UK Health Minister resigns, calls for a leadership contest to oust PM StarmerWes Streeting has resigned as health minister. He is calling for a leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer. This follows disastrous loca...
15 May, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
US Stock Market: Warsh signals push for smaller Fed balance sheet with Treasury coordinationKevin Warsh signalled a shift in Federal Reserve policy, advocating a smaller balance sheet coordinated with the U.S. Treasury. He emphasis...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.29 AM IST
IHCL remains confident of achieving all its goals: MD and CEOIndian Hotels Company Limited, IHCL, is successfully managing global and local challenges. The company is expanding its brand portfolio acr...
15 Apr, 2026, 06.26 PM IST
Will US inflation spike again as NY Fed supply chain index jumps in March? What will happen to Fed rate cuts amid rising costs?The NY Fed says supply chain pressures heated up in March, with the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index rising to 0.68 from 0.54. This fresh...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.48 PM IST
Nifty gave zero return to FIIs in 4.5 years. Can India win back fleeing foreign investors?Foreign investors have experienced no returns in Indian stocks for four and a half years. A combination of war, currency weakness, and oil ...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.42 AM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk | Financials, IT turn attractive; microfinance seen as turnaround bet: Niraj KumarIndian stock markets are presenting new chances for investors. Financial and IT sectors are looking attractive. Microfinance is seen as a t...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
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...
03 Mar, 2023, 08.54 AM IST
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 (...
22 Dec, 2022, 10.57 PM IST
China may signal policy shift to economy from Covid ZeroTop of mind for investors is how officials will balance the Covid Zero strategy against the need for economic growth. With Beijing now sign...
03 Dec, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Peking University locked down as China covid virus cases increasesPeking University students and faculty were not allowed to leave the grounds unless necessary and classes were moved online on one campus t...
16 Nov, 2022, 11.59 AM IST
Beijing ramps up COVID quarantine, Shanghai residents decry uneven rulesEven as China's drastic attempts to eradicate COVID entirely - its "zero-COVID" approach - bite into prospects for the world's second-bigge...
24 May, 2022, 10.27 AM IST
In Xi Jinping's big year, political price of China's pandemic policy climbsHard lockdowns, mass testing and tight border controls had for two years batted back the virus and led to relatively few deaths in the worl...
21 May, 2022, 11.52 AM IST
China's zero-Covid policy to hit Asia aviation recovery: IATAThe world's second-biggest economy is seeking to stamp out the coronavirus entirely, with rapid lockdowns and mass testing, and the measure...
17 May, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
View: How to not control a PandemicLocked down since March 28, Shanghai residents are feeling the heat of a draconian move, and airing their anger and frustration on Weibo, t...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
China Covid cases at 2-year highA total of 3,507 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms were reported on Monday across more than a dozen provinces and muni...
16 Mar, 2022, 12.19 AM IST
China could eventually 'co-exist' with Covid: top scientistThe country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now one of the last places still hewing to a zero-tolerance approach, respo...
01 Mar, 2022, 10.57 AM IST
Zero Covid in Europe: Possible or pipe dream?As vaccine schemes stutter across the continent, more and more experts are pleading for states to follow the example of New Zealand and oth...
16 Feb, 2021, 04.07 PM IST