Covid-19 curbs

Last Updated: May 16, 2023, 23:47 ISTBoth benchmarks rose more than 1% on Monday, reversing a three-session losing streak. (Image: Reuters File)Brent crude futures were down 30 cents to $74.93 a barrel by 12:57 p.m. EDT (1657 GMT), while…

LONDON/MILAN/FRANKFURT: The world's top consumer and luxury goods companies have seen sales of everything from cosmetics to condoms grow in China since Beijing ended strict Covid-19 curbs, another sign that the world's No. 2 economy is…

NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate in urban areas in the 15 years and above age group slowed to 7.6% in the April-June quarter of 2022 as economic activity gathered pace after lifting of Covid-19 curbs. The Periodic Labour Force Surveyfor…

Bengaluru: Edtech players are turning their focus on a hybrid model amid a slowing down in the sector after two years of hypergrowth as easing Covid-19 curbs and reopening of offline institutions make more students go back to traditional…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China's two largest cities tightened Covid-19 curbs on Monday, fuelling public angst and even questions about the legality of its uncompromising battle with the virus that has battered the world's second-largest economy.…

New Zealand's 206 new daily community infections on Saturday carried it past the double-hundred mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the nation scrambles to vaccinate its population of 5 million. The most populous…

After High Court allowed Chardham Yatra with Covid-19 curbs, Uttarakhand is witnessing a huge influx of pilgrims.  Over 42,000 e-passes have been issued for Chardham Yatra from the website of Devasthanam Board, said…