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China obstructed WHO from investigating the origins of coronavirus: Reports
Documents accessed by the New York Times revealed that China retained vital parts of the investigation into the source of the coronavirus and blocked WHO team from probing the matter and visiting wet markets in Wuhan.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom under quarantine after contact with coronavirus infected person
The WHO chief informed on Twitter that he is putting himself under quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID positive patient.
Sanjay Raut insults medical professionals, says ‘compounders know better than doctors’, IMA seeks his resignation
In an interview with ABP's Marathi channel on 15th August, Raut said that doctors do not know anything and he takes his medicines from compounders (assistants).
Health authorities express concern over the rise in Ebola cases in Congo, WHO starts vaccination
Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing another Ebola outbreak, raising the concern of health authorities
WHO warns that Countries seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases can witness a ‘second peak’
The WHO has warned the countries which are reporting a decline in coronavirus cases that they can witness a 'second peak'.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan elected as WHO Executive Board chairman, to take charge on May 22
Dr Harsh Vardhan will now be required to chair the Executive Board's meetings and also will work closely with Director-General Tedros Adhanom, who is facing a lot of heat for mismanaging the coronavirus crisis.
Trump says no US funding to WHO if it doesn’t show independence from Chinese influence in next 30 days
President Trump said that the review carried out by his administration has confirmed that the WHO consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan as early as December 2019.
India, along with 61 other countries, seeks independent probe into WHO’s response to Chinese coronavirus outbreak
India has reportedly backed a joint effort by Australia and European Union calling for an impartial, independent and comprehensive probe into the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus may never go away, may become another endemic, says WHO
Ryan added, "It is a vicious cycle of public health disasters followed by economic disasters. This virus may never go away. HIV has not gone away. But we have come to terms with the virus. We have developed therapies, prevention methods."
India to become the chairperson of the WHO Executive Board next month amid the global coronavirus crisis
India will assume lead position in WHO executive board after Japan will complete its one year term in May
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Indian team that won FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 struggles through custom department procedure to get their medals
Srinath Narayanan, the Vice President of the team, said that it took a week's time for the medals to reach Chennai from Bangalore.
News Reports
Punjab: National head of Hindu organisation Shri Ram Sena brutally assaulted by three unidentified bike-borne assailants
The chairman of Punjab Hindustan Shiv Sena said that the Hindu leaders are on the radar of various anti-national elements in Punjab
Government and Policy
United Nations classifies marijuana as a ‘less dangerous drug’, decision, for which India voted too, to help further medicinal use
With the categorisation of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, it is believed that the medicinal and therapeutic potential of the drug can now be recognised.
News Reports
Watch: Angry Rajdeep Sardesai threatens to sack his staff in charge of social media for failing to link up his Instagram live
Rajdeep Sardesai had announced that he was doing a live chat on his Instagram page to discuss Hyderabad municipal election results
News Reports
94-year-old widow moves Supreme Court seeking for declaration of Emergency as unconstitutional; demands Rs 25 crores as compensation
She alleges that the issues of the Emergency still resonates in her mind and she wants to peace by getting it declared as illegal
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From supporting Khalistanis to hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs: A brief intro of the new liberal favourite, Diljit Dosanjh
Singer Diljit Dosanjh has become the new blue-eyed boy of the left-liberal gang after he supported ongoing farmers protest
Opinions
Exposing hypocrisy of Congress, CPIM, Bharatiya Kisan Union and even Justin Trudeau over the Farm Bills 2020, point by point
The industry scale hypocrisy surrounding the protests around Farm Laws is staggering
News Reports
How a teacher from Solapur, Ranjitsinh Disale, won the coveted Global Teacher Prize and $1 million: Here is his story
32-year-old teacher Ranjitsinh Disale won the Global Teacher prize and prize money of $1 million for his extensive work in the field of the girl child education
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Ex-Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh joins Farmer’s protests, justifies “Indira thok di” comment
Multiple videos of Yograj Singh, Yuvraj Singh's father, have gone viral on social media where he has been giving provocative speeches amid the ongoing farmer protests
Entertainment
Kangana Ranaut vs Diljit Dosanjh fight turns ugly, she calls him Karan Johar’s pet dog
Days after Kangana mistook an elderly lady in Punjab farmers' protest for Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh 'protests', Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh got into a war of words with her on Twitter.
