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  $7.2 trillion of China's GDP under lockdown

  Business | April 18, 2022 21:47 IST

  Analysts are ringing warning bells, but say investors aren't properly assessing how serious the global economic fallout might be from these prolonged isolation orders.

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  Here is the electricity bill of India for March, know how much electricity Indians burn in a month

  Business | April 01, 2022 20:42 IST

  Energy consumption is increased by 4.6 percent to 108.03 percent in February from 103.25 BU in February 2021.

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  Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins

  World | March 28, 2022 8:12 IST

  With China’s economic growth already slowing, the extreme measures are seen as worsening difficulties striking employment, consumption and even global supply chains.

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  Lockdown has impeded basic learning: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

  India | February 10, 2022 7:45 IST

  Nobel laureate also underscored the need to curtail curriculum once the classes resume at the junior level and help children make up for the lost time.

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  UK PM Boris Johnson extends apology after ‘partygate’ report released, says 'I will fix it'

  World | January 31, 2022 21:38 IST

  Boris Johnson has rebuffed calls to resign from opposition politicians and some of his own Conservative lawmakers.

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  Complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu on Jan 23 as Covid cases continue to rise

  India | January 21, 2022 16:48 IST

  Tamil Nadu recorded 28,561 new Covid cases on Thursday taking the state's infection tally to 30,42,796.

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  COVID: Britain lifts restrictions, says omicron wave ‘has peaked’

  World | January 21, 2022 14:45 IST

  Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant “has now peaked nationally.”

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  Restrictions are 'counterproductive', risk-based approach needed to tackle Covid: WHO India head

  India | January 18, 2022 18:53 IST

  Implementing a blanket booster program while large segments of the population remain unvaccinated is likely to prolong the pandemic and misses the larger population that it aims to protect, Ofrin explained.

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  Spotify lays off staff, shuts down its podcast studio

  Technology | January 12, 2022 12:44 IST

  Spotify, a Swedish music streaming giant has reportedly shut down its podcast studio and laid off some members of the team.  Spotify declines to comment on the report.  

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  Tamil Nadu imposes full lockdown on Sunday, Covid restrictions extended till January 31 | Details

  India | January 10, 2022 23:09 IST

  Patients isolated in Covid care centers or put up in home isolation will stand to be discharged and end isolation after at least seven days from the onset of symptoms or date of sampling.

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  No weekend lockdown in Mumbai for now, no ICU patients at COVID center: Mayor

  India | January 09, 2022 8:49 IST

  Mumbai logged 20,318 fresh COVID cases and five deaths on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government on Saturday imposed a night curfew between 11 pm to 5 am from January 10.

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  Hair grooming tools and tips for men working from home during COVID-19 pandemic

  Beauty | January 07, 2022 14:10 IST

  A stylist surely does something that only he/she can, but a decent hair grooming session isn't as difficult a task as it may sound. A good haircut or a beard trim not only changes a person's look completely but is necessary from time to time for health purposes.

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  Meet the man who got 145 degrees from different online courses during lockdown

  Trending | January 03, 2022 21:24 IST

  During the lockdown, Shafi Vikraman enrolled himself in online courses offered by various sites like Coursera and WHO's learning portal. He completed courses that dealt with medical, finance, robotics, artificial intelligence, forensics, blockchain, cryptocurrency, food and psychology.

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  UK rules out new restrictions before Christmas amid Omicron surge

  World | December 23, 2021 19:21 IST

  Health Secretary Sajid Javid said two studies suggesting omicron carries a significantly lower risk of hospitalisation than the previously dominant delta strain was “encouraging news.

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  Telangana village imposes 10-day self-lockdown after man found Omicron positive

  India | December 23, 2021 16:46 IST

  The village head said that people in the town are concerned about the new Covid variant as cases have been surfacing in many countries.

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  Lockdown in Puducherry extended till January 2

  India | December 16, 2021 17:17 IST

  The Health Department should maintain close watch and surveillance on those coming from foreign countries in view of the threat posed by the new variant of Covid- Omicron.

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  Agriculture sector functioned smoothly during lockdown: Narendra Singh Tomar

  India | December 08, 2021 8:49 IST

  Congress' Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday had asked an unstarred question stating whether govt has assessed the impact of COVID on agricultural households.

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  Omicron in India: Will there be another lockdown? Here's what Centre has to say

  India | December 02, 2021 21:39 IST

  The Health Ministry on Thursday addressed a press conference stating that a new Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in Karnataka and asked people not to panic but follow Covid-appropriate behavior and get vaccinated without delay. When asked if there would be a lockdown, here is what the officials had to say.

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  Omicron variant: S Africa calls for immediate end to travel ban; to remain on lowest lockdown level

  World | November 29, 2021 6:58 IST

  South Africa recorded 3,220 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, up from about 100 daily just over a week ago, but scientists said there was no need to panic about Omnicron yet because not enough was known about it.

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  Austria reimposes full lockdown amid rising COVID cases, makes vaccinations mandatory

  World | November 19, 2021 17:29 IST

  Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said the lockdown will start Monday and initially last for 10 days.