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WHO changes guidelines on masks, says wear them when social distancing not possible

WHO earlier said "there is limited evidence that wearing a medical mask by healthy individuals...may be beneficial as a preventive measure".

Covid-19 opportunity for India to speed up Ayushman Bharat: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

India saw a single-day jump of 9,887 Covid-19 cases and 294 deaths Saturday, pushing the nationwide tally to 2,36,657 and death toll to 6,642.

India set to be UNSC non-permanent member, says will bring ‘Five S’ approach to world

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar released India's priorities for the two-year UNSC term that begins from January 2021.

WHO to resume HCQ trial for Covid it had paused after controversial Lancet article

The World Health Organization will resume recruiting Covid patients for the hydroxychloroquine arm of a global trial called Solidarity.

Lancet HCQ study row: Did WHO, experts rush to damn the drug due to Trump, Modi politics?

Medical journal The Lancet has admitted that questions have been raised about the data published in its earlier paper on hydroxychloroquine drug.

China kept WHO ‘in the dark’ in early days of Covid pandemic, delayed data release: AP expose

China delayed giving out data on patients and cases by 2 weeks, and didn’t share information about the coronavirus genome sequence, according to an Associated Press report.

Modi govt to study WHO decision to halt HCQ trial, expert panel to review dosage

The suspension of WHO’s hydroxychloroquine clinical trial was to be taken up by an expert committee last week, but the discussions were eventually ‘deferred’.

US President Trump’s WHO exit endangers fight against polio, tuberculosis along with Covid

The US contributed about 15% of the WHO’s funding to wipe out polio in 2018-19 and roughly 32% of the money used to tackle tuberculosis, according to WHO.

US will consider rejoining WHO if it ends corruption & reliance on China: White House

President Donald Trump Friday accused the global health body of being hand in glove with China in sharing inaccurate information to the world about the coronavirus pandemic.

China’s aggression against India, Hong Kong, US comes from sense of siege on pandemic origin

Given the global backlash and its economy, China will have to learn to live with a multipolar Asia and world rather than seek singular hegemony.

On Camera

Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many agencies, no one to blame

As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?