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hubei news

China ravaged by tornadoes, more danger awaits - All about looming Typhoon Bavi

Eastern China will face fierce winds and torrential rain later this week from Super Typhoon Bavi
Updated on Jul 08, 2026 09:31 am IST

Chinese businesswoman harvests lotus roots to repay $700,000 debt

A Chinese businesswoman who lost her fortune is repaying a $700,000 debt by digging and selling lotus roots.
Published on Nov 26, 2025 12:00 pm IST

Chinese man caught impersonating woman with wig and headband during exam

A university exam impersonation case went viral after a man disguised as a woman was caught.
Published on Jul 05, 2025 04:32 pm IST

Chinese man finds he was adopted 34 years ago, sister lived just 500 metres away

A man in China learned he was adopted 34 years ago.
Published on Mar 10, 2025 07:18 am IST

SheDrives: Pakistan's first ride-share service for the transgender community

Pakistan's first ride-share service exclusively for women and the transgender community
Published on Sept 17, 2024 09:16 am IST

20,000 people in China's Shijiazhuang quarantined due to fresh Covid-19 outbreak

The silent spread of the virus amply shows that asymptomatic patients have increasingly become a great challenge for China's epidemic prevention and control efforts.
Updated on Jan 12, 2021 11:15 pm IST

Mutant strains emphasise the need for strict controls

he State must act fast to enforce indoor lock downs and effective ‘social and physical distancing’ norms through media, social help groups, vigorous public announcements and by applying force, if that becomes necessary.
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 05:43 am IST

China: Coronavirus epicenter Hubei lags as regional growth picks up

Hubei’s gross domestic product shrank 10.4% in the first three quarters compared with the same period last year, according to data released by the provincial statistics bureau.
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 06:57 pm IST

China’s power use hits record on economic recovery, hot weather

People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, walk past a giant screen broadcasting a news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a shopping area in Beijing, China July 31, 2020.
Published on Aug 05, 2020 06:23 pm IST

Worst floods in years hit China, 33 rivers flowing at levels highest in history

Residents swim past a riverside pavilion submerged by the flooded Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
Updated on Jul 13, 2020 05:01 pm IST

China cities declare flood ‘red alerts’ as extreme weather threats surge

The country has experienced a 20% increase in incidents of heavy rainfall since 1961, the China Meteorological Administration has said.
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 12:43 pm IST

WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China

WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference on April 20 the first report had come from China, without specifying whether the report had been sent by Chinese authorities or another source.
Updated on Jul 04, 2020 10:58 am IST

Wuhan wraps up Covid-19 tests, 300 silent spreaders isolated from 10 million

A child reacts while undergoing nucleic acid testing in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, Hubei province.
Updated on Jun 02, 2020 05:00 pm IST

Wuhan on ‘10-day-battle’ to test all for Covid-19 after cluster infection

The province of Hubei and its capital Wuhan have reported over 68000 (50339 in Wuhan) of the nearly 83000 Covid-19 cases in China.
Published on May 12, 2020 05:47 pm IST

China calls for coronavirus vigilance, warns against complacency

On Monday, Wuhan, capital of Hubei, reported its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the city was lifted a month ago.
Published on May 12, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Early Covid lockdown in China could have reduced cases: Study

If the lockdowns and closing down of public places were not carried out by the time they were done, infections could have increased 67 times to 7.7 million in the country by February.
Updated on May 08, 2020 03:48 pm IST

China lowers Covid risk for country as President Xi warns against complacency

The Chinese mainland reported two new imported Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,680,
Updated on May 07, 2020 05:20 pm IST

China’s Covid-19 cases drop to one; no cases reported in epicentre Hubei for almost a month

This photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows people wearing face masks as a precaution against the Covid-19 coronavirus as they dance under Wuhan Bridge in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.
Published on May 02, 2020 12:15 pm IST

How the pandemic can hit Xi Jinping’s ‘China dream’| Analysis

Suspicions about China’s role and whether it shared pertinent data about the pandemic will continue to exist
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 07:12 pm IST

Can India be an outlier in the spread of Covid-19? | Opinion

To this end, the images of crowds gathering in several places whether for panic buying or interstate movements are disturbing. They could jeopardise all efforts and mitigate whatever natural advantages we enjoy. The State must act fast to enforce the lockdown, even forcibly if necessary
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 08:07 pm IST

A test for political systems

Congress leader P Chidambaram wears a face mask, New Delhi, March 19, 2020
Updated on Mar 30, 2020 06:25 pm IST

China reports zero new domestic coronavirus cases for 1st time since outbreak

Passengers register their information at the New China International Exhibition Center, a transit hub to screen incoming passengers from the Beijing Capital International Airport for Covid-19, in Beijing on March 18.
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 09:16 am IST

How Kerala is battling Covid-19, writes Pinarayi Vijayan

Surveillance, screening, testing, isolation, contact tracing, counselling, and awareness-building are key steps
Updated on Mar 18, 2020 06:38 pm IST

First coronavirus case can be traced back to Nov 17 in China’s Hubei province: Report

A woman wearing a face mask walks past the entrance of a closed secondary school in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China.
Published on Mar 13, 2020 01:52 pm IST

New daily cases of coronavirus in China fall below 100 in several weeks, death toll now 3070

Chinese health authorities on Saturday said 3070 people had died from the coronavirus outbreak
Updated on Mar 07, 2020 03:15 pm IST

China reports 28 more coronavirus deaths, rise in new cases outside Hubei

A worker wearing a protective suit walks outside an office building in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, China on March 6, 2020.
Updated on Mar 07, 2020 06:59 am 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 04, 2020 09:05 pm 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 03:53 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 09:19 pm IST

Death toll in China now 2718; no deaths outside epicentre Hubei in 3 weeks

China on Wednesday said there were more than 50 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak until Tuesday midnight
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 03:11 pm IST