The minister further noted that sectors like IT and telecommunications face their own economic challenges, with shutdowns disrupting social and digital activities.
Thousands of Khan's supporters marched on the capital, breaking through barricades in response to his call for a sit-in protest near parliament to press demands ranging from their leader's release to the government's resignation.
There are tens and thousands of North Korean workers overseas who generate foreign currency for the sanction-hit regime and are unable to return home. These protests in China over unpaid wages is rarely heard of, given the near-complete control of the state over citizens.
The move is being touted as a sign of deepening cooperation between Russia and North Korea. North Korea had shut its borders in 2020 amid the global COVID-19 lockdown, and observers had predicted that the first post-pandemic tourists would come from China.
Singapore Health Ministry has announced the opening of a second COVID-19 treatment facility at Singapore Expo Hall 10 this weekend to increase the number of beds for COVID-19 patients. Their doctors will decide if they should be admitted.
The Central government has instructed online travel platforms to process all pending refunds related to air ticket bookings from the pandemic lockdown period by next week.
The incident occurred in Nepalgunj-- a Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke district allegedly after a Hindu boy posted a 'controversial status' about Muslims on social media. This resulted in communal tensions in the Hindu-dominated country.
G20 Summit 2023: The G-20 Summit will take place at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, on September 9 and 10.
North Korea banned tourists, jetted out diplomats and severely curtailed border traffic and trade after the pandemic began. The lockdown has further worsened the North’s chronic economic difficulties and food insecurity.
A handful of Johnson allies spoke up to defend the former leader. Legislator Lia Nici said that “I cannot see where the evidence is where Boris Johnson misled Parliament knowingly, intentionally or recklessly.”
According to the report, which cites a report from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, 6.8 million couples registered to wed in 2022, which is a 10.5% decrease from the 7.63 million marriage registrations that were made in 2021.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to start wearing masks again as the country steps up surveillance of Covid cases. Mr Modi held a review meeting on Thursday amid a surge in cases in China which has put India on alert.
China Covid lockdown protest: Thousands of protesters turned out in Shanghai, where people were bundled into police cars, BBC reported. Students were also seen demonstrating at universities in Beijing and Nanjing, among other places.
China protests: Recalling the incident one of the protesters said that one of his friends had been beaten by the police while two other friends were pepper sprayed.
COVID lockdown: Beijing opened a hospital in an exhibition center. It suspended access to the Beijing International Studies University after a virus case was found there. Some shopping malls, and office buildings were closed and access was blocked to some apartment compounds.
COVID cases in Beijing: The district government of Chaoyang also advised residents not to leave the area unless necessary, and if they do, they must provide negative nucleic acid test results taken within 48 hours, official media here reported on Saturday.
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China: In the past few days, people have been captured fleeing shops - including a Shanghai branch of Swedish furniture giant Ikea - and workplaces as they try to avoid being trapped inside.
China lockdown: Meanwhile, holiday spending during China's Golden Week has plunged to its lowest level in seven years, as broad Covid curbs discouraged people from travelling or spending, while a darkening economic outlook continues to erode consumer confidence.
China's authoritarian Communist political system demands strict adherence to measures dictated by the central leadership overwhelmingly dominated by party leader Xi Jinping.
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