Tag: lockdown
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UN HQ lockdown ends ‘calmly’ as mystery man surrenders peacefully
The man, who wore a red jacket, held aloft a red folder with "EHR" written on it. told the negotiator that he would put down his gun if police would take his documents and give them to the UN, Tucker said.
December 3, 2021 -
The long march home — book on lockdown migration launched
1232 KM: Corona Kaal Mein Ek Asambhav Safar' by author Vinod Kapri, published by Sarthak Prakashan (an imprint of Rajkamal Prakashan Samuh) was released at the India Habitat Centre.
November 25, 2021 -
Rising trend of childhood obesity in Delhi, survey reveals
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Association with the Institute of Child health of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital carried out a sample survey to quantify the magnitude of rising obesity during this ongoing pandemic.
November 14, 2021 -
Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in Oct
The underemployment rate, which measures the portion of employed people who are not working as many hours as they like, rose from 9.2 per cent to a 12-month high of 9.5 per cent.
November 11, 2021 -
2nd pandemic winter bringing chaos to eastern European nations
Despite the widescale availability of vaccines this winter compared to the last, Europe is the only part of the world reporting an increase in new Covid-19 cases globally.
October 25, 2021 -
Australia announces “Freedom Day” after 106 days in lockdown
"There are going to be challenged, we know that. I ask again everybody right across our state to treat everybody with kindness and respect, and take personal responsibility," said Perrottet.
October 11, 2021 -
SL plans lockdown extension, vaccine rollout to curb Covid spike
According to World Health Organization (WHO) figures, Sri Lanka is in the 11th position when it comes to countries with the highest number of deaths per 100,000 population. With nearly 200 deaths daily, as of Thursday, Sri Lanka's Covid death toll passed 9600.
September 3, 2021 -
New Zealand extends virus lockdown; Australia eyes vaccines
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the lockdown will continue until at least the end of the month in Auckland, where most of the cases have been found
August 23, 2021 -
Vietnam imposes strict lockdown in southern city
Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam’s entire southern region have already been in lockdown since July, when the delta variant started to spread quickly
August 23, 2021 -
Australia’s Northern Territory plunges into lockdown
Chief minister of the Northern Territory Michael Gunner told reporters that the variant of the latest virus was not yet known, which they assumed as the Delta strain
August 16, 2021 -
Melbourne extends lockdown amid delta cases
The New South Wales state government reported 344 new infections
August 11, 2021 -
Bangladesh to lift lockdown on Wednesday
On Sunday, the country's Directorate General of Health Services reported 10,299 new cases of Covid-19 and 241 new deaths
August 9, 2021 -
Argentine Prez unveils plan to emerge ‘cautiously’ from lockdown
As part of the plan, starting Saturday the number of people who can gather together will be expanded "little by little".
August 7, 2021 -
Another Australia state plunges into lockdown
Australia has so far reported 34,384 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 924 deaths. Sydney was the epicentre of the latest wave in Australia.
August 2, 2021 -
It’s time for govt to decide on opening of shops, says Kerala HC
The court made this observation while hearing a petition from the organisation of Textiles sector stating that their members are in dire straight due to the lockdown and is finding it difficult to meet both ends and wanted to get back to opening of their establishments.
July 15, 2021 -
85% varsity students faced learning loss in past one year
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on 220 million students as universities in 175 countries closed their premises and countries shut their borders. Although higher education institutions were quick to adopt lectures with online learning, these closures affected learning and examinations.
July 14, 2021 -
Stimuli Revisited
In economic terms, the stimulus could be said to be based on a traditional approach i.e., managing the pace of economic growth by reining in inflation and adjusting the cost of private borrowing rather than by spending public money. The Government’s liquidity enhancing measures stabilised the financial system but household incomes fell.
July 13, 2021