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COVAX delivered 20 million doses to world's poor in first week of
Updated : 6 hours, 31 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 6 (ANI): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director-general, said on Friday, COVAX -- the international program set up to get coronavirus vaccines to the world -- delivered 20 million vaccine doses to 20 countries in the first week of
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New research makes possible to track proteins in 'heart' of cells
Updated : 22 hours, 19 min ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): A clinical study led by researchers at the University of Geneva have discovered a fluorescent chemical dye, making it possible for the first time to track the transport activity of a specific motor protein within a cell.
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Human rights activist writes to UN about Pak-sponsored terrorist a
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): Professor Fernand de Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues on Tuesday has written a letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) informing about the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attacks on the Hindu minority communi
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WHO investigators plan to scrap interim report on probe into COVID
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): A World Health Organization (WHO) team probing into the origins of coronavirus is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one intern
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UN expert calls on UNSC to impose global arms embargo, economic sa
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar Thomas Andrews on Thursday (local time) urged the Security Council to impose a global arms embargo and economic sanctions on the military generals and move the atrocities to the International Criminal
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'We see no contradiction between countering terrorism, protection
Updated : 1 day, 20 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): Underlining that terrorism is an attack against human rights, India on Thursday said it has been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts and does not see any contradiction between countering terrorism and promotion and protection of human rig
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Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan
Updated : 2 days, 4 hours ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] March 04 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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Global air cargo demand recovers to pre-Covid levels: IATA
Updated : 2 days, 7 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released January data for global air cargo markets showing that demand returned to pre-Covid levels for the first time since the onset of crisis.
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Pashtuns protest at UN headquarters against rights violations in P
Updated : 2 days, 14 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe branch on Tuesday (local time) organised a protest at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva against gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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Air passenger demand globally falls further: IATA
Updated : 3 days, 9 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said air passenger traffic fell in January, both compared to pre-Covid levels (January 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (December 2020).
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Switzerland trains sniffer dogs for detecting COVID-19
Updated : 3 days, 12 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19.
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Photo exhibition in Geneva highlights persecution of Baloch
Updated : 4 days, 1 hour ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): A three-day exhibition highlighting the persecution of Baloch people in Pakistan's Balochistan province has been launched in front of Palais Wilson on the sidelines of the ongoing 46th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
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