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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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Biden revokes Trump's pause on green cards
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden reopened the country on Wednesday to people seeking green cards, ending a ban on legal immigration that former President Donald Trump imposed last year, citing what he said was the need to protect American jobs during the COVID-19 pa
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PGIMER witnesses 100 pc rise in COVID-19 cases in last 10 days
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 25 (ANI): Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has witnessed a 100 per cent increase in COVID 19 patient-load over the past 10 days, according to an official statement by the hospital.
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Over 1.30 cr people in India so far vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): With 3,95,884 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Thursday, the 41st day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination crossed 1.30 crores in the country, said Union Ministry of He
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Mumbai reports 1,145 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): Mumbai reported 1,145 new COVID-19 cases, 463 recoveries, and five deaths in the last 24 hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday.
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Bangladesh PM's younger sister gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangaldesh], February 25 (ANI): Shaikh Rehana, the younger sister of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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People of Kerala cannot be deceived with planned lies, says Pinarayi Vijay
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 25 (ANI): Hitting back at the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who during his recent Kerala visit had criticised the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) led Kerala Government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that "No one sh
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COVID-19: Travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala need RT-PCR negative report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 25 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced that people travelling from Maharashtra and Kerala to Rajasthan will need an RT-PCR negative report to enter the state in the view of COVID-19.
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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Maharashtra budget session curtailed, to begin on March 1
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): The budget session of the Maharashtra Assembly has been curtailed due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and will be held from March 1 to March 10 instead of four weeks, announced the business advisory committee at its meeting.
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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Austria's Kurz calls for 'Green Passports' for those vaccinated against CO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 25 (ANI): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday said he will push the European Union on Thursday to introduce a "green passport" for people who have protection against the coronavirus.
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