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TopicChina Covid policy

Topic: China Covid policy

China’s official Covid-19 death figures underestimate true toll of pandemic’s current wave

The country's narrow criteria for identifying Covid-19 deaths will only include deaths caused by pneumonia & respiratory failure, said a leading Chinese medical expert Tuesday.

Long queues, high fees for cremation services in Beijing as Covid cases rise

Workers at two funeral parlours in Beijing said there has been a surge in residents looking to cremate deceased relatives.

‘India need not panic, it is immunised,’ says NTAGI chairman amid China’s Covid deaths

China’s abrupt exit from its strict ‘zero-Covid’ policy could result in at least 1 million deaths, a report has said.

China races to improve health system as Covid-19 surge sparks global concern

Cities scrambled to install hospital beds & build fever screening clinics Tuesday as authorities reported five more deaths, with growing concern about virus mutations among others.

China officially reports 1st Covid deaths since retreat from strict virus control policy

The two deaths reported by the National Health Commission have caused growing doubt among citizens on whether China's data is capturing the fast worsening situation on ground.

Russia-Ukraine war, Iran protests, economic recession — what happened & what did not in 2022

A round-up of news stories that dominated the year, and the outlook for 2023.

Situation in China volatile—A fire incident, a strict Covid policy spreading anger on streets

The Chinese are drawing parallels between the recent protests and the 1989 Tiananmen Square agitation.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.