COVAX urges equal recognition of WHO approved vaccines

Calling for 'equal recognition of vaccines', COVAX on Thursday urged all governments to recognise as 'fully vaccinated' those people who have received COVID-19 vaccines deemed safe by World Health......

9 EU nations clear Covishield amid 'Green Pass' row

Nine European nations are accepting Covishield vaccines for travel to their countries, sources said on Thursday. Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain are among the......

Covid: Centre allocates foreign aid to states, UTs

The Union health ministry on Tuesday said that aid received from other countries has been distributed in different states to help deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases.   IMAGE:......

Indian army briefs foreign envoys visiting J-K on role of Pak

Heightened vigil along the Line of Control has pushed terror groups and Pakistani establishments to send militants into India using tunnels dug under seasonal river beds along the International......

ECB tries to calm financial markets

Amid mounting fears of a global financial market meltdown in the wake of Friday's downgrade of the United States' credit rating and deepening eurozone debt crisis, the European Central Bank (ECB)......

Why it's time for IMF to change course

In the last one month there have been several commentaries on who should or would be the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund.An IMF press release dated May 20, 2011 stated......

EU's jobs-skills dilemma

In 2008, there were 64,000 unfilled job vacancies for engineers alone in only Germany, according to Maria Asenius, Head of Cabinet for the European Commissioner for Home Affairs.Talking of the......

European economic woes & delusions of stability

Eurozone's financial contingency plan is trying to solve the problem of excessive debt with even more debt, says Satyajit Das. Pre-summer debt concerns of Greece, Spain and Portugal have receded.......