Coronavirus: Indian PM Modi announces Rs20 trillion special package for economy
This amount is 10 per cent of the country’s GDP, the prime minister said.
Covid-19 pandemic
Taiwan Donates One Million Face Masks to Help Protect Indian Medical Personnel Combat COVID-19 Pandemic
The masks were brought to India by a special chartered flight on 4 May 2020.
Average of 80,000 COVID-19 new cases a day: WHO
While the world currently spends around US$7.5 trillion on health annually, WHO believes the best investments are in promoting health and preventing disease.
India begins largest repatriation exercise
While the first two flights arrived in Kerala on Thursday, flights will be ferrying in almost 2000 people daily over the next 7 days.
WHO supports scientifically-proven traditional medicine
WHO has said that it welcomes every opportunity to collaborate with countries and researchers to develop new therapies and encourages such collaboration for the development of effective and safe therapies for Africa and the world.
Internal Chinese report warns of global backlash over Covid-19 pandemic
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson’s office has said that it has no knowledge of such a report.
Chinese leaders intentionally concealed severity of pandemic from world: US report
Beijing has repeatedly pushed back on US accusations that the outbreak was China’s fault, pointing to many missteps made by American officials in their own fight against the outbreak.
Israel marks Independence Day under coronavirus lockdown
Israelis are celebrating their Independence Day at home amid a nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus
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Afghanistan Needs a Humanitarian Ceasefire to Fight COVID-19
Since their creation as an instrument of external strategic influence in 1994, the Taliban have enjoyed safe havens, an operational infrastructure, diplomatic support, as well as medical treatment of their wounded fighters on foreign soil in our neighborhood—from where they continue to prosecute a terror campaign across Afghanistan.
BRICS Foreign Ministers meet via video conferencing
By IAR Desk The Ministers of Foreign Affairs /International Relations of the BRICS group of