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Upcoming WHO report says COVID-19 leak from Wuhan lab 'extremely unlikely'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29 (ANI): A report on the origins of COVID-19 set to be released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that it is "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19 leaked from China's Wuhan lab, according to a source with knowledge of the report.
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China returnee medicos demand facilitation of internship in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] March 23 (ANI): Nepali students, who were brought back after the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan last year, staged a protest on Tuesday outside the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) in Nepal's Bashbari, demanding that the government facilitate their internships in Nepal as they cou
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Taiwan premier, health minister receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 22 (ANI): Taiwan premier Su Tseng-chang and the Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung received their first shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country began administering the vaccines against coronavirus.
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UN needs to step up against 'Uyghur genocide' in China: Pro-Uyghur body
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], March 22 (ANI): Reiterating the need for urgent action to address the Uyghur genocide and China's threat to the United Nations human rights mechanisms, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) asserted that the UN needs to "step up" and act in line with its self-pronounced core valu
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Indonesian President calls for ASEAN meeting to discuss Myanmar crisis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore, March 19 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday called for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders to discuss the crisis in Myanmar.
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In 28 countries, risk of death for men 60 pc higher than for women: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], March 15 (ANI): A large study of people in 28 countries found men aged 50 and over had a 60 per cent greater risk of death than women, partly explained by heavier rates of smoking and heart disease in men, although the gap varied across countries.
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Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 15 (ANI): During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China.
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Wuhan wet market most likely origin of COVID-19 pandemic: WHO delegation t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): The Wuhan wet market is still the most likely hypothesis for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to members of a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation to China.
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Parliamentary debate on 'China's repression of Tibetan and Uyghurs' organi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands] March 11 (ANI): The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) recently organised a parliamentary debate in the Netherlands titled "China's repression of the Tibetan and Uyghurs".
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Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China concerned over Taiwanese pineapple b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei (Taiwan), March 6 [ANI]: Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an international, cross-party alliance of parliamentarians, has expressed concerns over the Taiwanese pineapples' ban by Beijing and said Taipei is coming under increasing pressure from Beijing.
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ITBP to strengthen its Chinese Kung Fu team, to recruit players and coache
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has decided to strengthen its team of Wushu after their women's team secured the first position in the national Wushu championship.
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Indian Army conduct basketball, wushu competitions for youth in J-K's Budg
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 5 (ANI): Keeping in mind the importance of sports and physical activity, the Indian Army on Thursday conducted a four-day basketball and Wushu competition for the youth in Gogoland of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district.
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