The manager of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Winter Beijing Olympics has tested positive for COVID-19. The development was confirmed by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra. “The manager of the Indian contingent Abbas Wani tested Covid-19 positive at Beijing Airport. The chef de mission Harjinder Singh is coordinating for a re-test,” […]
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Winter Olympics: Zero Covid cases prestige issue for China
Chinese citizens are locked in a never-ending cycle of COVID testing and no news about the resident’s condition is permitted to leave the lockdown as the Chinese authorities do not want to embarrass the leadership in front of the world during the Winter Olympics in Beijing set to take place next month. […]
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang province. US Congressmen invited the representatives from domestic firms who sponsor the Olympics to a hearing to address how they could leverage their influence to insist on concrete […]