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Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir becomes first Olympic champion to win New York C
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], November 8 (ANI): Peres Jepchirchir and Albert Korir led a Kenyan sweep of the open division titles -- the sixth in event history -- while Australia's Madison de Rozario and Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the wheelchair division titles at the 2021 New York City Marathon on Sund
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UN Refugee Agency deplores violence at demonstration outside its main offi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 7 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Sunday deplored violence that broke out during a demonstration outside its main office in Tripoli, Libya, in which at least three persons were attacked, with one person taken to hospital.
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Russia triumph over Switzerland to claim 5th Billie Jean King Cup
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], November 7 (ANI): The Russian Tennis Federation claimed Billie Jean King Cup by defeating Switzerland on Saturday in the championship tie to claim the premier team competition in women's tennis for the fifth time.
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Beijing's policies have destructive impact on Tibetan culture, Central Tib
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI): Sikyong Penpa Tsering, president of the Central Tibetan Administration, informed the Swiss National Council members that Beijing has imposed brutal policies on Tibet which have a destructive impact on Tibetan religion, culture, language, and identity.
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WHO chief warns about spike in COVID-19 as cases surge in Europe, Central
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 5 (ANI): Amid the latest rise in COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) warned about the rising number of cases and deaths.
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20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): In a historic breakthrough, 20 countries on Thursday (local time) agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad at the COP26 climate summit.
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WHO says rising pace of Covid-19 transmission in Europe of 'grave concern'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Thursday raised "grave concern" about the rising pace of Covid transmission in Europe.
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End war now before it's too late for Ethiopians, says UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region's catastrophic humanitarian situation "over the edge", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, sa
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WHO Regional Director congratulates India for emergency use listing of Cov
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has congratulated India on the Emergency Use Listing of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin on Wednesday.
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WHO chief 'glad' to see Covaxin get WHO approval for emergency use
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he was glad to see Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, get WHO approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL).
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WHO's Soumya Swaminathan congratulates India for Covaxin emergency nod
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Wednesday congratulated India after the World Health Organisation (WHO) granted approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin.
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Covaxin 'extremely suitable' for low, middle-income countries due to easy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that Covaxin -- COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharata Biotech -- is extremely suitable for low and middle-income countries due to easy storage requirements.
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