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Foreign Secy Shringla meets White House official, discusses regional issue
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla met US Senior Director in the White House National Security Council Sumona Guha here on Wednesday and discussed India-US strategic partnership and regional issues of interest.
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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying va
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Foreign Secy Shringla discusses Afghan situation with EU special envoy Tom
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday met Tomas Niklasson, special envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan and discussed the current situation in Islamic Emirate, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
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Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in 23 countries: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): The new Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in 23 countries and their number is expected to rise, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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OECD cuts global economic outlook for 2021 amid coronavirus variant concer
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development revised its global growth forecast for 2021 down to 5.6 per cent over concerns about the impact of coronavirus mutations on the recovery.
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Genome sequencing can finally confirm presence of COVID-19 variant Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): With a rise in the number of countries reporting an increase in cases of Omicron, the "highly transmissible" new COVID-19 variant, India continues to remain on high alert. Passengers travelling from 'high-risk' countries have tested positive for COVID-19
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Saudi Arabia detects 1st case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday the detection of its first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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Omicron: Resumption of international flights hangs in balance, India to ta
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 1 (ANI): As the situation with respect to the new COVID variant continues to evolve, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said that it will notify its decision in due course on the date of resumption of commercial international passenger
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon amid Opposition uproar on various issue
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Wednesday following an uproar by Opposition parties on various issues.
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Omicron variant: UP's Meerut starts monitoring of people arriving from for
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): In the wake of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Meerut Health Department has started monitoring the people coming from foreign countries, an official said.
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Canadian province of Alberta confirms first case of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Alberta [Canada], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian province of Alberta has reported the first case of a coronavirus Omicron variant infection of a returning traveller who visited Nigeria and the Netherlands, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw said.
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Maharashtra: Quarantine mandatory for passengers coming from at-risk count
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): In view of the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday made institutional quarantine mandatory for passengers coming to the state from countries "at-risk" and also RT-PCR mandatory irrespective of vac
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