As the deadly Corona virus(COVID 19) sweeps the world with breathtaking rapidity, and nations devising strategies suitable and appropriate to them to combat the disease, and death tolls keep on mounting by the day, questions are being asked...
The Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai has raised concerns about China's economic outlook for the rest of this year. This week's release of first-quarter gross domestic growth data will provide a clearer indication of how policymakers in Beijing...
China's economy is slowing down, with its annual growth rate falling to 0.4% in the April-June period, its lowest since 1992. The country's recovery is being hindered by the combination of COVID and the falling property market. Since the ou...
Even when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to announce a state of emergency on April 7 to contain the spread of novel coronavirus from assuming the proportion of threat never seen in Japan’s history, Barak Kushner, Professor of East Asi...
Zero-COVID refers to public health policy adopted and implemented by multiple countries to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This strategy involves the use of several public health measures like mass level testing, quarantine, l...
China has been struggling with an economic crisis amplified by the underlying structural issues of the government while struggling with COVID-19 protocols. The preventive measures have led to constant lockdowns in crucial financial hubs, se...
In the past decade, China has lost growth in double-digits. In comparison to previous months, the GDP went down from April to June although it barely topped in the same quarter too. In this regard, economists are of the view that factories ...
Global oil prices witnessed a surge during the recovery period after COVID-related lockdowns. It rose to nearly 100 USD per barrel as the demand for oil increased. Oil is correctly termed as ‘black gold’ because it is accounted as the most ...
Pakistan has a promising development potential and an increasing youth population. This country has a huge pool of young people and a need for skilled and unskilled labour. Since the COVID-19 outbreak started, the Government has focused on ...
In 2020, when countries around the world were imposing lockdowns to restraint the spread of coronavirus, South Koreans were already back on the streets. The cases were rising in other countries, but South Korea was effectively flattening it...
Japan had been struggling with low economic growth for some time before the pandemic forced countries around the world to impose lockdowns meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and protect lives. Herein the impact of state of emerg...
After more than two months of coronavirus-induced lockdown India’s closest neighbour, Sri Lanka, is slowly easing its lockdowns across cities. Following the deadly coronavirus epidemic in Sri Lanka, nearly 1024 have so far been hospitalised...
