China's draconian lockdowns galvanize widespread protests

Nov 28, 2022

China is a nation of 1.4 billion people, ruled by an authoritarian government unable to abide dissent. China has 106 cities possessing populations more...

Trump terms COVID-induced lockdowns as 'unconstitutional'

Oct 16, 2020

Miami [US], October 16 : US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that the lockdowns imposed by various states across the country...

COVID-19: Chinese lockdowns affect global supply chains

May 09, 2022

Beijing [China], May 9 : Due to rising COVID-19 infections in China and the enforcement of the Zero-Covid policy by Xi Jinping, global supply...

COVID-19: Kerala to continue with Sunday lockdowns

Aug 27, 2021

Kerala (India), August 27 : Kerala on Friday announced that it will continue with Sunday lockdown, as there is no dip in the number...

COVID lockdown hits pockets of middle-class, pushes them towards poverty

Jan 30, 2022

New Delhi [India], January 30 : As the nation fought COVID through lockdowns, the impact they had on the pockets of the middle-class is...

Gas distribution volumes hit by Covid-19 lockdowns: ICRA

Jun 08, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 8 : The city gas distribution (CGD) sector's domestic gas volumes declined by 12 per cent month-on-month to 15.2 million...