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US calls on WHO to invite Taiwan as observer during upcoming annual meetin
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Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): The United States on Friday called upon the World Health organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to invite Taiwan to participate as an observer at the upcoming annual meeting of World Health Assembly, saying there is "no reasonable justification
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PM Modi speaks with Scott Morrison seeking Australia's support for intelle
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New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): In a phone call with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought Canberra's support for the initiative taken at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by India and South Africa for global waiver on patent protection
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan leaves for Saudi Arabia on three-day visit
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday left for Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit to discuss bilateral relations between the countries.
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NGO run by YSRCP leader donates 2 ambulances with oxygen kits for COVID-19
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Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): An non-governmental organisation (NG), run by former MLA and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Piriya Sairaj, donated two ambulances with oxygen kits for COVID-19 patients in Ichchapuram assembly constituency.
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India welcomes US decision to support TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccine
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New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Welcoming the US support for global waiver on patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines, India on Thursday said it is hopeful that the waiver can be approved quickly at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with a consensus-based approach.
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Treat as representation PIL seeking setting up of COVID vaccination centre
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New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the concerned authorities to treat the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as representation seeks direction to setting up COVID vaccination centers in the offices of Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs), residential s
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DRDO setting up makeshift COVID-19 hospital with 750 beds at BHU
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Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): In view of the increasing requirements of facilities for critical COVID-19 patients, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is setting up a 750-bedded makeshift COVID hospital at Banaras Hindu University premises.
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Taliban, Al-Qaeda breathing new life in imminent withdrawal of US troops f
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Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): Terrorist organisations Taliban and Al-Qaeda are breathing new life in the imminent withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
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Key step in fight to crush Covid globally: Nancy Pelosi as US backs waivin
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Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): US Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday (local time) hailed the Biden Administration's announcement that they will work to advance a carefully-crafted Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver for vaccines at the World Trade Organisation
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Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US annou
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision
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DRDO starts construction of 500-bed COVID-19 hospital in J-K's Budgam
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Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid the shortage of ICU beds due to the rise in coronavirus infections in Kashmir valley, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started construction of a 500-bed COVID-19 hospital in Budgam district to ramp up medica
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US supports waiver of intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccin
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Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday (local time) announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines and said it will negotiate the terms at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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