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G7 inks pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

Finance ministers meeting in London also endorsed proposals to make the world’s biggest companies — including US-based tech giants — pay taxes in countries where they have lots of sales but no

June 6, 2021

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UN suspends Iran voting rights over unpaid dues

Iran and the Central African Republic will lose their voting rights at the UNGA since the countries are in arrears on paying their dues…reports Asian Lite News Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad

June 4, 2021

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BRICS foreign ministers call for WTO reform

Stress need to restore the normal functioning of all WTO’s functions as highlighted in the Joint Statement by BRICS Trade Ministers on Multilateral Trading System and the WTO Reform of 2020, reports

June 2, 2021

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WHO Chief calls for global pandemic treaty

Ghebreyesus said that the defining characteristic of the pandemic is the lack of sharing: of data, information, pathogens, technologies and resources…reports Asian Lite News. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved that the world

June 1, 2021

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Covid variants to be renamed as Greek letters

The existing systems for naming and tracking genetic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes Covid-19 – will remain in use by scientists and in scientific research….reports Asian Lite News The

May 31, 2021

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Global Covid-19 cases cross 170M mark

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 33,264,380 and 594,568, respectively…reports Asian Lite News The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped

May 31, 2021

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B1617 variant dominates world at ‘frightening speed’

The B1617 strain is becoming increasingly dominant worldwide and this will not be the last time that the virus mutates…reports Asian Lite News The B1617 Covid-19 variant is spreading worldwide at ‘frightening

May 31, 2021

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BRICS Focus On High Performance Computing

Multilateral projects in this field can be useful for medicine and public health, reports Asian Lite News India has reaffirmed its commitment to co-investment of resources, including funding, for supporting multilateral projects

May 31, 2021

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‘Quad fills the gap in contemporary times’: Jaishankar

India’s External Affairs Minister said QUAD – Quadrilateral Security Dialogue has filled the gap that has emerged in contemporary times where there are global or regional requirements, reports Reena Bhardwaj External Affairs

May 30, 2021

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WHO likely to restudy Wuhan lab origin theory of Covid-19

The WHO report’s annex contains multiple data points providing an intriguing insight into China’s evolving knowledge of the virus…reports Asian lite News World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to restudy the “dominant

May 27, 2021

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