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Union health ministry holds two-day Chintan Shivir to strengthen influenza
Updated : 5 months ago IST
According to an official statement from the Ministry, the Chintan Shivir aims to provide a structured platform for deliberations among key stakeholders to strengthen preparedness and response mechanisms ahead of the upcoming influenza season in the country.
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US slips into COVID complacency mode: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The US COVID-19 pandemic response has become mild-mannered and performative, backed by neither money, urgency, nor enforcement, reported Kaiser Health News (KHN) on Wednesday.
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COVID-19: Don't panic, no new variant of concern observed, says ICMR ADG
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Panic does not serve as a COVID pandemic response or public health response as it does not help analyse the data, therefore, panic doesn't serve any purpose, said Dr Samiran Panda, Additional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Biden hails PM Modi's pandemic response, hits out at China
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI): Drawing a parallel between "India's success with China's failure" to handle the pandemic, US President Joe Biden praised Prime Minister Modi, during a closed session of the Quad Summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, for handling Covid-19 outbreak in a democratic manner.
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KIIT wins 'THE Awards Asia 2021' in 'Leadership and Management Team of the
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], December 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed-to-be University, Bhubaneswar has been awarded 'THE Awards Asia' Leadership and Management Team of the Year for its phenomenal pandemic response and relief work.
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Accenture, IBM, Microsoft honoured with USIBC's 2021 Global Leadership Hum
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US]/New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has honoured the 2021 Global Leadership Humanitarian Awards to Julie Sweet, CEO and Chair, Accenture; Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO, IBM; and Brad Smith, President and Vice-Chair, Microsoft, for thei
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Health Ministry, NITI Aayog launch COVID-19 vaccination learning exchange
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Health Ministry and NITI Aayog launched a USAID-supported 'City-to-City COVID-19 Vaccination Learning Exchange (CoVLEx) initiative to build a global COVID-19 vaccination knowledge management platform and initiate an exchange of ideas and learni
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UNICEF supports 26 oxygen plants, 4,000 oxygen concentrators as India cont
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Continuing its emergency support to India's COVID-19 pandemic response, United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has provided 26 oxygen plants to India and over 4,500 oxygen concentrators and 200 RT-PCR testing machines have already been delivered
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Covid-19 support spurs ADB's record lending commitment to India
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed 3.92 billion dollars in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in 2020, including 1.8 billion dollars in projects to support the government's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic response.
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80 million COVID-19 vaccines to be shared across world, no decision on all
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Noting that India has been a major priority for Washington given the surge of COVID-19 cases in the second wave of pandemic, President Biden's point-person for global pandemic response has said that no decision has been taken regarding ulitmate allocation o
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Indian envoy to US Sandhu holds discussions with Pfizer CEO on COVID-19 re
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday (local time) met with Pfizer CEO Albert Bouria to discuss ways in which the COVID-19 vaccine maker can support healthcare efforts in India.
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ADB delivers strong results in responding to Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 24 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) swiftly met its clients' coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic response needs in 2020 while remaining aligned with long-term strategic priorities, according to its latest Development Effectiveness Review (DER).
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