XI'S TRIP TO ZHEJIANG BOOSTS CONFIDENCE President Xi Jinping has offered a confidence boost to the market and businesses with his four-day inspection trip to Zhejiang province, in which he underlined the importance of turning crisis into opportunities and fostering new growth engines amid t
U.S. INTEL: CHINA COVERED UP EXTENT OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK <https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/u-s-intel-china-covered-up-extent-o f-coronavirus-outbreak.html> China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, under-reporting both total cases and deat
DUTERTE WARNS GROUPS DISRUPTING QUARANTINE; PNP TOLD: SHOOT THEM DEAD MANILA — Shoot them dead. President Duterte ordered the police and the military last night to shoot dead those who will continue to hold protests that disrupt peace and order during the enhanced community quarantin
BIGGEST SPIKE IN CASES, 40% LINKED TO NIZAMUDDIN Of the 386 fresh cases reported across the country on Wednesday, 154 (40 per cent) had attended the religious congregation that the Muslim missionary group, Tablighi Jamaat, had organised at Nizamuddin, in New Delhi. "All states that have
XI STRESSES GREEN MODEL OF GROWTH President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of environmental protection during his inspection tour of eastern China on Monday at a village where he unveiled his theory of ecological civilization 15 years ago.
G20 NATIONS AGREE TO KEEP MARKETS OPEN, TACKLE SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS Group of 20 trade chiefs pledged to try to keep supply chains open as the world fights to contain the coronavirus pandemic and limit the economic fallout. The G-20 commerce ministers also vowed to "guard against profiteeri
PHILIPPINES RECORDS 538 NEW CASES, NATIONAL TALLY BREACHES 2,000-MARK The Department of Health confirmed 538 new COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, bringing the national tally to 2,084. The health department also reported that an additional 10 COVID-19 patients died in the country, raisi
MARKETS LOG BIGGEST YEARLY LOSS IN FY20 SINCE 2009 The domestic markets have logged their biggest yearly loss since 2008-09 - when they had declined 36 per cent on account of the global financial crisis - with the Nifty dropping 26 per cent in FY20. The mid- and small-cap indices, focuse
XI VOWS AID FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES President Xi Jinping pledged on Sunday to take measures to protect small and medium-sized companies from being seriously impacted by the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Centra
BRENT TUMBLES TO LOWEST SINCE 2002, US CRUDE DIPS BELOW $20 PER BARREL Global oil benchmark Brent crude plunged to its cheapest in almost 18 years on Monday and US crude briefly tumbled below $20 per barrel on growing fears the global coronavirus shutdown could last months and demand for