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Modi’s Europe visit, inflation top Urdu news, press freedom, loudspeaker rows also find mention

Abantika Ghosh - 7 May, 2022

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

WHO estimates over 47.4 lakh excess deaths in India in 2021, Modi govt questions data again

Mohana Basu - 5 May, 2022

WHO’s new estimates show full death toll associated directly or indirectly with Covid pandemic across the world between 1 Jan 2020 and 31 Dec 2021 was approximately 1.49 crore.

This World TB Day, a look at how an Indian PPP initiative made it to WHO list of best practices

Abantika Ghosh - 24 March, 2022

Initiative by 1MG and govt's DOTS programme set up pilot in Haryana's Faridabad and then expanded to Gujarat. It helped keep TB care running during pandemic.

Covid cases are rising in Europe after easing restrictions ‘brutally’, WHO says

Kanoko Matsuyama - 23 March, 2022

Hans Kluge, WHO’s director for Europe, said countries like the UK, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy and Germany have lifted the Covid curbs 'from too much to too few'.

Corona far from over, spike in cases are just ‘tip of the iceberg’, says WHO

ThePrint Team - 17 March, 2022

The global health body said low vaccination rates in some countries, forced partly by a ‘huge amount of misinformation’ could also explain the rise.

India says given all Covaxin data to WHO, expect positive outcome at meeting next week

Abantika Ghosh - 21 October, 2021

Long wait for Covaxin’s emergency-use listing has perplexed many. The issue was discussed at great length during Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s meeting with WHO Director-General Tuesday.

‘Cannot cut corners’ — WHO says need more info from Bharat Biotech on Covaxin

PTI - 19 October, 2021

Bharat Biotech had last month said it has submitted all data pertaining to Covaxin to the WHO for emergency use and is awaiting feedback from the global health watchdog.

Covid pandemic: Japan eases restrictions before Olympics, NY opens up with fireworks display

Revathi Krishnan - 18 June, 2021

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Top WHO official backs Covaxin, says evidence maybe limited but India has every right to approve

Himani Chandna - 22 February, 2021

Covaxin is one of two vaccines being administered as part of India’s Covid vaccination drive. It was given conditional emergency-use nod in absence of complete Phase 3 trial data.

Lives & livelihoods are interdependent, can’t go back to how things were, says WHO chief

Sravasti Dasgupta - 4 November, 2020

At a virtual summit, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says focus should remain on helping the vulnerable population and that people must learn to live with social distancing.

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