Lockdown In Up

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal married during the lockdown in 2020 under the Special Marriage Act

Tue Nguyen became a TikTok star by posting videos of herself cooking Vietnamese dishes during the pandemic. With lockdowns over, the young chef has leapt from the virtual to the real world to open her first restaurant near Los Angeles.

Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...

The MUA, a kissing machine for long-distance lovers, has been invented by a Chinese startup. The device, inspired by lengthy lockdowns in China, transmits users' kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips. These lips simultaneously move when replaying sound and warm up slightly during kissing. Users can even download kissing ...

Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.

US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as rallies popped up in solidarity around the United States.

As protests over China's draconian 'Zero Covid' policy flared up in several cities, authorities moved to censor online content on the rare demonstrations.

China's lockdown of Foxconn's iPhone manufacturing plant in Zhengzhou highlights the risks of relying on zero-Covid China's manufacturing sector, according to analysts. Apple relies on China for 90 percent of its smartphone production, and Zhengzhou is Foxconn's crown jewel, churning out iPhone models in quantities not seen anywhere else.

Over 2.60 lakh students have arrived in Australia to take up higher education soon after the country opened its borders following the impact caused by COVID-19 enforced lockdown, an official said on Saturday.

Lenovo has reported flat revenue for the April to June quarter, with its most subdued result in eight quarters. The company’s total revenue during the period was $16.96 billion (roughly Rs. 1,34,800 crore), up 0.2 percent from the same quarter a year ago. However, Lenovo has made big strides in expanding into other higher-margin businesses. The...

The global auto chip shortage has affected China, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cars and leader in electric vehicles (EVs), as supply strains have been compounded by a zero-COVID lockdown in auto hub Shanghai that ended last month. The shortage is more acute than elsewhere and threatens to curb the nation's EV momentum. Here’s how China b...

After a global chip shortage that saw PC and smartphone makers struggle to source semiconductors to make their products, the industry has seen a glut in some sectors. Analysts say that big suppliers of chips to consumer electronics makers, especially low-end smartphones, will be hit hardest by the downturn. Manufacturers who stockpiled computer chi...

Crude imports by China in the first four months of 2022 fell 4.8% from a year ago, but April imports were up nearly 7%.

World oil demand growth will slow in 2023, OPEC delegates and industry sources said, as surging crude and fuel prices help drive up inflation

Oil prices settled slightly higher as a planned European Union ban on Russian oil and easing of COVID-19 lockdowns in China countered concerns that slowing economic growth will hurt demand.

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal married during the lockdown in 2020 under the Special Marriage Act

Tue Nguyen became a TikTok star by posting videos of herself cooking Vietnamese dishes during the pandemic. With lockdowns over, the young chef has leapt from the virtual to the real world to open her first restaurant near Los Angeles.

Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...

The MUA, a kissing machine for long-distance lovers, has been invented by a Chinese startup. The device, inspired by lengthy lockdowns in China, transmits users' kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips. These lips simultaneously move when replaying sound and warm up slightly during kissing. Users can even download kissing ...

Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.

US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as rallies popped up in solidarity around the United States.

As protests over China's draconian 'Zero Covid' policy flared up in several cities, authorities moved to censor online content on the rare demonstrations.

China's lockdown of Foxconn's iPhone manufacturing plant in Zhengzhou highlights the risks of relying on zero-Covid China's manufacturing sector, according to analysts. Apple relies on China for 90 percent of its smartphone production, and Zhengzhou is Foxconn's crown jewel, churning out iPhone models in quantities not seen anywhere else.

Over 2.60 lakh students have arrived in Australia to take up higher education soon after the country opened its borders following the impact caused by COVID-19 enforced lockdown, an official said on Saturday.

Lenovo has reported flat revenue for the April to June quarter, with its most subdued result in eight quarters. The company’s total revenue during the period was $16.96 billion (roughly Rs. 1,34,800 crore), up 0.2 percent from the same quarter a year ago. However, Lenovo has made big strides in expanding into other higher-margin businesses. The...

The global auto chip shortage has affected China, the world’s biggest manufacturer of cars and leader in electric vehicles (EVs), as supply strains have been compounded by a zero-COVID lockdown in auto hub Shanghai that ended last month. The shortage is more acute than elsewhere and threatens to curb the nation's EV momentum. Here’s how China b...

After a global chip shortage that saw PC and smartphone makers struggle to source semiconductors to make their products, the industry has seen a glut in some sectors. Analysts say that big suppliers of chips to consumer electronics makers, especially low-end smartphones, will be hit hardest by the downturn. Manufacturers who stockpiled computer chi...

Crude imports by China in the first four months of 2022 fell 4.8% from a year ago, but April imports were up nearly 7%.

World oil demand growth will slow in 2023, OPEC delegates and industry sources said, as surging crude and fuel prices help drive up inflation

Oil prices settled slightly higher as a planned European Union ban on Russian oil and easing of COVID-19 lockdowns in China countered concerns that slowing economic growth will hurt demand.