Kabul: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has handed over Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) to Afghanistan to combat Covid-19, according to a media report. In a statement issued, the NDMA said that on behalf of the government of Pakistan PPEs and medical equipment have been handed
New York: A desperate move by the aspirants of permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council — India, Brazil, Germany and Japan — to scuttle the UN process to reform the 15-member body appears to be heading towards a collapse. The move by the four
Bengaluru: A third wave of coronavirus infections is likely to hit India by October, and although it will be better controlled than the latest outbreak the pandemic will remain a public health threat for at least another year, according to a Reuters poll of medical
Srinagar: Indian forces have sexually assaulted and gang-raped more than 11,000 women in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during the past three decades, according to a report from a local news outlet, which added that another 2,342 women were martyred as well. Indian forces' aggression and
New Delhi: India has some of the highest farmer suicide rates in the world but the trend has increased since Narendra Modi came to power in the country. The suicide rate among Indian farmers rose by 40 percent after Modi became Prime Minister in 2014. Political
Islamabad: According to a report prepared by an international investigation agency the ‘Anti-terrorism squad’, in India’s Maharashtra state, the recently confiscated nuclear material is worth around $2.9 million and an investigation into the case is under way. “We had received information that one person identified
New Delhi: The mother of a woman who was raped and murdered in India has been left "devastated" after her daughter's alleged killer applied for bail citing Covid-19 delays. Danielle McLaughlin, from Buncrana in Co Donegal, was found dead in a secluded spot in Canacona, an
Brussels: Water scarcity and drought are set to wreak damage on a scale to rival the Covid-19 pandemic with risks growing rapidly as global temperatures rise, according to the United Nations. “Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine
New York: COVID-19-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations. While the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the United
Ottawa: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Justice Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada – the first Muslim judge to take the seat. He will replace Justice Rosalie Abella, who retires from the top court on Canada Day, according to