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Slow jobs recovery, increased inequality risk long-term Covid-19 scarring:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The labour market crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and employment growth will be insufficient to make up for the losses suffered until at least 2023, according to a new assessment by International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti undergoes brain surgery in Switzerland
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): Leader of the Baloch Republican Party, who is currently living in exile in Switzerland said that he has undergone brain surgery and the procedure was successful.
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IATA urges govts to make data-driven decisions while reopening borders for
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of Covid-19 when reopening borders to international travel.
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Former Portuguese sailor and IOC Honorary Member Lima Bello passes away at
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 4 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has mourned the demise of IOC Honorary Member Fernando F. Lima Bello, who passed away at the age of 89.
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac for emergency use, the second Chinese vaccine to receive the global health body's green light.
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COVID-19: WHO renames coronavirus B.1.617.2 strain as 'Delta variant'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday renamed the B.1.617.2 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, as the 'Delta variant'.
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WHO honours Harsh Vardhan for efforts in tobacco control
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan with 'WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award' for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.
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ESL: Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona have paralysed themselves, says U
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has said Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid have paralysed themselves with their approach to the breakaway and rebel European Super League.
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Goal importance, other's behaviour make individuals favour COVID-19 measur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers found that it is not fear but understating the importance of the end goal as well as the way people perceive the behaviour of other people is what makes individuals and societies more or less willing to drastically change t
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Lawmakers from several countries congratulate new president of Tibetan gov
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Parliamentarian and the members of Tibet Support Group from several countries congratulated Penpa Tsering, the newly elected president of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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Better choice of contraceptives can prevent breast cancer: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (also known as Ecole Polytechnique federale de Lausanne- EPFL) led a new study into the distinct biological effects of different progestins on the breast that found contraceptive-related breas
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International Council of Jurists seeks 'White Paper' from WHO on Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to release all scientific and medical information regarding Covid-19 in the light of reports that coronavirus had originated from a laborato
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