Tag: WHO
Even If God Asks Me, I Won't Forgive: Nirbhaya's Mom
Reacting to a tweet by ace lawyer Indira Jaising urging her to forgive the four men on death row for brutally raping that finally took her life, Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi said on Saturday: "Even if God asks me, I won't forgive them."....
Who Facilitated Jyotiraditya Scindia's Cross-over To BJP From Congress?
The political crisis in Madhya Pradesh has seen Congress leader and former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia switching over to the BJP, ending his 18-year-old association with the grand old party. Who made this transition for Scindia a smooth process? Who in the BJP was tasked with bringing Scindia to the saffron party's camp?....
Lifting Lockdown Restrictions Is Not End Of Pandemic: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for coronavirus is not the end of the epidemic, it's just the beginning of the next phase.....
Coronavirus Still Extremely Dangerous, Says WHO Chief
The World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that COVID-19 was still "extremely dangerous", though countries were seeking to return to normal as social isolation measures have helped slow the spread of the deadly disease.....
India To Head WHO Exec Board From Friday Amid Leadership Vacuum Post-COVID
At a time when the credibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) has plummeted to an all time low and internationally there's a groundswell for new leadership, India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is all set to be the chairman of the WHO's Executive Board. He has been elected to the post and will take charge this Friday itself, succeeding Japan's Dr Hiroki Nakatani.....
US COVID-19 Deaths Top 100,000: Johns Hopkins University
The number of COVID-19 deaths in the US topped 100,000 on Wednesday, reaching 100,047, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.....
Covid-19 Pandemic Affecting Mental Health Of Millions: WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of millions of people. ....
'Early Stages' Of Covid's Third Wave, Warns WHO Chief
The world is now in the early stages of a third wave, amid rising cases of Covid's Delta variant, World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. ....
110 Countries Recognise India's Covishield, Covaxin: Source
As of now as many as 110 countries have recognized India's Covid vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- and have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India, said official sources in the Union Health Ministry. ....
Blanket Travel Bans Will Not Prevent International Spread Of Omicron Variant: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, even as dozens of countries have already introduced such restrictions. ....
