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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...
Human rights
ICRC still clueless on data breach
ICRC’s “deep data drive” into the hacking of its servers does not seem to have yielded much, except the knowledge that hackers had been...
Animals and wildlife
Traditional Chinese medicine stirs a concoction in Asia, Africa and the Americas
Animal rights groups are voicing concern as the China’s traditional medicine business is leading to the harvesting of animals, besides plants, thus threatening biodiversity.
On...
COVID-19
21 million COVID-19 cases globally reported last week is highest ever
21 million cases reported from across the world represent the highest number of weekly cases recorded by the World Health Organisation since the beginning...
Accountability
With India at 85 among 180 nations, Transparency International says Asia a case of ‘grand corruption’
The 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today Transparency International by shows that corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide – with 86 per...
Health
WHO chief says COVID pandemic disrupted WHO’s five-year work
The poor progress on the triple billion health targets will weigh heavily as WHO’s current chief readies for a second term.
In his opening remarks...
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A Disaster Law for Nepal
Used effectively, disaster law and policy can support more...
Mining Sector Registers Record Production in FY 2023-24
Healthy growth in production of iron ore and limestone...
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