Master Chef Lian Yun Leif( left) from Golden Dragon restaurant in Taj Coromandel, Chennai and Chef Sarathchandra Banerji, the executive chef at Red Pearl restaurant at Taj Vivanta in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S Master Chef Lian Yun Leif, who is from Nanjing in China, recalls a fond childhood memory where a bowl … Read more
The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ meeting began on Friday in Varanasi with a likely joint action plan on the development of cooperation in tourism to be adopted during the gathering. The plan will include promotion of the cultural heritage of the SCO member states, promotion of the SCO tourism brand, sharing and … Read more
Beijing CNN — China has moved quickly to suppress demonstrations that erupted across the country over the weekend, deploying police forces at key protest sites and tightening online censorship. The protests were sparked by anger over the country’s increasingly costly zero-Covid policy, but as numbers swelled at demonstrations in multiple major cities, so too have … Read more
Beijing CNN — Protests erupted across China throughout the weekend, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s stringent and increasingly costly zero-Covid policy. A deadly fire at an apartment block in Urumqi, the capital of the … Read more
China reported 9,005 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 9, of which 1,185 were symptomatic and 7,820 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. That compared with 8,335 new cases a day earlier – 1,346 symptomatic and 6,989 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, same as a day earlier, … Read more
Authorities in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang ordered ships to return to port, told schools to close and evacuated tourists from nearby islands, as one of this year’s strongest typhoons is set to make landfall on Wednesday. Typhoon Muifa intensified on Tuesday as it moved toward the twin port cities of Ningbo and Zhoushan, which … Read more
Coronavirus July 2nd Latest Updates: India on Saturday witnessed a slight drop in the daily case count as the country logged 17,092 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The health ministry records show that there were 29 coronavirus deaths across India on Saturday. While the daily cases have dropped a bit, the surge … Read more
Coronavirus June 28 Latest News: India on Tuesday witnessed drop in daily Covid cases after the sharp spike on Monday a day earlier. The government data says that the country detected 11,793 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. There was a minute increase in the coronavirus deaths today. India officially recorded 27 Covid-19 … Read more
Latest Updates on Covid-19: India recorded around 50,000 Covid-19 cases in the week that went by. This has been the biggest jump in the number of daily cases since January. The overall statistics of daily infections across states don’t look good and it has compelled the state governments to move in line with strict measures … Read more
India’s Covid trajectory, which was witnessing a rather flat curve for almost a month now is moving towards a dangerous spike. For the second day running, India’s daily case count rose sharply. The Narendra Modi government has taken note of the uptick. Latest reports say that the health ministry is focusing on states such as … Read more