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Dec 07, 2022 07:19 PM IST Brent Crude was up 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $79.55 a barrel by 1300 GMT. It touched $77.74 earlier, the lowest since Jan. 3. U.S. crude added 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $74.47 and earlier touched $72.75, the lowest since late December.
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Dec 07, 2022 04:29 PM IST The bank, in central China’s Hubei province, offered customers free tissues if they managed to pull out tissues from a giant roll within five seconds.
- Dec 07, 2022 04:21 PM IST
The company staged a glitzy showcase of its plans Wednesday at Bangkoks Siam Paragon mall. Online purchases have begun, with plans to deliver vehicles to buyers in the first quarter of next year.
- Dec 07, 2022 01:06 PM IST
Rules covering quarantine, people movement, lockdowns and testing were loosened, and other aspects of policy were also adjusted.
- Dec 07, 2022 11:51 AM IST
Beijing is adopting a more pro-growth stance now after months of economic turmoil triggered by record Covid outbreaks and a property market crisis.
- Dec 07, 2022 11:40 AM IST
The 10 new measures include accelerating vaccination among the elderly and forbidding local officials to designate large areas, like entire housing compounds, as high-risk.
- Dec 07, 2022 11:36 AM IST
Sporadic protests have erupted all over China in recent weeks, triggered by the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Ürümchi, Xinjiang in November.
- Dec 07, 2022 11:32 AM IST
Most of the cases are asymptomatic infections and mild cases, with no special treatment required, the National Health Commission said in a statement.
- Dec 07, 2022 10:44 AM IST
This comes in addition to a previously announced 4,000 yuan insurance subsidy, but is only applicable for customers buying a current car model and completing delivery by the end of December.
- Dec 07, 2022 09:11 AM IST
Beijing's strict zero-Covid policy of snap lockdowns, travel curbs and daily mass testing has left businesses reeling, disrupted supply chains and dampened consumption.
- Dec 07, 2022 08:36 AM IST
In one of the key changes to be announced this week, low-risk patients who test positive will be allowed to quarantine at home instead of being sent to an isolation facility, the people said, asking not to be named because they’re not authorized to speak publicly. PCR testing will also be dialed back except for high-risk groups, they said.
- Dec 07, 2022 08:31 AM IST
China will focus on stabilising growth, employment and prices while preventing and defusing major systemic risks, the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, after the 24-member political bureau, or politburo, chaired by President Xi Jinping met on Tuesday to discuss the economic tasks for next year.
- Dec 07, 2022 07:22 AM IST
The shipment is worth nearly $15 million, according to one of the people. The people declined to be named as the matter is not public.
- Dec 06, 2022 07:07 PM IST
Brent Crude futures fell $1.21, or $1.46%, to $81.47 a barrel by 1254 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) fell $1.18, or $1.53%, to $75.75. Brent had risen by over $1 in Asian trading.
- Dec 06, 2022 04:47 PM IST
Brent Crude futures fell 90 cents, or $1.09%, to $81.78 a barrel by 1055 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) fell 79 cents, or $1.03%, to $76.14.
- Dec 06, 2022 04:33 PM IST
The results of the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are also likely to play out during the start of the session.
- Dec 06, 2022 03:31 PM IST
Jiang gave up his last official title in 2004 but remained a force behind the scenes in the wrangling that led to the rise of current President Xi, who took power in 2012.
- Dec 06, 2022 02:53 PM IST
Shandong-based pharmaceutical company Buchang Pharma told local news outlet Cailianshe that its factory making a Chinese medicine for lung disease was working around the clock due to "huge demand".
- Dec 06, 2022 10:57 AM IST
Following nationwide protests that have taken place over the past two weeks in response to Beijing's tough zero-Covid policy, the tech giant announced plans to diversify more of its supply chain away from China.
- Dec 06, 2022 10:56 AM IST
As per the new announcement, negative nucleic acid test results are no longer required to enter shopping malls, supermarkets, commercial buildings and residential compounds.
- Dec 06, 2022 10:34 AM IST
The Pentagon said in a report last month that China would likely have a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 if it continues with its current pace of its nuclear buildup.
- Dec 06, 2022 07:23 AM IST
Three years into the pandemic, China's zero-tolerance measures, from shut borders to frequent lockdowns, contrast sharply with the rest of the world, which has largely decided to live with the virus.
- Dec 05, 2022 03:36 PM IST
Asked whether she saw India as a replacement partner for China, Baerbock said no, adding that India had always been a partner for Germany and the European Union.
- Dec 05, 2022 02:01 PM IST
China may eventually downgrade its management of COVID-19 as a top-level Category A infectious disease to a less strict Category B disease as early as January, the sources said on Monday.
- Dec 05, 2022 01:55 PM IST
Xi Jinping is caught in a bind. Letting protestors go scot-free might encourage similar or bolder protests in the future. But cracking down on them will worsen the current situation
