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60% of the population of the world does not live in a country where the majority of people feel this is an issue.Much of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), most of Africa, much of the Middle East.That’s nearly half the population of the world right there. Source link

Pilgrims cling on poles to save their lives during stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan on Saturday. — Excelsior/Romesh Mengi Dr Jitendra visits victims, suggests doable measures LG forms 3- Member panel to submit report on incident Nishikant KhajuriaJAMMU, Jan 1: Alleged mismanagement during the New Year rush at ...

JAMMU: At least 12 pilgrims were crushed to death and 16 injured on New Year’s Day in the biggest tragedy at Mata Vaishno Devi temple as a crowd surge led to a stampede around 2.15am near gate No. 3 outside the sanctum sanctorum of the popular cave shrine in ...

The pandemic year locked them in quarantines but athletes around the world found resilience to call time on people-pleasing and discovered their moral voice to say NO. Gymnast Simone Biles, tennis star Naomi Osaka and Virat Kohli spoke their minds and defied convention. The year also saw athletes discover ...

ISLAMABADThe international community has displayed a “desire for engagement” with the Taliban, Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Friday.“There is recognition of a new reality (in Afghanistan). There is awareness that engagement and dialogue are required for a better understanding that will be useful,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said at a ...

ISLAMABADThe international community has displayed a “desire for engagement” with the Taliban, Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Friday.“There is recognition of a new reality (in Afghanistan). There is awareness that engagement and dialogue are required for a better understanding that will be useful,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said at a ...

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town south of the capital that is one of the gateways to the city.The United States and Britain rushed in troops to help evacuate their ...

Travel agents attributed the overheated ticket prices to a surge in demand, which would take at least a couple of weeks to subside. With more categories of stranded residents allowed to fly back to the UAE, airfares have shot up by as much 300 per cent. Starting ...

Health experts in India fear that a third wave of infections is not far off amid a surge of tourists to hill stations as travel restrictions are eased in various parts of the country. Photos and videos on social media showed large crowds flocking to popular mountain retreats such ...

Baltimore:  The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half, as compiled from official sources by Johns Hopkins University, is ...