Geneva, Switzerland: On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged China to be more transparent with the investigations which are being carried out in China. The World health Organisation also blames China for hindering the raw data on the first days of the spread of COVID-19 virus. In February the first phase of investigation came to an end which was being carried out by WHO team. The team spent four weeks in and around the city of Wuhan with the Chinese researchers. In March they published a joint report stating that the virus had probably be
The British government once again gains headlines as it has rejected the claims that it owes the European Union a bill of £41 billion for a Brexit “divorce bill”. This came to light after the first payment which had already been made in June this year. The EU’s 2020 accounts reopened in a dispute about the size of the bill which reveals the European Commission expected €47.5bn (£40.8bn) from the UK. This amount came out to be much higher than what the British government had considered. A spokesperson of prime minister Borris Johnson stated that they don't recognize that figure
Nearly 76 countries have shown interest in having a CoWIN like system to run their vaccination drive. According to Dr. R.S. Sharma, Chairperson of the Empowered Committee for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, PM Modi has directed officials to create an open source version of the platform and give it free of cost to any country that wants it. Countries like Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Uganda & nations from Asian continent have showed interest in having a system CoWIN like system Dr. Sharma said at the second Public Health Summit 2021 organ
The Democratic candidate Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected as 46th President of the United States on November 7th ’20. He secured 306 Electoral College votes out of a total of 538 thereby beating the incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump. He became the first US Presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes. He won 80,011,000 votes as compared to outgoing President Donald Trump who secured 73,800,000 votes. His victory came after 3 days of commotion as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes. The development brings an end to the legal battle led by Donald Trump
Kamala Harris, the Indianorigin Senator who becomes the first-ever American of Indian and African descent was nominated for Democratic Party’s candidate for the US Vice-President. 55 year old is the first Indian American to be selected for the secondhighest elected office of the US after that of the President. Moreover, she is the first-everBlack and first-ever African American to be nominated as Vice-Presidential candidate by a major political party. If elected in the 3rd November elections, she would be the first-ever women Vice-President of the USA. Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a
Former Guyanese Housing Minister and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as the Executive President of Guyana. He is the ninth President of the newly discovered oil-producing SouthAmerican country that was declared the winner after the disputed March 2, 2020, an election following a recount. June’s preliminary recount data showed Ali had won the initial poll. The swearing-in brought to an end to a continued period of upheaval to the results of the 2nd Mar 2020 General & Regional elections. The electoral result declar
During the 2-day state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Maldives, he was conferred with country’s Highest Honor “Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen”. The award was bestowed upon him by Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih during a ceremony in Male for his role in strengthening bilateral relations between India and Maldives. It is Maldives’ highest honor accorded to foreign dignitaries. The award was given in 3 degrees that include a Collar, a Badge, and a Sash. Upon arrival, PM Modi and President Solih exchanged pleasantries and were also accorded the guard of honor. This
Former Indian President Pratibha Patil was honoured with ‘Orden Mexicana del Auguila Azteca’ (Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest civilian award of Mexico for foreigners. Mexico’s Ambassador to India, Melba Pria, presented the award at a special ceremony. Ms. Patil, India’s only woman President, has also become the second Indian President after S. Radhakrishnan to receive this award. This is also the first time the Mexican government has proffered ‘Aztec Eagle’ award to a woman. The award is bestowed to foreigners to acknowledge their outstanding services to the Mexican nation
The 16th ASEAN-India Summit 2019 was held in Thailand in November 2019. The summit was chaired by H.E. General Prayut Chan-oCha, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Thailand. Along with 16th ASEAN-India Summit 2019, there are other summits that took place such as 35th ASEAN Summit, 14th East Asia Summit and 3rd meeting of RCEP. The honorable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended and co-chaired the summit along with the heads of member countries – Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei, and Laos. The summit brought up and discussed topics
The International Monetary Fund has appointed Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva as its new Managing Director for a term of five years. With her appointment, she became the first person from an emerging economy to head the global lender. Additionally, she is also the second woman ever to lead the 189-member institution. As a center-right politician who witnessed communism, she built a reputation during her stint at the World Bank as CEO.The selection had been all but guaranteed after the IMF said earlier that she is the sole candidate. She was selected by 24-member Executive Board rep