China launches military drills around Taiwan as 'punishment'China initiated two days of military drills around Taiwan in response to the inauguration of Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te, who emph...
23 May, 2024, 12.03 PM IST
Taiwan's $82 million plan to boost travel includes cash incentives for touristsThe incentives, worth NT$5,000 ($165) each, were announced Thursday as part of a NT$5.3 billion package to attract international tourists. ...
24 Feb, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
Taiwan welcomes foreign tour groups as border fully reopensTaiwan has won praise for how it handled the pandemic, although like nearby Japan and Hong Kong it has been very cautious in reopening. As ...
13 Oct, 2022, 09.49 AM IST
What China could do take control of Taiwan sans full-scale invasionChina could impose a "customs quarantine" -- that is, effectively take control of Taiwan's air and sea borders by screening incoming ships ...
17 Jun, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Taiwan cuts COVID quarantine for arrivals even as cases riseTaiwan has kept its quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia have relaxed or lifted them completely, though it had alre...
03 May, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Taiwan's daily COVID cases top 10,000 for first timeTaiwan, population 23 million, has reported a spike in cases since the start of the year - 51,504 so far - after having previously well con...
28 Apr, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
Australia's Covid success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdownvAs authorities said a cluster of positive cases had grown to 39, streets in Australia's second city emptied out for the fourth time since ...
28 May, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Taiwan struggles with testing backlog amid largest outbreakRapid tests, experts say, are a critical tool in catching the virus in its early days. The alternative that Taiwan has been relying on - te...
27 May, 2021, 01.02 PM IST
Record 200 days with no local coronavirus cases makes Taiwan envy of worldTaiwan holds the world’s best virus record by far and reached the new landmark on Thursday, even as the pathogen explodes anew in Europe an...
30 Oct, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Covid-19 outbreak: Arogya Setu wristbands to monitor patients’ movementsAs the emphasis is on home quarantine, wristbands will help in remote monitoring, help health professionals know people’s temperature and s...
22 Apr, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
Some countries are already bracing for a second wave of coronavirus infectionsAs travel restrictions are slowly eased in may parts of the world, countries fear travellers who might have picked up the virus elsewhere, ...
03 Apr, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
As Covid-19 cases rise in India, “Covtech” based surveillance intensifiesIn states like Kerala, contact tracing of COVID-19 patients involves “virus detectives”, ground-level human workers who go door to door tra...
30 Mar, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
Australian composer Brett Dean gets hospitalised for coronavirus after cancelling Adelaide Festival appearanceThe musician had cancelled his appearance due to pneumonia-like symptoms.
06 Mar, 2020, 11.37 AM IST
New virus cases in China fall for 2nd day, deaths top 2,000China also may postpone its biggest political meeting of the year, the annual congress due to start in March, to avoid having people travel...
19 Feb, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
Over 70K cases & 1,800 deaths: Here's how many countries are affected by coronavirusOutside mainland China, there have been about 780 infections reported in nearly 30 locations.
17 Feb, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
Coronavirus outbreak impact: iPhone-making plant in central China to be quarantined for 2 weeksThe Foxconn employees are set to resume operations on February 10 after the extended Lunar New Year holiday.
06 Feb, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Huawei India indefinitely suspends travel to, from China"The recent outbreak of respiratory illness caused by novel coronavirus (nCoV) first detected in Wuhan, China, has concerned Huawei. In acc...
05 Feb, 2020, 09.33 PM IST