Search For "switzerland"
IOC reduces candidature budgets by around 80 per cent for 2026 Winter Olym
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 17 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday reduced the candidature budgets by around 80 per cent for the 2026 Winter Olympics, implementing the recommendation 3 of Olympic Agenda 2020.
Read More
Establish inquiry commission to probe human rights violations in PoK: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): Activist Sajjad Raja on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan and hold their perpetrators acco
Read More
FIFA announce five substitute rule to stay until 2021 in response to COVID
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): FIFA on Wednesday announced that the new five substitute rule will remain in place until the end of the 2020-21 season.
Read More
IOC postpones Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games to 2026 due to COVID-19 pande
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): Senegal and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have mutually agreed to postpone the Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to 2026 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Read More
WHO, UNICEF alert of drop in vaccinations during coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The world has seen a dramatic decline in the number of children vaccinated during the novel coronavirus pandemic and can experience a surge in preventable diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF
Read More
FIFA World Cup 2022 schedule announced, Qatar to play tournament opener
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): Hosts Qatar will play the tournament opener of the 2022 World Cup on November 21 as the match schedule was announced by FIFA on Wednesday.
Read More
Coronavirus crisis may get 'worse and worse and worse', warns WHO as globa
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): As the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide touches 13 million, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the situation will worsen if basic norms to avoid coronavirus are not followed.
Read More
Global coronavirus cases rise by single-day record 2,30,370
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): As many as 2,30,370 new coronavirus cases were reported in last 24-hours worldwide taking the total cases to 12.55 million, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Read More
Global COVID-19 case total rises by 219,983 to 12.3 million
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The global COVID-19 cases has risen above 12.3 million after 219,983 new positive tests were reported worldwide over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
Read More
WHO believes 'unknown pneumonia' in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (local time) that the "unknown pneumonia" reported in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19, CGTN News reported.
Read More
WHO praises efforts to contain COVID-19 in Dharavi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised the efforts taken to contain the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi while saying that only aggressive action combined with national unity and global solidarity can turn this pandemic around.
Read More
Experts decry proposed 14th amendment in so-called AJK Interim Act 1974 by
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): Political activists and experts have condemned the proposed 14th amendment Bill to the 1974 Interim Constitution of so-called Azad J&K as it further restricts the freedom of expression and opinion among the people in the occupied territory.
Read More