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    India asks states to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb

    India asks states to ramp up testing as COVID-19 cases climb

    India’s federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. There were 6,050 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Friday, continuing a sharp upward trend […] More

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    Apple Partner Foxconn to Ramp Up Investment Outside China as Consumer Electronics Demand Dips

    Apple supplier Foxconn on Wednesday said it plans to ramp up investment outside of China and efforts to attract automakers to its contract manufacturing business, as the company reported weaker demand for consumer electronics. Foxconn, which assembles around 70 percent of iPhones, has been diversifying production away from China, whose strict COVID restrictions disrupted its […] More