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Several regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are among the most severely affected by natural disasters and the effects of climate change, according to a report released by China's Ministry of Emergency Management. The ministry said at a news conference on Tuesday that countries involved in the ...

Over the past 10 weeks, India-administered Kashmir has experienced 17 earthquakes. Five of them registered a magnitude of 4.0 or higher, while 12 ranged between 4.0 and 2.0 on the Richter scale.   On June 13, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake left six people dead and dozens more injured in the region's ...

In its report to mark the World Environment Day, the rights group says Pakistan is at the ‘frontline of the climate crisis’.Islamabad, Pakistan – A prominent human rights organisation has issued an urgent plea for global action to protect Pakistan from extreme heatwaves, saying the South Asian country is ...

KARACHI, PakistanTürkiye’s state-run aid agency is assisting flood-battered farmers in Pakistan to mitigate a looming threat to food security caused by recent super floods and rains that inundated millions of acres of croplands across the South Asian country.The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has launched a program to ...

#Pakistan News Aside from killing over 1,700 people, the drenching monsoon that began in mid-June and lasted until late September, inundated a third of Pakistan, washing away hundreds of thousands of houses, schools, bridges, and animals and destroying millions of acres of cropland. #Yenisafak #Pakistan News Updates Source ...

KARACHI, PakistanUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited flood-battered areas in Pakistan on Saturday, calling upon the international community to act swiftly to assist Islamabad in dealing with the devastation caused by torrential rains and massive flooding. In the first leg of his two-day visit to Pakistan, Guterres flew to Sukkur district ...

The scarcity of bread can anger people, and the last time the world struggled with rising food prices, like the one it is happening today, it helped unleash a wave of uprisings that toppled four presidents and led to horrific civil wars in Syria and Libya. Unfortunately, Russia's invasion ...

To Mitigate Perils of Weather Aberrations Crop Insurance is Essentially Cooperative & Contributory Dy. Director of Agriculture, J&K Govt. (Ret.) On 23 October, 2021, heavy and widespread rains, accompanied with hail storm, lashed different parts of districts of Jammu region, bringing devastation to rice and vegetable crops which stood ...

In the space of three months in early 2021, two glacial lakes in Uttarakhand burst their banks, with tragic consequences for mountain communities and ecosystems. In February, a glacier lake breach caused flash floods that surged through the Rishiganga River. At least 61 people were killed and around 143 ...

July 23: Continuing its efforts to curb the outbreak of 2nd wave of Coronavirus, during the last 24 hours Police have arrested 09 persons, lodged 01 FIR and also realized fine to the tune of ₹3,41,840/- from 3051 people throughout the Kashmir valley for violating the various guidelines/rules/SOPs regarding Covid-19. ...