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India- Uzbekistan Synergy at the SCO 
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Covid recovered with one/two doses of vaccine have higher protection against Coronavirus Delta variant: Study
Prior vaccination results in less severe disease against subsequent infection provide evidence that both humoral and cellular immune response play an important role in protection, according to the study
Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the table negotiating peace”, the historic Generation Equality Forum in Paris concluded on Friday with new commitments designed to address that, and other injustices.
Migrant worker numbers rise by five million: ILO
The number of international migrant workers has increased from 164 to 169 million, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, noting a marked rise in the number of young people seeking opportunities abroad, too.
Rife COVID-19 variants fuel Africa’s surging wave
Brazzaville, 1 July 2021 – As COVID-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier
Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary
China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding.
COVID-19 impact on tourism could deal $4 trillion blow to global economy: UN report
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a report issued jointly with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Global Rebalancing and India’s Foreign Policy
Indian diplomacy for this era is based on five pillars. The first pillar is that it is Indian in thought.
India’s Covaxin effectively neutralises Delta variant of COVID-19, says NIH
The NIH said results of two studies of blood serum from people who had received Covaxin suggest that the vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralise the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.617 (Delta) variants of SARS-CoV-2, first identified in the UK and India, respectively.
Angola Towards Development: Now is the Time to Invest
“Angola is implementing a package of many-sided reforms aimed at improving the doing business environment, implementing a macroeconomic stabilization programme and promoting private investment.”