National Lockdown

An Indian-origin doctor with the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) decided to get musical over the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but what started as a one-man bedroom project has been gaining popularity with booked out shows.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the Covid-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.

G20 Summit Full Dress Rehearsal: Delhi Police are conducting a full dress rehearsal today for the G20 Summit, escorting motorcades from different parts of the national capital towards the New Delhi district, officials said.

The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.

New Year's Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to for almost three years.

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a COVID-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools.

China reported a fifth straight daily record of 40,347 new COVID-19 infections on November 27, of which 3,822 were symptomatic and 36,525 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.

Ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the entire country seems to join the lockdown as party workers and government officials rush to eradicate infections at all costs.

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...

China's economy slowed rapidly in April as the costs of both a worsening Covid outbreak and the nation's stringent approach to eliminating the virus took their toll.

People in Shanghai and other Chinese cities have been using words from national anthem to protest the stringent Covid curbs clamped on them.

Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, in an effort to explain worsening economic crisis and protests raging in the country.

Coupled with aggressively priced tickets for consumers and an enhanced movie watching experience, PVR and Inox aim to recapture the market

India's resumption of international flights is likely to be a big boost for the country's hospitality industry

An Indian-origin doctor with the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) decided to get musical over the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but what started as a one-man bedroom project has been gaining popularity with booked out shows.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the Covid-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.

G20 Summit Full Dress Rehearsal: Delhi Police are conducting a full dress rehearsal today for the G20 Summit, escorting motorcades from different parts of the national capital towards the New Delhi district, officials said.

The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.

New Year's Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to for almost three years.

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a COVID-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools.

China reported a fifth straight daily record of 40,347 new COVID-19 infections on November 27, of which 3,822 were symptomatic and 36,525 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.

Ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the entire country seems to join the lockdown as party workers and government officials rush to eradicate infections at all costs.

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...

China's economy slowed rapidly in April as the costs of both a worsening Covid outbreak and the nation's stringent approach to eliminating the virus took their toll.

People in Shanghai and other Chinese cities have been using words from national anthem to protest the stringent Covid curbs clamped on them.

Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, in an effort to explain worsening economic crisis and protests raging in the country.

Coupled with aggressively priced tickets for consumers and an enhanced movie watching experience, PVR and Inox aim to recapture the market

India's resumption of international flights is likely to be a big boost for the country's hospitality industry