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Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan over the past week killed at least 50 people across the country, nearly a year after massive flooding killed more than 1,700 people and affected 33 million others. In neighbouring India, about a dozen districts in the northeastern state of Assam were hit by ...

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and President-designate of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), confirmed that the leadership in the UAE has always directed support for sustainable development efforts and building bridges of communication and cooperation with the international community, and that it is ...

The final moments of the Titan would have been swift – and unleashed amid a force difficult to comprehend.A North Atlantic rescue mission undertaken by at least four countries found that the submersible was destroyed by a likely implosion, scattering its debris on the ocean floor near the doomed ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting to review the situation related to Cyclone Biparjoy, in New Delhi on June 12, 2023. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister P.K. Mishra are also present. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister ...

Erik Solheim gestures while addressing the audience at a symposium on World Environment Day in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population."You see the effects of ...

Islamabad , April 25 (ANI): The recent imposition of a USD 2.48 million fine by a Pakistan civil court on China National Petroleum Corporation for allegedly violating the contract signed with the Petroleum Exploration (Pvt.) Ltd. has again brought forth the increasing economic mistrust between the two countries accentuated ...

On March 8, the Nagpur Police issued an order prohibiting begging near traffic junctions and public places in the city. A G20, or Group of 20 nations, summit was scheduled in the city from March 21-22.The order was issued under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that ...

The National Highway Authority of India Thursday opened for traffic T5 tunnel, a  870-metre tunnel that bypasses landslide-prone stretch of the mountainous road between Panthial and Magerkote, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district. Though the new tunnel will only reduce the distance by only 1.1 km, it ...

Panahi welcomes visitors warmly into the dwelling she now calls home: a bare structure with a mud floor and thatched roof, through which sunlight is streaming in. There are no chairs or charpoys (traditional woven beds). A jerrycan for carrying water, a couple of bedsheets, a few utensils and ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – A sick daughter, growing debt and skyrocketing inflation reaching record levels – faced with a situation like this, Sakina Bibi had to make some tough decisions. “My daughter Sana was recently diagnosed with cancer. I don’t have enough money to get her treated as well as ...