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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
A guideline development group of international experts have made the recommendation based on new evidence from seven trials involving over 4,000 patients with non-severe,...
Human rights
India dangerously backsliding on rights, says Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2022
Activists and critics were targeted and authorities gave up any appearance of tolerating dissent and used the machinery of the state to silence critics.
Indian...
Bangladesh
Omicron threatens to overwhelm health systems in SouthAsia
The Omicron variant is fueling a rapid surge of COVID-19 across South Asia that threatens to overwhelm health systems still reeling from a deadly...
Civil society
The straw that broke Kazakhstan’s back
The three-day reign of terror in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, is one of the darkest pages in the country’s three decades since independence. Afraid of even...
Human rights
New union-employer agreement in Sri Lanka addresses key worker rights
In a historic victory for the workers and their unions, the MoU establishes a bipartite dispute resolution mechanism by the unions and the forum...
COVID-19
American Red Cross declares a first-ever blood crisis amid Omicron surge
Dire blood shortage has forced doctors to delay critical blood transfusions for people in need. The Red Cross and the National Football League have...
Climate change
The last seven years have been the warmest since records were maintained. The slugfest between farm and fossil-fuel guzzling industry goes on.
With its report on the heightening of temperatures over the past seven years, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service report tends to put...
Afghanistan
Another US$308 million towards UN’s Afghan emergency humanitarian aid appeal from US
The UN appeal for US$5 billion in aid for Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian catastrophe has got US$308 million from the US.
The US on...
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Poultry Industry Leaders Unite Over Industry Principles to Reduce the Need to Use Antimicrobials
Collectively, these organizations reach over 100 countries and represent over 40 per cent of global poultry meat production spanning...
Principal Scientific Adviser Chairs Meeting to Discuss Biomass Cultivation on Degraded Land
Industry experts and key government officials from various ministries provided their inputs on various schemes under their departments for...
Discrimination Against Nepali Dalits Needs Urgent Action, Says Amnesty Report
The State of Nepal falls short to protect Dalits, the report says, adding that distrust in the police and...
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Poultry Industry Leaders Unite Over Industry Principles to Reduce the Need to Use Antimicrobials
Collectively, these organizations reach over 100 countries and represent...
Principal Scientific Adviser Chairs Meeting to Discuss Biomass Cultivation on Degraded Land
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