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China: Businessmen, who criticised govt COVID-19 response, could face 25 y
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): Chinese businessmen Sun Dawu, who has been vocal in criticising Chinese authorities about its handling of the COVID-19, could face 25 years in prison if convicted on a range of charges against him.
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COVID-19: Medical equipment worth Rs 100 cr deployed under Mission Vayu ac
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Pune Platform for COVID-19 Response (PPCR), anchored at Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), supported by ACT Grants and the Swasth Alliance have successfully implemented 2 phases of Mission Vayu by donating 7800 oxygen con
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Russia records 8,697 new COVID-19 cases, 342 deaths
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus deaths rose by 342 in the past 24 hours, bumping up the death toll to 110,862, the COVID-19 response center said in a statement out Sunday.
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Pak opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif slams Imran Khan govt for 'criminal n
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif has slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan's federal government for its 'criminal negligence' in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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WHO bolsters support to India to tackle second COVID-19 wave
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that it has bolstered its COVID-19 response in India by redeploying 2,600 health experts from other programs to counter the recent daily spike in cases and deaths.
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ADB's 2020 operations hit record high to aid COVID-19 response
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 27 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed a record 31.6 billion dollars in 2020 to help Asia and the Pacific swiftly tackle the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; support a green, sustainable recovery from the pandemic; and address longer-term
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Twitter says it will continue to remove misleading narratives on COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Tweets that advance harmful, false or misleading narratives about COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be removed from the platform, informed a Twitter spokesperson on Sunday after several tweets on India's COVID-19 response were removed from the microblo
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Home Secy Ajay Bhalla chairs high-level meeting to discuss COVID-19 respon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, along with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday to review and discuss the response strategy and management of COVID-19.
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Biden appoints Indian Americans in key positions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) announced that two more Indian Americans in key positions of additional policy staff who will serve with the White House COVID-19 Response Team, Domestic Climate Policy Office, Domestic Policy Council, and National
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ADB appoints Woochong Um as Managing Director General
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], February 22 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Woochong Um as its Managing Director General.
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Top medical journal calls for three urgent steps against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): In an analysis, the Lancet COVID-19 Commission has called for three urgent actions in the COVID-19 response.
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ADB, Medanta sign debt financing to support Covid-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a Rs 100 crore debt financing agreement with Global Health Private Ltd (Medanta) to provide essential health care services and medical equipment to help combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
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