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WTO General Council Chair convenes meeting after India's call for virtual
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 11 (ANI): General Council Chair Ambassador Dacio Castillo convened a virtual meeting on Monday in response to India's recent proposal to hold a virtual Ministerial Conference on the WTO's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Russia has no intentions to 'attack' Ukraine: Deputy Foreign Minister
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): Russia has no intentions to "attack" Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday.
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IOM deploys teams to support Rohingya refugees affected by camp fire in Ba
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has deployed several teams within Rohingya camp-16 in Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh to provide assistance to refugees affected by a second devastating fire in one week, as per media reports.
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Delegations arrive for Russia-US security talks at UN Office in Geneva
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): Delegations have arrived for Russia-US security talks at UN Office in Geneva. The preliminary part of the Russia-US strategic talks in the format of a working dinner took place in Geneva on Sunday evening and lasted more than two hours, reported Sputni
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Preview - sides not optimistic ahead of Russia-US security talks in Geneva
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 10 (ANI/ Sputnik): The new round of talks on strategic stability between the high-level delegations of the United States and Russia will begin in Geneva on Monday, but both countries have so far voiced concerns about the other side's willingness to make reciprocal st
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Omicron may be less severe, but not 'mild': WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 7 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to be a less severe disease than the Delta strain, but it does not mean it should be categorized as "mild", World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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WHO still recommends 14-day quarantine for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Although most people recover from COVID-19 within five to seven days of the onset of symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) still recommends a 14-day quarantine, an official from the organization told a press briefing on Tuesday.
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IOM expresses concern over millions of displaced people in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 4 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday raised the alarm over millions of displaced Afghans post the Taliban takeover.
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'If we end inequity, we end COVID-19 pandemic': WHO chief
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI): As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was confident that the pandemic will end in 2022 "if we end inequity" together.
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Vaccines still effective against Omicron as T cell immunity holds up bette
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): Emphasising that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated people worldwide, WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it appears that vaccines are still proving to be effective because even though the numbers
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Omicron variant leading to tsunami of COVID cases: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the Omicron variant is very transmissible and is leading to a tsunami of COVID cases.
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Pankaj Sharma appointed as India's next ambassador to Mexico
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New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Pankaj Sharma, who is presently Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.
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