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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicWorld Health Organization (WHO)

Topic: World Health Organization (WHO)

Virus variant in India can infect those vaccinated, but unlikely to cause severe Covid: Study

The B.1.617 strain, first identified in India, may evade antibodies induced by the Pfizer mRNA and Covishield vaccines, study says. 

WHO classifies Covid strain in India as ‘variant of concern’

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said the Epi team and WHO lab team has been discussing and circulation information with the WHO virus evolution working group about the B-1617 Covid variant.

Covid was a local problem that became global, need solutions that prevent this: Suresh Prabhu

India's G20 Sherpa Suresh Prabhu says the WHO cannot just be a body that releases data on Covid, calls for creating global surveillance mechanisms to track pandemics.

Covid pandemic long way from over but can be brought under control, says WHO chief

Speaking to reporters in Geneva Tuesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said over 780 million doses of vaccine have been given globally, but they are not the only tool.

WHO chief lauds PM Modi for vaccine equity, hopes other countries follow India’s example

In a tweet Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said India's support in supplying its vaccines is helping over 60 countries to begin the vaccination process.

All hypotheses remain open on Covid origins, WHO chief says

WHO chief said the expert team's visit to Wuhan would not find all the answers, but has added important information that takes us closer to understanding the origins of the virus.

Biden-Modi phone call, WHO’s probe into Covid origins & Modi-Azad’s ‘rare’ emotional moment

In episode 679 of Cut the Clutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses the Biden-Modi phone call, WHO's probe into the origin of Covid-19, and PM Modi's farewell to Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Delhi doctors unlikely to follow new WHO advice, say remdesivir works in moderate Covid cases

WHO Friday advised against use of remdesivir for Covid because there’s ‘no evidence’ it improves survival, but doctors say it works on moderately ill patients.

Remdesivir needs more testing in Covid Solidarity trial before being junked — ICMR-NARI chief

ICMR-NARI is body responsible for conducting WHO Solidarity trial in India, and its director Panda says remdesivir cannot be ruled out as a Covid treatment yet.

ICMR recommends dropping Interferon, adding cancer drug Acalabrutinib to WHO Solidarity trial

ICMR has submitted a proposal to the Modi govt recommending the cancer drug developed by AstraZeneca, which apparently improved clinical outcomes of patients with severe Covid-19.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.