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Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for urgent action to address glo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Ahead of World Diabetes Day (November 14), a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care. Worldwide, 463 million people have diabetes, with 80% from low-income and middle- income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 4.2 million
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Experts call for urgent new measures as coronavirus cases continue to surg
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): As coronavirus cases in the United States continue to surge and its fall out on economy turns out to be equally dreadful, public health experts have called for urgent new measures to halt the spread of the virus.
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Canada snubs so-called 'Punjab 2020 Referendum', experts call it India's d
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): Sikh leaders and experts have deemed it a diplomatic victory for New Delhi after the Canadian government snubbed 'Punjab 2020 Referendum' by a US-based secessionist group that seeks a separate homeland of Khalistan for Sikhs in India.
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Beijing faces criticism for human rights violations in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): During a hearing before the House of Commons human-rights subcommittee, several experts called out China for human rights violation in Xinjiang where Beijing has locked up millions of Uyghurs.
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UN experts call for decisive measures against China for collective repress
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A group of independent experts have called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to "act with a sense of urgency" in taking decisive measures to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tibet and Xinjiang province.
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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Experts call for clean energy in post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], June 16 (ANI): Greater investment in clean energy infrastructure will contribute to Asia and the Pacific's recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and make economies more resilient against future shocks, participants at the Asia Clean Energy Forum
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Pet dog infected with COVID-19, Hong Kong authorities confirm first case o
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Mar 5 (ANI): Health authorities here have confirmed that a pet dog belonging to a coronavirus affected patient had contracted the virus. Experts called it a "low-level infection" that was likely to be the first reported case of human-to-animal transmission of the disease.
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Industry experts call for corrective measures from Union Budget 2020
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): As the Union Budget of India for 2020-2021 will be presented on February 1; Industry experts have their expectations from the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman to bring the corrective measures which will drive the economy forward. Here is what expe
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Experts call for the need to protect constitutional rights on the internet
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): A number of civil-society members, experts and privacy leaders convened at a Roundtable Discussion on the future of platform regulation and intermediary guidelines.
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Land degradation affecting livelihood, experts call for alertness at grass
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): With land degradation massively affecting livelihood at the local level in all parts of the world, UNCCD has said that 122 countries have committed to set Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets so far.
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Experts call for making DNA testing mandatory in violent crimes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In a compelling debate on forensic DNA technology's role in fighting crime, organised at the Foreign Correspondents' Club-South Asia, forensic, legal, and policy experts attributed the rise in crimes against women in India to more reportin
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