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Topic: covid

Podcasts, video analysis, on-ground clips—ThePrint is ready for the age of ‘viewer-reader’

'Gen-Z would rather watch or listen, that’s the reality,' observes ThePrint. Recognition of this shift to audio-visuals is why the team is ramping up its video section.

Covid surge made Chinese shun cigarettes & alcohol, flock to medicine stores

Retail sales of traditional, Western medicines reached $12.66 bn in Dec 2022 against $8.84 bn in Dec 2021, finds National Bureau of Statistics. Month-over-month sales rose by 41.8%.

Support the brain, protect the liver, and feed the gut—New nutrition goals are holistic

Both COVID-19 and increased levels of metabolic diseases are negatively affecting multiple systems of the body and are weakening individual and societal resilience.

China Covid peak to last two to three months, to hit rural areas, says top epidemiologist

Infections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their home towns for the Lunar New Year holidays.

Chinese worry about elderly as WHO warns of Covid surge during Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year holiday, which starts from 21 January, comes after China last month abandoned a strict anti-virus regime of mass lockdowns.

Russia, China ready for travel resumption ‘as soon as possible’ to deepen ties, says report

The two countries signed a 'no limits' strategic partnership in February 2022, informed by shared distrust of the West, a few days before Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine.

As Covid-hit China reopens to the world, countries put up travel barriers

From Sunday, China will drop a requirement for inbound travellers to quarantine, the latest dismantling of its 'zero-Covid' regime that began last month following historic protests.

China pledges ‘final victory’ over Covid despite outbreak raising global alarm

China has rejected international scepticism of its statistics as politically motivated attempts to smear its achievements in fighting the virus.

Taiwan offers China with ‘necessary assistance’ to deal with Covid surge amid tension

President Tsai Ing-wen said everyone had seen the rise in cases in China, which views Taipei as its own territory and has ramped up military pressure to assert those claims.

Agriculture growth crossed pre-pandemic levels this year, but other sectors are still lagging

Government data shows that India’s GDP was 5.6% higher in first half of 2022 than in same period of 2019, but not all sectors are growing at the same pace.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.