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COVID-19
Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems
About 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment procured between March 2020 and November 2021 to support countries’ urgent COVID-19 response needs is expected to...
Air
Economic Survey dwells on SDG achievements
The Economic Survey highlights the importance of balancing rapid economic growth with conservation, ecological security and environmental sustainability.
A day before presenting the budget before...
COVID-19
ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021
Military takeover has hammered labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest, says the UN organisation.
Some 1.6 million jobs were...
COVID-19
DCGI approval for Bharat Biotech’s nasal booster dose trials
The producer of India's indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, will now be able to conduct trials of its nasal vaccine as a booster dose at nine...
Climate change
Multilateralism as India’s climate mantra
The current pace and scale of climate finance and technology support from developed countries are not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change,...
Afghanistan
India, Central Asia to form working group on Afghanistan
The first India-Central Asia Summit coincided with the 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Central Asian countries.
A virtual summit organised...
COVID-19
Omicron dominates, says health ministry
Data indicates that India is now seeing a plateau in the number of COVID-19 cases. But there is concern that over three-fourths of the...
COVID-19
Pfizer, BioNTech initiate study to evaluate Omicron vaccine in adults
First participants enrolled in clinical trial received Omicron-based vaccine candidate as a two-dose primary series and as a booster dose.
Drugs and pharma giants Pfizer...
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