Tag: isolation

Last year, Pakistani student Alee Khalid paid Southern Cross University 8,000 Australian dollars ($5,923) to study computer science on the mutually held assumption Australia’s borders would soon reopen. But as the pandemic dragged on and Australia remained closed to foreigners, Khalid’s only option was to study online. “They forced ...

India's decision to abstain from voting on a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Russia cease its invasion of Ukraine does not mean support for Moscow, experts said, but reflects New Delhi's reliance on its Cold War ally for energy, weapons and support in conflicts with neighbors. India on ...

The virtual meeting was held to review public health preparedness for containment and management of COVID-19 In view of a substantial number of COVID-19 patients recuperating in home isolation, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday asked states to focus on expanding the reach of teleconsultation services to provide ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirAyesha Bilal, a seven-year-old girl in the Indian-administered Kashmir, is assembling her books and toys at her home in Heff village.The village is 16 kilometers (9.94 miles) from the main town in the southern Shopian district.Ayesha, a first-grade student, lives with her grandparents and uncle after ...

ANKARA Noting that the political isolation of Afghanistan is not beneficial for anyone, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Sunday urged the world community to support the country politically, diplomatically, and economically.Speaking in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad at an exclusive Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) session on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, ...

ISLAMABAD, PakistanTurkey's main purpose in continuing to provide security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, is to prevent the war-torn country from becoming isolated, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday.Speaking at the Turkish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, Hulusi Akar said: "There are statements that ...

They set out at night with their camels, yaks and yurts in search of safety from a war finally arriving in their mountain homeland.In one of the more peculiar disruptions touched off by the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, about 350 ethnic Kyrgyz nomads tried to flee the country ...

“Freedom Day” arrived in England on Monday with its chief architect, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, confined in quarantine, millions of Britons facing the same prospect and untold people more anxious about the risks of liberation.Such were the incongruities on the long-awaited day when the government lifted all but a ...

London, July 6: Two days before their opening day-night One-day International against Pakistan on Thursday, England cricket was thrown into a tizzy after seven members -- three players and four management team members - tested positive for Covid-19."Following PCR tests administered yesterday in Bristol, the England and Wales ...

Identify hotels for Tourist Isolation centers: DC Sgr Srinagar, Apr 06: In wake of rising Covid-19 cases, the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz today took a comprehensive review of the COVID19 control and management measures in the district, here at a meeting of the concerned officers. The key points discussed ...