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India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions.
The donated AstraZeneca vaccines left Mumbai...
COVID19 a wake-up call to address development fault lines in Asia and the Pacific
The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep...
New Global Tracker to Measure Pandemic’s Impact on Education Worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins...
Seafarers and aircrew need priority COVID-19 vaccination
The heads of five UN organizations have called for maritime and air transport workers to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, given their key role...
Pandemic threatens lost decade for development
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed development gains for millions in poor countries, creating an even more sharply unequal world, according to a new UN...
100 million more children fail basic reading skills because of COVID-19
A new study released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, reveals that more than 100 million more children than expected, are falling behind the minimum...
Russian Aluminium delivers Sputnik V vaccine to Guinea
Russian Aluminium (RusAl), a leading global aluminium producer, has delivered to Guinea a consignment of the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19 Sputnik V,...
India’s vaccine diplomacy: Is it the right time?
It was after 9 months since the pandemic wave started in India and India being the 2nd populous state put the toughest lockdown to...
No winners but fewer losers in global economy from COVID than expected
The COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted all economies around the world last year, with trillions of dollars of lost earnings, UN trade and development experts...
Oil markets face uncertain future after rebound from historic Covid-19 shock
World oil markets have rebounded from the massive demand shock triggered by Covid-19 but still face a high degree of uncertainty that is testing...