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Beautiful VR setting may reduce pain in unpleasant medical procedures: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): A new study has found that being immersed in a stunning 'virtual' Icelandic landscape can reduce the pain caused by uncomfortable medical procedures.
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Switzerland, Iceland, 7 EU nations okay SII's Covishield vaccine, day afte
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): A day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar said he has taken up with European Union to accept COVID-19 vaccines, such as Covishield and Covaxin, for Indian nationals travelling to Europe, Switzerland, Iceland and seven European Union countries on T
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Adolescents suffered severe mental health impact due to COVID pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): A team of Icelandic and North American behavioural and social scientists recently studied 59,000 Icelandic adolescents and found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls.
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COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on mental health of adolescen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 7 (ANI): A study of over 59,000 Icelandic adolescents by a team of Icelandic and North American behavioural and social scientists found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls.
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India welcomes 15 ventilators, 12000 tablets of Favipiravir from Iceland
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): India on early Wednesday received a consignment of 15 ventilators, and 12000 tablets of Favipiravir from Iceland as the country combat the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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B Shyam appointed as India's next Ambassador to Iceland
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): B Shyam, presently the Consul General of India, Osaka-Kobe, Japan has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland.
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Study reveals real-world flight data that shows continued need for social
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Reykjavik [Iceland], May 26 (ANI): Current vaccination programmes alone will have a limited effect in stopping the second wave of COVID infections in the US, according to a study conducted by a team of scientists.
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Blinken says US wants Arctic region to remain free of conflict, full of co
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he discussed the Arctic region with Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, with both countries wishing the region to remain "free of conflict and full of cooperation."
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Nordic-Baltic countries express concern at human rights situation of Uyghu
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have issued a joint statement expressing grave concern at the human rights situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province.
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Volcano in southwestern Iceland erupts, flight warning issued
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Reykjavik [Iceland], March 20 (ANI): Iceland has reported a volcanic eruption on the southwest Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of the capital Reykjavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) tweeted on Friday.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 6 km west of Alftanes, Iceland: USGS
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Reykjavik [Iceland], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 6 km west of Alftanes, Iceland at 03:14:40 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. (ANI/Xinhua)
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'Everest' director Baltasar Kormakur set to adapt pandemic-set love story
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur, who has helmed '2 Guns,' 'Everest,' and 'Adrift' is set to team up with Icelandic author Olaf Olafsson on the film adaptation of the writer's bestselling pandemic based novel 'Touching' ('Snerting').
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