PM’s Actions “Inexcusable”: Lancet Editorial Lashes Out At India’s Handling Of Covid
The Lancet said the success of India overcoming the crisis will depend on PM Modi’s administration “owning up to its mistakes”. In an editorial on...
Category : International
Nearly 8 years on, ‘gaps, inconsistencies, discrepancies’ remain over Syria chemical weapons declaration
The Security Council heard new evidence in longstanding international efforts to eradicate Syria’s chemical weapons programme on Thursday, including the results of an investigation into the possible...
“Medical Infra Of 38 Institutions Across 31 States/UTs Strengthened”: GOI On Foreign Aid
The Government of India earlier this week clarified that with regards to foreign aid coming in large numbers to India, there is a “streamlined and...
Latin America rights groups face growing threats, attacks: Bachelet
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday issued an alert over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine national human rights...
Russia Approves Single-Dose ‘Sputnik Light’ Vaccine; Developers Say Will Be Produced In India
Sputnik Light, priced at less than $10 showed 79.4% efficacy, according to an analysis of data gathered 28 days after the shot was administered as...
WHO chief hails ‘monumental moment’ in COVID fight, as US throws support behind vaccine patent waiver
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift vaccine patent protections to...
South Asia: ‘Real possibility’ health systems will be strained to a breaking point, UNICEF warns
Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund...
UN human rights office urges calm, after bloodshed in Colombian city of Cali
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday voiced deep alarm over the violence in the city of Cali in Colombia, where a number...
Global e-commerce jumps to $26.7 trillion, fuelled by COVID-19
Parts of the online economy have boomed since COVID-19 began, while some pre-pandemic big-hitters have seen a reversal of their fortunes in the last year,...
Bill And Melinda Gates File For Divorce After 27 Years Of Marriage
The couple, while announcing their split on Twitter, said they would continue their joint work on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. On Monday, Microsoft...