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'Still suffocated': Mourning China's zero-Covid protests a year onIn the wake of the historic protests that unfolded on Shanghai's bustling Wulumuqi Road a year ago, the cityscape may now appear unchanged,...
China set to resume issuing visas, eases entry policies as it emerges from Covid zeroChina is resuming issuing visas to tourists and other foreigners, a move that will help the country rejoin the world and leave its Covid re...
How China's new No.2 hastened the end of Xi's zero-COVID policyTop Chinese officials and medical experts had been quietly formulating plans over the preceding weeks to dismantle President Xi Jinping's z...
'Life is moving forward': China declares new COVID phaseKorean Air said earlier this month that it was halting a plan to increase flights to China due to Seoul's cautious stance towards Chinese t...
China was clearly unprepared for reopening after its zero-Covid policy, says Harvard Professor FriedmanJeremy S. Friedman teaches at Harvard Business School. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he discusses the implications of China removing its C...
China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers from Jan 8The National Health Commission (NHC) on Monday announced that COVID-19 management will be downgraded from Class A to B from next month, in ...
China plans to cut quarantine for travelers from next monthChina currently requires travelers to quarantine at a hotel or other facility for at least the first five days after arrival. Those with a ...
Zero-Covid, vaccine nationalism: How Xi Jinping-led China has put the world at risk againFew doubt that the pandemic spread from Wuhan- but what was the "ground zero?" Was it the sea-food market, or Wuhan Institute of Virology (...
7 in 10 Indians favour prohibiting entry of those who've been in China in the last 2 weeks, shows surveyAmid fears of a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in India, a private survey on Thursday showed that around seven in ten Indians favour su...
Keep China in our magnified sightIndian armed forces successfully repulsed the aggressors underlining preparedness. But there is no room for complacency. Cyberattacks targe...
China's Xi faces public anger over draconian 'zero COVID'Demonstrators poured into the streets over the weekend in numerous cities including Shanghai and Beijing, chanting slogans and confronting ...
Mithun Chakraborty's 'Jimmy, Jimmy' new anthem for Chinese citizens frustrated with Covid lockdownsThe people are showing their anger with Bappi Lahiri's 1982 superhit song.
Trade bodies want WTO to extend zero customs duty on electronic transmissionsThough there is no concrete definition of what comprises electronic transmission, WTO members have generally agreed that anything from soft...
LPG price rise is triggering fire in kitchen, says All India Congress Committee Secretary"In the past 45 days, the Modi government has hiked the LPG cylinder price by Rs 100. If this trend continues, the day is not far when the ...
View: An authoritarian zero-Covid strategy could disrupt the global economy, and ChinaIt is not just that the authorities would have to admit that the strategy they have been following, and for which they have imposed tremend...
Tax optimiser: Will Sharma's tax come down if he opts for the new income tax regime?Sharma can reduce his tax to zero if he brings down his taxable income to less than Rs 5 lakh. This can be done by rejigging the pay struct...
UK announces new post-Brexit global tariff regimeThe United Kingdom on Tuesday announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime to replace the European Union's external tariff, maintaining a 10% ...
How the old tax regime serves the double benefit of tax-saving and financial well-beingIt is universally accepted that tax breaks on investments nudge people to save more. The new tax regime has taken away the incentive to sav...
Covid-19 impact: Airlines in talks with the government for seeking aid“As we say in India, crisis gives an opportunity to bring in structural reforms,” Ajay Singh, CMD of SpiceJet, said while addressing by vid...
Airlines talking to govt for help: SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh“As we say in India, crisis gives an opportunity to bring in structural reforms. We are speaking with government daily for short term help ...