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Coronavirus update: China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks

A number of countries have complained about faulty masks and other products exported by China, mostly for use by medical workers and vulnerable groups.

Updated on Apr 26, 2020, 3:28 PM IST

Beijing bans ‘uncivilised’ behaviour to improve public hygiene amid Covid-19 outbreak

Uncivilised behaviour has been banned in Beijing in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.

Published on Apr 26, 2020, 10:34 AM IST

World busy with Covid-19, Beijing pushes South China Sea agenda

(L-R) Royal Australian Navy helicopter frigate HMAS Parramatta conducts officer of the watch manoeuvres with amphibious assault ship USS America, guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (top left) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill in the South China Sea

Updated on Apr 24, 2020, 3:07 PM IST

‘Nothing short of absurdity’: China on US lawsuit against it on Covid-19

The lawsuit seeks relief on one count of public nuisance, one count of abnormally dangerous activities, and two counts of breach of duty.

Updated on Apr 22, 2020, 5:44 PM IST

‘China’s victim, not culprit’: Beijing disses calls for probe into Covid-19 origin

People wear protective masks as they leave work during evening rush hour in Beijing as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, China April 20, 2020.

Updated on Apr 21, 2020, 12:25 AM IST

India asks China to ease export of medical equipment, says it’s ‘best’ signal for ties

Chinese companies have been contracted for nearly 15 million personal protective equipment (PPE) kits comprising gowns, gloves, masks and goggles(Photo By Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 14, 2020, 2:36 PM IST

FATF’s review meeting for Pakistan postponed due to Covid-19 crisis: Report

Pakistan’s performance will now be reviewed in October by FATF, according to a report.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 4:04 PM IST

FATF meet in Beijing: Pakistan’s action on terror funding to be reviewed

Pakistan was placed in the grey list in June 2018 following a push by India that was supported by the US, the UK and key European countries such as France and Germany.

Updated on Apr 8, 2020, 7:27 AM IST

Maintaining form, focus till next year’s Olympics a challenge, but I am prepared: Abhishek Verma

File image of Abhishek Verma.

Updated on Apr 4, 2020, 3:49 PM IST

Volunteer disinfectant sprayers help Wuhan prepare for a return to work

A volunteer sprays disinfectant at a school as the school prepares for students returning after the term opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Shangqiu in China's central Henan province

Updated on Apr 3, 2020, 1:38 PM IST

Review: The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life by Alexander Norman

The Dalai Lama waves to the crowd during the third day of a series of teachings in Bodhgaya on January 4, 2020.

Updated on Mar 27, 2020, 2:22 PM IST

China ready to help India in Covid-19 fightback, shares info over video link

FILE PHOTO: Workers prepare beds to set up a quarantine facility amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Howrah on the outskirts of Kolkata, India March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

Updated on Mar 24, 2020, 7:34 AM IST

China easing Wuhan lockdown, fight continues against imported Covid-19 cases

Passengers wearing face masks are seen at a subway station in China’ Shanghai after the city's emergency alert level for coronavirus disease Covid-19)was downgraded, on March 23.

Updated on Mar 23, 2020, 2:35 PM IST

China’s decision to expel US journalists is wrong | HT Editorial

Ties between the US and China have dipped in recent years — from geopolitical tensions to the trade war to, more recently, President Donald Trump terming the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as the “China Virus”

Updated on Mar 19, 2020, 7:15 AM IST

No proof that weather will impact coronavirus survival, says Chinese expert

With the pandemic raging outside China, imported cases are a concern but there is unlikely to be a second wave of the epidemic, which has killed 3213 and sickened as many as 80860 persons in Chin

Updated on Mar 16, 2020, 6:57 PM IST

‘Might be US army who brought epidemic to Wuhan’: Chinese FM spokesperson

A medical staff member disinfects equipments at a ward used to be an isolation ward for patients infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 12, 2020.

Updated on Mar 12, 2020, 10:56 PM IST

Skull of smallest-known bird embedded in 99-million-year-old amber

Amber with the skull of the tiny bird Oculudentavis that is 99 million years old, nearly perfectly preserved inside, is seen in a picture released March 11, 2020.

Updated on Mar 12, 2020, 8:11 PM IST

What Delhi could learn from Beijing on tightening screening ‘imported’ coronavirus cases

Passengers wearing face masks and raincoats walk through a nearly empty departure hall at Beijing Capital International Airport.

Updated on Mar 9, 2020, 5:01 PM IST

Seventy trapped in collapsed Chinese quarantine hotel

About 70 people were trapped on Saturday after a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou. (Representative Image)

Updated on Mar 7, 2020, 8:23 PM IST

There is progress, but gender parity is still far off

In India, the rate of drop-outs for girls in schools has gone down from 20% in 2008 to 13.5% in 2018, but this does not automatically translate into economic and social empowermen

Published on Mar 5, 2020, 5:21 PM IST

‘Track the infected, their close contacts’: Chinese doctors’ advice on coronavirus

The restrictions continue with hundreds of millions across China facing some kind of restrictions on their movements.

Updated on Mar 4, 2020, 9:05 PM IST

China reports 47 more coronavirus deaths in a day

China on Saturday reported 47 more deaths from the new coronavirus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835.

Published on Feb 29, 2020, 8:03 AM IST

Coronavirus death toll in China now 2788, 9 new cases outside epicentre Hubei

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak stood at 2788 in China with 44 new deaths reported until early Friday

Published on Feb 28, 2020, 3:53 PM IST

Coronavirus death toll now 2747 in China, Beijing bans entry of people from Hubei amid new alert

Beijing on Thursday banned the entry of everyone returning from the covid-19 outbreak epicentre Hubei province amid a spike in cases

Updated on Feb 27, 2020, 9:19 PM IST

China cannot dictate terms to a free media in Nepal. Can PM Oli resist?| Analysis

Nepal has over the last few years developed deeper bilateral ties with China, a country which had for decades limited its role as a friendly country and being happy with Nepal taking the One China policy and restricting activities of some 20,000 Tibetan refugees present in the country

Published on Feb 26, 2020, 7:09 PM IST

IAF’s relief flight for coronavirus-hit Wuhan to reach Wednesday, bring back remaining Indians

The Indians stranded in coronavirus-ground zero Wuhan are likely to be evacuated Wednesday night

Updated on Feb 25, 2020, 7:45 PM IST

Indian firms in China could lose 15-20% revenue due to coronavirus outbreak: CII

A christian faithful wearing a mask to prevent contacting coronavirus prays during a service in Seoul, South Korea.

Updated on Feb 25, 2020, 3:29 PM IST

UAE limits flights to Iran over fears of Covid-19 outbreak

President Hassan Rouhani, center, sought to reassure the nation in a speech on Tuesday (Feb 25th, 2020), calling the new coronavirus an "uninvited and inauspicious passenger." "We will get through corona," Rouhani said. "We will get through the virus."

Updated on Feb 25, 2020, 2:46 PM IST

Relief flight to coronavirus-hit Wuhan delayed amid India’s ban on mask export

More than 600 Indians have been brought back on two flights amid coronavirus outbreak in China till date.

Updated on Feb 24, 2020, 8:47 PM IST

Coronavirus outbreak ‘largest public health crisis’ since founding of China: Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping held an unprecedented meeting of the ruling Communist Party of China’s (CPC) top leadership including all members of the powerful seven-member CPC politburo’s standing committee.

Published on Feb 23, 2020, 8:46 PM IST

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