Is Quad the Asian NATO or ocean foam? What Delhi meet revealsQuad foreign ministers met in Delhi focusing on practical cooperation. New initiatives target critical minerals, maritime surveillance, and...
26 May, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
WHO states strike deal to extend talks on pandemic treatyWorld Health Organization member states will continue talks on a pandemic treaty for another year. Discussions focus on sharing access to d...
19 May, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
Hantavirus, Ebola crises: WHO kicks off 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva amid global health concernsWHO 79th World Health Assembly: World Health Organization member states meet in Geneva. Deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are major con...
18 May, 2026, 11.43 AM IST
Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and diseaseSoaring tourism to Antarctica, driven by climate change fears, raises concerns about contamination and damage to the fragile ecosystem. A r...
07 May, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
How might the World Health Organization fight future pandemics?World Health Organization (WHO) members are set to resume talks in Geneva. They will discuss new rules for responding to pandemics. This fo...
14 Apr, 2025, 04.14 PM IST
Pandemic accord talks at loggerheads as time ticks awayThe final round of negotiations for a pandemic accord faces intense pressure this week as countries grapple with differing approaches to ha...
26 Mar, 2024, 12.39 AM IST
India lacks openness in talks with WHO on many key policies: ActivistsOver 300 civil society and public health activists have expressed concerns in an open letter to the President of India about the lack of tr...
10 Nov, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
How World Health Organization could fight future pandemicsHEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/WHO (EXPLAINER, PIX)EXPLAINER-How the World Health Organization could fight future pandemics
23 May, 2023, 11.53 AM IST
Vaccination drive needs to be strengthened globally; pandemic treaty being discussed: WHO chief scientistDr Soumya Swaminathan said that discussions are taking place at the global level about having a "pandemic treaty" which binds all the count...
20 Dec, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
World Health Organization calls for treaty to shield against next pandemicWHO member states reached a consensus Sunday on kick-starting the process towards a pandemic treaty. The draft decision was secured after c...
29 Nov, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
WHO Chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemicsThe draft makes no reference to the word “treaty” but, among other things, calls for the creation of an “intergovernmental negotiating body...
29 Nov, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
WHO members eye pandemic preparation, as new variant emergesIn the wake of diplomatic wrangling, a draft resolution at the special World Health Assembly stops short of calling for work toward specifi...
29 Nov, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Countries convene for pandemic treaty talksThe three-day meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva comes with the planet still besieged by Covid-19, nearly two years o...
27 Nov, 2021, 06.38 PM IST
World must bolster WHO and agree pandemic treaty, expert panel saysEfforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic have been uneven and fragmented, marked by limited access to vaccines in low-income countries while th...
22 Nov, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Global leaders push for pandemic treatyLeaders from 25 countries, the EU and the World Health Organisation (WHO) sought to get the ground rules down in writing to streamline and ...
31 Mar, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
World leaders call for international pandemic treatyWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and leaders, including Boris Johnson of Britain, Mario Draghi of Ital...
30 Mar, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
Talks between Indus Commissioners of India, Pakistan underwayThe Indian delegation is being led by PK Saxena who will be joined by his advisors from the Central Water Commission, the Central Electrici...
23 Mar, 2021, 11.45 AM IST