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COVID-19 pandemic originated from lab leak in China's Wuhan, insis
Updated : 10 hours, 8 min ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated his firm belief that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak out a laboratory in China's Wuhan.
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Amnesty International tells leaders to support Nepal in fight agai
Updated : 12 hours, 11 min ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 14 (ANI): Amnesty International on Monday has called on international community to increase aid supply as well as vaccines to Nepal as it continues to battle COVID-19 pandemic's second wave.
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WHO's Covid-19 origin probe 'highly deficient', says Blinken
Updated : 13 hours, 40 min ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization's first phase of study on the origins of COVID-19 pandemic is "highly deficient", said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) and added that leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) countries will insist China
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BOOM launches COVID-19 workshops and awareness films to engage wit
Updated : 13 hours, 48 min ago IST
Mumbai [India], June 14 (ANI/PR Newswire): BOOM Live, India's first and leading fact-checking initiative, announced the launch of senior citizen workshops towards COVID-19 awareness and five short informational films that aim to highlight COVID-19 appropriate behavior.
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If some country can pull off Olympics, it's definitely Japan: Sath
Updated : 14 hours, 40 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): India table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on Monday showed faith in Japan and said the country would successfully host the Tokyo Games this year. The Olympics were slated to go-ahead last year, but it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and it w
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Rebeca Grynspan appointed as UNCTAD's Secretary General
Updated : 15 hours, 3 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body.
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World Bloor Donor Day: Tendulkar donates blood, urges citizens to
Updated : 16 hours, 26 min ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 14 (ANI): Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar on Monday donated blood on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day and also urged citizens to come forward and take part in voluntary blood donation.
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Mismanagement of COVID pandemic key issue in UP polls: Cong's Pram
Updated : 16 hours, 58 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, Senior congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Monday said that the mismanagement of COVID pandemic by the current administration will be the key issue among others including farmers' demands, rising unemplo
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Will dedicate Olympic medal to COVID warriors of India if we win,
Updated : 19 hours, 32 min ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 14 (ANI): With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting human life around the world, countless frontline workers risked their lives for the sake of others and spared no effort in fighting the deadly virus.
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India's, Brazil's Q1 GDP data suggest strong post-pandemic rebound
Updated : 22 hours, 2 min ago IST
New York [US], June 14 (ANI): India's and Brazil's first-quarter 2021 real GDP data show a strong rebound in both economies following a contraction last year of 4.4 per cent in Brazil and 7.1 per cent in India, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
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China lambasts G7 unified position on Beijing, says 'small' groups
Updated : 23 hours, 43 min ago IST
London [UK], June 14 (ANI): China on Sunday lambasted G7 unified position on Beijing, saying that the days when a "small" group of countries decided the fate of the world were long gone.
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Adolescents suffered severe mental health impact due to COVID pand
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): A team of Icelandic and North American behavioural and social scientists recently studied 59,000 Icelandic adolescents and found that COVID-19 has had a significant, detrimental impact on adolescent mental health, especially in girls.
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