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Russian research center suggests use of Sputnik V to boost efficacy of Ast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Gamaleya research institute has suggested UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca try to boost the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, combining it with a shot of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
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UK Prime Minister says three-tiered system best way to avoid spike in COVI
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The new COVID-19 alert level tier allocations, which will come into force in the UK once the country's nationwide lockdown expires on December 2, is the best way to prevent a spike in COVID-19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a press briefing o
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Pakistani police beat up peaceful protestors in PoK's Rawalakot
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalakot [PoK], November 26 (ANI): Pakistan brutalities towards the people in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir intensified after the police in Rawlakot attacked demonstrators, peacefully protesting against "human rights violations by the Imran Khan government", on Wednesday.
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US on track to begin immunisation against COVID-19 by late December-early
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Delaware [US], November 26 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said the US is on track to begin immunisation against the COVID-19 by late December-early January next year as there have been "significant record-breaking progress" in developing a vaccine.
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India, Bangladesh to discuss transborder crime, smuggling at border meet
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Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 26 (ANI): A seven-member delegation of Bangladesh BGB arrived in Agartala on Wednesday to take part in a Border Coordination Conference with the Border Security Force (BSF), during which issues like transborder crime and smuggling of contraband items woul
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'There has been an attempt to curtail religious, cultural freedoms in Tibe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], November 26 (ANI): Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, there has been an attempt to curtail religious and cultural freedoms in Tibet, said London-based researcher Zachary Skidmore, accusing his Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of cultural genocide in Tibet and Xinjiang.
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Germany extends limited lockdown until December 20
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany prolongs the coronavirus-linked restrictions until December 20, while the limitations of social contacts are likely to be in place until January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference after the meeting with minister-president
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France registers 16,282 new COVID-19 cases, 381 deaths
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Paris [France], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Wednesday registered 16,282 new COVID-19 cases and 381 deaths in a 24-hour span, while pressure on the country's health services continued to ease, health authorities said.
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Let's be thankful for democracy this season: Biden on Thanksgiving
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Delaware [US], November 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with over 12.6 million cases and over 260,000 deaths in the US, which continues to be the worst-affected country, President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said that there "is much to be thankful for... hope for"
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One child or teen infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: UNICEF
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UNICEF said on Wednesday. Nearly 320,000 children and adolescents were infected with HIV and 110,000 children died of AIDS
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UN releases USD 25 million for women-led projects fighting gender-based vi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian chief has released 25 million US dollars from its emergency fund to support women-led organisations that prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
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Global COVID-19 caseload tops 60 million
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], November 26 (ANI): The global coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 60 million cases mark, as per the latest update by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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