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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 9 hours, 13 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): COVID-19 variant B.1.617, which was first identified in India last year and has been classified as a variant of global concern, has three sub-lineages, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Wednesday.
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European Super League: UEFA opens investigation into Real Madrid,
Updated : 9 hours, 55 min ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): UEFA on Wednesday announced that it has opened a disciplinary investigation into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus' involvement in the controversial and breakaway European Super League.
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COVID-19: India received 200 oxygen concentrators as foreign aid f
Updated : 18 hours, 20 min ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 12 (ANI): A Indian Air Force plane carrying 200 oxygen concentrators, arrived from the United Kingdom in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Tuesday night as part of COVID-19 assistance to India.
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Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India, detected in 44 coun
Updated : 22 hours, 4 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October last year, had been detected in sequences uploaded "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 22 hours, 35 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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COVID-19: Flights carrying medical supplies from Switzerland, Neth
Updated : 1 day, 3 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): As India continues to face the mounting challenge posed by second wave of COVID-19, the country on Wednesday received coronavirus-related assistance from Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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AIBA Men's World Boxing Championship to take place in Oct-Nov in B
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The dates of the 2021 AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia were agreed on Tuesday and the tournament will be held from October 26 to November 6 this year.
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Journalism in PoK: A saga of intimidation, oppression and censors
Updated : 1 day, 13 hours ago IST
Gilgit [PoK]/Bern [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Journalists and political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan have blamed Islamabad for subjugating their voice and harassment by using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India,
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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Sportradar to widen its 'data and content offering' in cricket wit
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
St. Gallen [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Sportradar on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire InteractSport, a sports data and technology company with partnerships across a range of leading sporting organisations with a particular depth and expertise in c
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High, upper-middle countries with 53 pc population received 83 pc
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Highlighting the inequality in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu on Monday informed that High and upper-middle countries represent 53 per cent of the world's population but have received 83 per cent of the world's v
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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver, not time to worry about patent
Updated : 2 days, 1 hour ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade O
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