New York: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) stated in its latest report that children from poorest households were benefitting the least from national education spending thus fueling the learning crisis in the world. The report titled “Transforming Education with Equitable Financing” found the disparity
Manama: Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a Nepali ophthalmologist, received the $1 million Isa Award for Services to Humanity from Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa during a ceremony at Isa Cultural Center at Al-Fateh Compound in Manama. He is the award’s fifth laureate. Trustees considered 139 people
Mauritania: President Muhammadu Buhari in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, called on African leaders to place a premium on promoting democratic principles that will deliver good governance as a panacea for peace. The Nigerian leader stated this at the African Conference for Peace, 2023, where he
Washington DC: United States President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held “very productive” talks last week on semiconductor-related export controls on China, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday. The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls,
Sydney: Australia confirmed on Wednesday it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated A$2.8 billion ($1.96 billion), finalising a sale signed off by the US State Department last August. The Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) UH-60M Black Hawks will replace
Belfast: Co-operation Ireland announced that Queen’s University Belfast will be the venue for the inaugural All-island Schools 4 Climate Action conference. This ground-breaking conference will be the first cross-border conference of its kind, connecting 20 schools from all corners of the island to take collective action
Srinagar: Brother of Jammu and Kashmir’s former chief minister Farooq Abdullah and National Conference (NC) leader Sheikh Mustafa Kamal revealed that both the 2016 Uri attack and 2019 Pulwama attack were “orchestrated” by the Narendra Modi-led Indian government. Talking to the Indian media, Mustafa Kamal said
Kyiv: Ukraine is a step closer to winning approval for German-made modern battle tanks to confront invading Russian forces and has secured a pledge of more Patriot defence missiles as its allies appear ready to rally for the next phase of the war. Germany's Leopard 2
New Delhi: India is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country this year even though its population growth has been slowing down, United Nations says. Following are some key points about India’s demography, according to government data: - India estimates its population at 1.38
Hoshiarpur: Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are capturing all institutions in India. Addressing the media in the Hoshiarpur city of the Indian state of Punjab, Rahul Gandhi said, “Today all the institutions of