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Union Minister Piyush Goyal holds 'fruitful' meeting with French G20 Sherp
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday held a "fruitful" virtual meeting with French G20 Sherpa Emmanuel Bonne.
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Aid to Afghanistan, Syria, vaccine equity top agenda in 2021: UNSC
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], January 12 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday (local time) said that vaccine equity and aid to Afghanistan and Syria were high on the 2021 agenda of the UNSC, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.
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UN chief calls for vaccine equity as global COVID-19 deaths exceed 5 milli
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global COVID-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
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WHO chief scientist welcomes India's decision to restart COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Chief scientist of World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Tuesday welcomed India's decision to restart COVID-19 vaccine exports. She said that the decision will go long way to achieve global Vaccine Equity.
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UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops 4 m
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New York [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday repeated his appeal for a global vaccination plan to boost vaccine equity as deaths from COVID-19 topped 4 million worldwide.
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India to favour discussions on 'vaccine passports' with greater focus on v
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): While countries like Japan deciding to issue "vaccine passports" as proof of immunisation for its citizens travelling abroad, India on Thursday said that it will favour discussion with a greater focus on vaccine equity, since many developing nations are y
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Liberalised pricing, accelerated COVID-19 vaccination strategy ensure vacc
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Calling the media reports alleging vaccine inequity in India's vaccination drive as "inaccurate" and "speculative" in nature, the Government of India on Saturday said liberalised pricing and accelerated national COVID-19 inoculation strategy ensures vaccine e
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Prince Harry, Joe Biden and more attend massive 'Vax Live' COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 3 (ANI): Major public figures like Prince Harry, US President Joe Biden, Jennifer Lopez, and others joined forces over the weekend to encourage coronavirus vaccine equity at a massive concert in California.
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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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