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Brussels: Today, as part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to provide support in the area of health, Commissioner Kyriakides visited Ukraine to meet Minister of Health Viktor Liashko and pay a visit to a medical centre for children as…
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BALI — Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote greater investment in the Asia and Pacific…
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Mumbai : Maldivian Higher Education Minister Dr. Ibrahim Hasan held a meeting with ISDC officials today to expand and implement the Indian education model in Maldives. The Minister and his team held a special meeting with Mr. Tom…
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Meeting in London today, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), announced a strengthened partnership that will boost investment in human…
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Kathmandu : In order to resolve the border dispute and sign a new boundary protocol, Nepal and China have agreed to activate bilateral mechanisms. During a virtual consultation meeting on border affairs held on Thursday, both sides agreed…
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NEW YORK – The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published today by WHO and UNICEF. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against…
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In Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has sworn in as the Acting President before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya a short while ago. He was sworn in after the acceptance of the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh has retained its highest ranking in South Asia in terms of gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Global Gender Gap Report 2022 released on Thursday. It is for the eighth time in a row that…
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WASHINGTON: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100 million development policy credit (DPC) to help improve the enabling environment for Nepal’s green, climate-resilient, and inclusive development pathway. This…
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Kathmandu: India on Friday handed over disaster relief materials to Nepal in order to help the Himalayan country to cope with the situation caused by floods and landslides. Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, handed the relief…
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