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Covaxin meets WHO standards for protection against COVID-19, says expert p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency use listing (EUL) for India's indigenous vaccine Covaxin, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for prevention of COVID-19.
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India appoints Sanjay Bhattacharyya as its next ambassador to Switzerland
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): India has appointed Sanjay Bhattacharyya as its next Ambassador to Switzerland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Wednesday.
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WHO grants approval to Covaxin for emergency use listing
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO), has granted approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin.
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WHO chief meets Russian FM Lavrov at G20, agree to strengthen health archi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 31 (ANI): Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and both leaders came to the idea of strengthening the global health architecture.
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World's first-ever FIFA football for school programme launched at KISS
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar(Orissa)[India] October 29(ANI/ PRNewswire): Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar, in an initiative never before, has launched the world's first-ever FIFA Football for School Programme at KISS. Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha virtually launched the
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WHO says global COVID-19 cases, deaths on rise for first time in two month
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): New COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide are rising again for the first time in two months on account of renewed spread in Europe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
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WHO says decision on Covaxin's emergency use listing recommendation expect
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 26 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) official Dr Margaret Harris has said that the decision on Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin's emergency use listing recommendation is expected within 24 hours.
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Greenhouse gas levels hit record high in 2020: World Meteorological Organi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 26 (ANI): The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year, with the annual rate of increase above the 2011-2020 average.
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Mohammed bin Rashid meets with President of Maldives at country's pavilion
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], October 26 (ANI/WAM): Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today visited the pavilions of Maldives, Egypt, Palestine, Switzerland and Emirates Airline at Expo 2020 Dubai. He was accompanied by Sheikh Ahmed bin Sa
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Greenhouse gas levels hit record high in 2020 despite pandemic: WMO Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 25 (ANI): The UN weather agency on Monday said that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2020 has reached a new record despite global lockdowns and a temporary suspension of economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beijing 2022, IOC and IPC publish first edition of Playbooks for Winter Ol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], October 25 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022) published the first editions of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks on
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Pandemic Will End When World Chooses to End It, says WHO Chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic will come to an end when all the countries start using the available health tools effectively, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
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