Important news came regarding private schools Important news has come regarding private schools. On the direction of Sindh Education Minister, the directorate has taken action against the schools in Karachi that do not implement the 10% freeship law. In this regard, Additional Director Rafia Mallah says that the registration process of 54 private schools has…
Karachi: 78 police personnel were transferred from Shikarpur to Karachi on the charge of facilitating the dacoits of raw materials. According to police sources, a secret inquiry was initiated against the officials posted in Shikarpur after information was leaked during the operation against the dacoits, which revealed that they were alleged facilitators of the dacoits….
The SBCA had requested the suspension of several officers a few years back—File: Photo Karachi: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) officer facing serious charges of illegal construction and system operation was appointed as his personal staff officer by the DG, who was also requested to be dismissed from the job. According to Express, irregularities…
Michigan: Scientists have developed a urine test that can diagnose prostate cancer without biopsy. The test will look at 18 genes associated with the disease. University of Michigan researchers who developed a test called My Prostate Score 2.0 (MPS2) aim to distinguish between fast- and slow-growing prostate cancer. Most prostate cancers grow slowly (or don’t…
Bassem Al-Habal carried a large bag of flour provided by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, inside one of the shelters in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, part of his daily journey to find food and water for his family while overcoming displacement, bombardment and the challenges of being…
“We are exploring corrective administrative action to be taken in that person’s case,” he said, speaking during the daily press briefing in New York. Meanwhile, eight staff remain under investigation by the UN’s internal oversight body, OIOS, which also suspended three cases “as the information provided by Israel is not sufficient for OIOS to proceed…
Kenya has offered to lead the multinational mission that aims to provide much needed back up to the national police in a bid to regain control of the streets from gang rule, which has plunged the country into chaos in recent months. Kenya was joined by the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Chad and Jamaica in…
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April, nine children lost their lives during attacks. UNICEF‘s Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, said during a visit to the war-torn country that children and families are…
The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals brings together a diverse group of governments, organisations and UN bodies to develop a set of common and voluntary principles to protect environmental and social standards aimed at embedding justice in the energy transition. “A world powered by renewables is a world hungry for critical minerals,”…
Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris. He said it was impossible to determine the exact amount of unexploded ordnance in the enclave where formerly heavily built-up and densely populated neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble,…
