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Five including one Swiss national arrested by NCB in Goa, multiple drugs s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Goa (Goa) [India], March 13 (ANI): Five persons including one from Switzerland were arrested and drugs of many kinds were seized from them on Saturday during a raid by the officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Maharashtra and Goa.
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Patrice Motsepe appointed Confederation of African Football President
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): South African Patrice Motsepe has been elected as Confederation of African Football (CAF) President during the 43rd CAF Congress in Rabat, Morocco.
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Incumbent Narinder Batra and Marc Coudron to battle it out for FIH chief's
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Dhruv Batra has filed his nomination for the apex body's 47th FIH Statutory Congress scheduled to take place in Delhi on May 22.
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IOC Session approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 as strategic roadmap to 2025
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): After a lively debate, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) Session on Friday unanimously approved Olympic Agenda 2020+5 as the new strategic roadmap of the IOC and the Olympic Movement through to 2025.
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WHO grants emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the one-shot dose to be used as part of the United Nation's international vaccine distribution effort.
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WHO assessing reports on risks related to AstraZeneca vaccine against COVI
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 12 (ANI): A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik that its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was carefully assessing the reports on risks related to the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.
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China offers vaccine doses for Tokyo, Beijing Olympic participants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 11 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday said that the Chinese Olympic Committee has offered vaccine doses for the participants of this year's Tokyo Olympics as well as the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.
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WTO calls for ramping up vaccine production in developing nations
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on pharmaceutical companies to scale up the production of coronavirus vaccines in developing countries to overcome supply shortage.
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Pakistan has no locus standi on J&K, says exiled PoK leader
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): With Pakistan planning to make occupied Gilgit-Baltistan as its province, exiled Kashmiri leader Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has said that Islamabad has no locus standi on the "erstwhile princely state" of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was on Wednesday re-elected for an additional four-year term.
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Champions League: Man City, Borussia Monchengladbach to play second-leg ti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nyon [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): UEFA on Wednesday confirmed that Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach's second-leg match in the Champions League last 16 will be held in Budapest.
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European think-tank urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting te
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): An European think-tank has urged the United Nations to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting terrorism and failing to live up to its legal and moral obligations towards its own people and the international community.
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