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Katerina Sakellaropoulou sworn in as first female president of Greece

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who recently sworn in, is the first female president of Greece. She was a former High court judge. Before two months, she was unanimously elected as the President of the country by the Greece Parliament. The swearing-in ceremony ..

Haryana government declares coronavirus infection an epidemic

The state government of Haryana has declared the contagious coronavirus infection an epidemic. As many as 270 isolation wards with 1200 beds have been set up in government and private hospitals to deal with any contingency related to the outbreak. ..

ADB to provide $200 million to companies manufacturing and distributing medicines to tackle COVID-19

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it will provide USD 200 million to companies which manufacture and distribute medicines and other things required to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The financial assistance will be made available through ADB’s Supply ..

COVID-19 declared as pandemic

World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic. The last time the WHO declared a pandemic was for the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009. Pandemic is the term when epidemics are growing in multiple countries and continents at the same time, ..

COVID Action Platform launched to tackle COVID-19 outbreak

The World Economic Forum recently launched a new platform with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to convene the global business community for a collective support for the COVID-19 outbreak. The newly formed platform is called ”COVID Action ..

Punjab government launches “Cova Punjab” app

The Punjab state government recently launched a mobile application called “Cova Punjab” to spread awareness about the precautions to be taken against coronavirus. The application has been developed by the Department of Government Reforms and Public Grievances in association with ..