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Curated By: Shankhyaneel SarkarLast Updated: August 08, 2023, 11:13 ISTLondon, United Kingdom (UK)Eris has led to a spike in Covid illnesses in the UK but has failed to make much impact in other parts of the world. (Image: Shutterstock)The…

Star attraction: Jyothi Yarraji, who won gold in womens 100m hurdles in the 62nd National Inter State Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on June 17, 2023, will be in focus. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR With the…

Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had…

NEW DELHI: As many as 380 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 4.58 lakh crore, as per a report. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme…

Apple supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it has quadrupled bonuses on offer for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China as it works to quell employee discontent at the major iPhone manufacturing site over Covis curbs. Daily bonuses…

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BEIJING: Residents of a city in China’s far west Xinjiangregion say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts…

The island in the South China Sea recorded just two positive symptomatic Covid-19 cases in the whole of last year. Fast forward to this month, however, and the number of cases has suddenly soared, prompting a lockdown in the…

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SHANGHAI: Tension is spreading through Shanghai as residents watch the Covid-19 caseload tick higher, fueling fears they're headed back into lockdown little more than five weeks after exiting a bruising two-month ordeal. The city reported…