Taiwan blames China for latest WHO meeting snubThe 74th World Health Assembly, which kicks off Monday, will arguably be one of the most important in the WHO's history, amid calls to reva...
China sends fighter jets as US health chief Alex Azar visits TaiwanChina, which claims the island as its own, condemned the visit which comes after a period of sharply deteriorating relations between China ...
India supports move at WHO to seek origin of coronavirusThe two-day 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the WHO beginning Monday is taking place in the backdrop of growing calls in...
China says Trump trying to shift blame from his 'incompetent response' to contain COVID-19"The US tries to use China as an issue to shift responsibility and bargain on its international obligations to WHO", which is a miscalculat...
China agrees to Covid probe as Taiwan issue diluted in World Health AssemblyWhile India has backed the motion on probe, it did not indicate any stand on Taiwan's re-entry into WHA. Officially, India follows one-Chin...
Taiwan says it will not press for World Health Assembly participationTaiwan’s United Nations seat was handed to China in 1971 and Beijing insists the self-governing island republic it claims as its own territ...
China relents on opposition to COVID-19 origin probe; Backs EU resolution at World Health AssemblyThe WHA is the decision-making body of the Geneva-based World Health Organisation. The annual meeting, being held virtually on Monday and T...
Taiwan rebuffs WHO, says China has no right to represent itTaiwan's exclusion from WHO, due to China's objections which considers the island one of its provinces, has infuriated Taipei, which says t...
Rajnath Singh to urge Seoul to stay away from CPECRajnath Singh will convey to his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on September 4 that the CPEC violates India’s sovereignty by running thr...
US blocking appointment to key WTO body, Trump may soon be the only winner in any trade disputeUS has been preventing vacancies in the Appellate Body from being filled, which has badly affected its functioning even as disputes continu...
Anti Microbial Resistance is development challenge, not just health security risk: IndiaIssue of AMR should be seen holistically as a "development challenge" instead of interpreting it narrowly as a health security risk.
AMR a development challenge, not just a health security risk: IndiaWHO has warned of a "post-antibiotic era" where common infections could become difficult to treat due to the overuse or misuse of antibioti...
WHO making 'fundamental changes' after Ebola outbreak"We have proposed options for consideration by member states at this World Health Assembly, if approved, we will set up a $100 million cont...
India gives $2.1 million to WHO; Health Minister JP Nadda assumes WHA presidencyNadda said India will contribute another $1,00,000 for the member state mechanism on SSFFC (Substandard/ Spurious/ Falsely-labelled/Falsifi...
India to assume presidency of World Health Assembly in Geneva after 19 yearsNadda will preside over the WHA session and lead a Indian delegation to the Assembly, which is slated to take place in Geneva from May 18 t...
Voltas, Crompton and Exide top picks among contra names: Edelweiss"Ceat did extremely well but Exide can do well because they nearly have 60-65 per cent of the battery market," Edelweiss said.
- Asia's booming middle classes unmasked in new study
The ADB forecast said the spending power of middle class consumers -- anyone consuming between two and 20 dollars a day -- would increase b...