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WHO bestows posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General's award, recognizing the world-changing legacy of this Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October, 1951.
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India responsible nuclear-weapon State, maintains credible minimum deterre
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Pankaj Sharma on Wednesday noted that India is a responsible nuclear weapon State and maintains a policy of credible minimum deterrence, based on a no-first-use posture and non-use of nuclear weapo
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AUKUS is 'textbook case' of nuclear proliferation: Chinese envoy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Terming AUKUS as a "textbook case" of nuclear proliferation based on the "Cold War mentality and narrow-minded geopolitical calculation", a Geneva-based Chinese diplomat on Wednesday criticised the formation of the AUKUS pact among the United States, B
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WHO establishes new group to study origins of coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an expert group that will study the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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Rights experts raise concern over arrest of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-T
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): A group of independent human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent.
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Euro 2028 hosts to be confirmed in September 2023
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI): European football body UEFA on Tuesday announced that its member associations interested in hosting UEFA EURO 2028 have until March 2022 to declare their interest, with the appointment of the hosts set to take place in September 2023.
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Parikshit Balochi: a small-town boy from India is now UAE's funniest break
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], October 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): From facing the world's largest chocolate fountain, enjoying a bird's eye view of one of the world's bluest lakes, Blausee in Switzerland, and standing in the middle of several kilometres of salt flats in Bolivia to revelling in the aweso
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WHO panel recommends COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for people with weak im
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] October 12 (ANI): People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group to the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
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WHO calls for climate action to assure sustained recovery from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHO panel to discuss need for COVID-19 booster shots on November 11
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI): A advisory panel of the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to discuss the need for COVID-19 booster doses on November 11.
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Former President of Croatia Grabar-Kitarovic to chair IOC Future Host Comm
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], October 11 (ANI): Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, IOC member in the Republic of Croatia, has been appointed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President as Chair of the Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad.
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