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High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants: WHO

Geneva: A top World Health Organisation official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the risk...

India elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term

UNITED NATIONS: India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the...

36 killed, scores injured as two passenger trains collide in Pakistan’s Sindh

Karachi: Two passenger trains collided in Pakistan’s southern Sindh Province early Monday morning, killing at least 36 people and injuring scores of others, according...

China dismisses Trump’s USD 10 trillion compensation demand for COVID-19 spread

BEIJING: China on Monday rejected former US president Donald Trump's demand to pay USD 10 trillion as reparations to America and the world for...

China authorises CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for children above 3 years

Beijing: China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17...

Parkinson’s disease: we don’t have a cure yet but treatments have come a long way

Oxford/Nijmegen: (The Conversation) British broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has revealed he is one of more than 10 million people living with Parkinson's disease worldwide. It...

UK urges commitment to vaccinate world against Covid by end of 2022 at G7 summit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the Group of Seven wealthy democracies’ summit next week to urge world leaders to commit to...

Roadside bomb kills 11 minivan passengers in northwest Afghanistan

KABUL: A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children,...

Gunmen kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village

Niamey (Niger): Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest...

Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers: Report

WASHINGTON: Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might...

Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant of coronavirus: Lancet study

People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant...

UN says pandemic created an ‘unparalleled’ employment crisis

United Nations: The COVID-19 pandemic has created an “unparalleled” global labour market crisis that will affect the employment market for years, the International Labor...

Only one of three COVID strains of B.1.617 first detected in India now a ‘variant of concern’: WHO

UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said only B.1.617.2, one of the three strains of the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant first detected in...

China, Pak, Afghanistan FMs to hold trilateral meeting to discuss Afghan peace prospects after US troops withdrawal

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss the Afghan...

COVID-19 variant first reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCR

UNITED NATIONS: The highly-infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India "threatens" to rapidly spread in the sub-region, including among refugees, the UN refugee agency...

‘PakVac’: Pakistan develops own COVID-19 vaccine with Chinese help

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched its homemade Covid-19 vaccine named "PakVac" which it developed with the help of its ally China in order to...

WHO names COVID-19 variants first found in India as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’

GENEVA: The B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of the COVID-19, first identified in India, has been named as 'Kappa' and 'Delta' respectively, the World Health...

WHO agrees to study major reforms, meet again on pandemic treaty

Health ministers from its 194 members will also meet from November 29 Geneva: The World Health Organization, battling to coordinate the global response to the...

UK in early stages of 3rd wave of coronavirus, warns Indian-origin scientist

London: An eminent Indian-origin scientist advising the British government has warned that there are signs that the UK is in the early stages of...

Chinese climber becomes first blind Asian to scale Everest

KATHMANDU: A Chinese climber who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest says he aims to climb the highest peaks on all...

Israel, Egypt talk truce with Hamas, rebuilding Gaza

CAIRO: Egypt and Israel are holding high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas militant...

Pro-Palestine rally in Washington seeks end to US aid to Israel

WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 people rallied on Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to US aid to Israel. The demonstration...

US recognises India is important part of conversation on Afghanistan: Jaishankar

WASHINGTON: There is a recognition in the US that India is an important part of the conversation when it comes to talk about the...

European Medicines Agency recommends Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12-15

The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended that the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech be expanded to children ages...

Jaishankar meets US lawmakers, discusses developments pertaining to Quad, cooperation on vaccines

WASHINGTON: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met influential American lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties on Thursday and discussed developments pertaining to...

For first time, Pakistan to host ‘World Environment Day’ on June 5

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan for the first time will host the 'World Environment Day' on June 5 and showcase the steps it has taken to deal...

Biden directs intelligence agencies to redouble efforts to trace origins of Covid-19

Washington: President Joe Biden has ordered the US intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts in investigating the emergence of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic and...

US will aid Gaza without helping Hamas: Blinken

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to “rally international support” to aid Gaza following a devastating war there while keeping any...

US security assistance to Pakistan remains suspended: Pentagon

Washington: The security assistance to Pakistan that was suspended by the previous Trump administration remains to be the same, the Pentagon said on Monday...

Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed: Report

Washington: Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the Covid-19 pandemic, the...

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