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- Technology
Apple faces up to $8 bn revenue hit due to China lockdowns
San Francisco: The ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are set to make a huge dent in Apple revenue for the April-June quarter as the company has indicated up to $8 billion loss…
- Technology
Global chip shortage set to ease despite China lockdowns
New Delhi: The global chip shortage, that plagued several industries like automotive and consumer electronics, is set to ease during the second half of the year despite lockdowns in China as demand-supply…
- World
$7.2 trillion of China’s GDP under lockdown
New York: Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China’s strict zero-Covid policy. Together, they represent 40 per cent, or $7.2…
- Automobile
Tesla to keep China plant shut due to COVID-19 restrictions
Beijing: Elon Musk-run Tesla, which delivered over three lakh vehicles in Q1 this year despite an ‘exceptionally difficult quarter,’ has been forced to keep its factory shut in Shanghai amid strict lockdowns.…
- World
Shanghai to screen 16 million people in 2nd phase of lockdown
Shanghai: Shanghai will launch a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting from Friday amid the second phase of the city’s nine-day lockdown, an official announced on…
- World
China imposes two-phase COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Beijing: Amid the new COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Chinese city of Shanghai is going into a two-phase lockdown starting on Monday. This comes after Shanghai has seen a surge in…
- Technology
Apple supplier Foxconn halts factory ops in China due to lockdown
Beijing: Apple supplier Foxconn has announced the temporary closure of two of its manufacturing sites in Shenzhen, China, in response to another Covid-19-related lockdown. To reduce the impact of the lockdown, the…
- Photos
Photos: Weekend lockdown in Srinagar
Srinagar: Shikaras stand parked at Dal Lake during the weekend lockdown imposed by the authorities in wake of surge in COVID-19 cases, in Srinagar, Saturday, Feb. 05, 2022. (PTI Photo) Srinagar: Closed…
- India
COVID lockdown hits pockets of middle-class, pushes them towards poverty
New Delhi: As the nation fought COVID through lockdowns, the impact they had on the pockets of the middle-class is immense. From losing jobs to having to change vocations to make ends…
- Photos
Photo: COVID Lockdown in Srinagar
Srinagar: A view of Lal Chowk area during weekly lockdown imposed by authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19, in Srinagar, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) Srinagar: A view of…
- World
Samsung’s chip plant returns to normal as China lifts lockdown
Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said its chipmaking facility in the Chinese city of Xi’an has returned to normal as the city has lifted a lockdown. The world’s largest memory chip maker…
- Kashmir
J&K to have 64-hour long lockdown every week as Covid surges
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday ordered a 64-hour long lockdown every week in the UT because of the alarming increase in the spread of Covid-19 infection. In an order issued…