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Foreign Direct Investment In China Dwindles Due To Industry Executive's Skepticism

Foreign industry executives and lobbyists note that the current incentives offered by local governments are not as appealing as those provided a decade ago when companies received subsidies, free land use, etc.

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More Than 70% On-year Rise In Cremation In Chinese Province: Govt Data

About 171,000 cremations were registered in Zhejiang - home to around 5per cent of China's population - in the first three months of 2023, up from 99,000 in the same period last year, according to data on the province's civil affairs bureau website. Telegram Facebook Copy Link

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No Direct Evidence That Covid Began In Wuhan Lab: US Intelligence Report

The four-page report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said the US intelligence community still could not rule out the possibility that the virus came from a laboratory, however, and had not been able to discover the origins of the pandemic

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Booster Vaccine For Omicron Variant Gets Emergency Use Approval

It is a thermostable vaccine, which does not require ultra-cold chain infrastructure used for other approved mRNA-based vaccines

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China's COVID-19 Positive Test Rates Up BY 40% In May

China witnessed a more than fivefold surge in the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 at hospitals across the country since April. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data that shows, it has reached more than 40 per cent of those tested at the end of May, reported The Straits Times

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Why India Not Doing Enough For Its Female Gig Workers?

The central and state governments, gig platforms, labour organisations and civil society must come together to collectively address the challenges faced by gig workers, particularly women, say experts

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UK Govt Grants More Time To Convey Boris Johnson's Messages To Covid Inquiry

The government ordered an inquiry in 2021 to look into the preparedness of the country as well as the public health and economic response after Britain recorded one of the world's highest total number of deaths from COVID-19.

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Stocks Of Chinese Pharma Cos Rise Amid Sharp Spike In Covid

Amid a spike in COVID-19 infections in China, shares of the Chinese pharmaceutical countries have also seen a massive increase in their values on Wednesday, Hong Kong-based The Standard reported

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Covid Update: India Logs 1,839 New Cases, Active Caseload At 25,178

The total recoveries are at 4,44,14,599 with 3861 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Currently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76 per cent

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Covid Out Of Emergency Phase But Here To Stay Says WHO

The virus causing COVID-19 is here to stay but the world is beginning to transition out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, the World Health Organization's chief said on Wednesday

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India Logs 9,335 Covid Cases In A Day, 26 Fatalities

India recorded 9,355 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Thursday, a drop of 274 cases from Wednesday when the country had reported 9,629 cases, as per the data released by the Union Health Ministry

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Indians' Spending Pattern Influenced By Price Pressures, Precautionary Savings In Covid-19: RBI

"The current income perception deteriorated across all latent classes, though, outlook about household income remained buoyant for some latent classes," it states

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Methods Adopted By Western Nations During Covid-19 Caused Stress In Economy: Sitharaman

She said some advanced economies having the possibility of going into recession may push India's exports down as a spillover effect

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Union Health Secy Writes To Eight States To Strengthen Surveillance Amid Covid Rise

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday wrote a letter to the health secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Haryana, and the Government of NCT of Delhi in view of "consistent rise" in COVID 19 cases in the country

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Principal Secy To PM Chairs High-level Meeting Amid Covid-19 Rise, Stresses On 5-fold Strategy

During the meeting, a comprehensive presentation was made by Rajesh Bhushan, the Secretary of Health and Family Welfare providing an overview of the global Covid-19 situation

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