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'More monkeypox cases likely': WHO confirms 80 cases in 11 countries
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 21 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 80 cases of monkeypox in 11 countries and said they are working to better understand the extent and cause of the outbreak.
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Taiwan expresses regret over no World Health Assembly invitation
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei City [Taiwan], May 20 (ANI): Taiwan has expressed regret that the island is yet to receive an invitation to the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), scheduled to take place in Geneva.
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US: One killed, five injured in California church shooting
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
California [US], May 16 (ANI): One person was killed, and five others were injured in a shooting on Sunday at a church in the western US state of California, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans protest outside UN compound in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): Ahead of Michelle Bachelet's visit, the UN's high commissioner for human rights in China's Xinjiang, about 20 Uyghurs, Tibetans and international human rights groups protested outside the United Nations compound in Geneva.
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UNHRC to deepen scrutiny on rights situation in Ukraine 'stemming from Rus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday (Local time) voted to increase scrutiny on the "deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression".
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At UNHRC, India flags deteriorating rights situation in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): Expressing deep concern at the recent developments in Ukraine, India on Thursday again raised concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country stemming from the Russian aggression and supported calls to ensure uninterrupted humanit
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan: Baloch Voice Association urges UN bod
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Representatives of the Baloch Voice Association (BVA) met with the United Nations Working Group over the issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan and urged the UN body to appoint a special rapporteur.
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China's zero Covid strategy to defeat pandemic not 'sustainable': WHO chie
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said that China's "zero-COVID" strategy isn't sustainable given the virus' ever-evolving nature.
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UN rights chief urges restraint, ask authorities to start dialogue in Sri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 10 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the authorities in Sri Lanka to prevent further violence, and urged restraint and meaningful dialogue to address the grievances of the population amid the severe economic crisis i
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WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associated deaths in 2020, 2021
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million)
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Firmenich moves to majority ownership of ArtSci to capitalize on high-grow
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, today announces that it has increased its equity stake in strategic partner ArtSci Biology Technologies (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd ("ArtSci") moving to majority ownership, subje
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WTO seminar: India highlights its experience in providing food to most vul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): S. Jagannathan, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, highlighted India's outstanding experience in successfully ensuring dignified & foolproof access to adequate food grains to the most vulnerable people in the country at WTO
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