hostile forces'' as public tests President Xi

China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces, following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. The statement from the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission released late on Tuesday comes amid a massive show of force by security services to deter a recurrence of the protests that broke out over the weekend in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and several other cities. While it did not directly address the protests, the statement serves as a reminder of the party's determination to enforce its rule. Hundreds of SUVs, vans and armoured vehicles with flashing lights were parked along city streets Wednesday while police and paramilitary forces conducted random ID checks and searched people's mobile phones for photos, banned apps or other potential evidence that they had taken part in the demonstrations. The number of people who have been

Chinese protests not just about politics and freedom; also about Covid

'Xi is actually more worried that a relaxed policy will lead to more deaths among the elderly'

Bollywood, Hollywood blockbusters expected to lure Indians back to cinemas

The buoyant outlooks come after an extended downturn for the industry, which has struggled to revive itself after the Covid curbs in India

Covid protests escalate in Guangzhou as China lockdown anger boils

China's foreign ministry has said rights and freedoms must be exercised within the framework of the law

China's economic activity falls as Covid-19 cases surge to record

The economy is suffering increasing damage from tightened virus controls as Covid outbreaks spread in every province

China adjusts Covid-19 restrictions in city with key Apple iPhone plant

As of Nov 30, Zhengzhou will remove so-called mobility controls -- a euphemism for lockdown -- and replace them with "normal Covid-combating measures

IMF may cut its China growth forecast as Covid curbs continue: Chief

The Washington-based crisis lender sees Chinese gross domestic product expanding 3.2% this year and 4.4% in 2023

Maharashtra records 50 new coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 50 new coronavirus cases, 58 recoveries and one fatality, the health department said in a bulletin. The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 81,35,757, and death toll reached 1,48, 407. The state had recorded 23 cases and zero fatality on Monday. Mumbai recorded six cases and one fatality on Tuesday. Pune city recorded eight cases. The case fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent. There are 431 active cases in the state now. As many as 58 patients recovered from coronavirus infection, taking the cumulative recoveries in the state to 79,86,919. The recovery rate in the state stands at 98.17 per cent. Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: New cases: 50; Fatality: 1; Active cases: 431; New Tests: 8,075.

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New subvariants account for over half of new Covid-19 cases in US

The two variants are descendants of Omicron's BA.5 subvariant

S&P Global Ratings lowers 2023 growth forecast for emerging markets

(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings lowered its 2023 growth forecast for emerging economies on Tuesday, citing persistent pressures from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a lingering COVID-19 pandemic and tight monetary policy conditions.