Today, the world counts 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24: the largest such generation in history. Close to 90 per cent of those in this age range live in developing countries, where they make up a large proportion of the population. However, from the ever-increasing effects of climate change to…
“Malawi is really experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its recorded history – nothing less than that – and the country is also struggling to respond to an earlier outbreak and ongoing COVID-19 cases across the nation,” said Rudolf Schwenk, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Malawi Representative. In an update to journalists in Geneva, Mr. Schwenk…
“It is hard to imagine peace while State actors continue to be involved in gross human rights violations,” said Commission member Barney Afako, presenting the latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. “A true demonstration of the Government’s stated commitments to peace and human rights would involve dismissing the responsible officials and initiating…
WMO continues to monitor the “remarkable” tropical storm, which has cut a destructive path across the two countries since it first developed a month ago. At least 21 people have been killed, and thousands more displaced, with the latest deaths reported in Madagascar on Monday. Major impact “Freddy is having a major socio-economic and…
Like many women in Tajikistan, Shermatova Marjona has experienced gender-based violence. Ms. Shermatova met her husband while she was working abroad as a cleaner in Moscow, Russia. It wasn’t long before they were married, and he persuaded her to send all the money she earned to her father-in-law in Tajikistan, who was to use the…
Islamabad: The Public Accounts Committee has ordered an audit of the budget, seeking details of salaries and allowances of the judges of the higher judiciary. According to the report, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Noor Alam Khan, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament. Audit objections for the year…
Mumbai: After the blockbuster film ‘Pathan’ with Shah Rukh Khan, now Deepika Padukone will be seen in the new film ‘Project K’ with South Indian superstar Prabhas. Directed by famous director Nag Ashwin, the film will also star legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan along with Baahubali star Prabhas and style queen Deepika Padukone. Indian media claims…
US Army Major General Matthew MacFarlane, who is stationed in Iraq, salutes the Secretary of Defense. 20 years of the US invasion of Iraq will be completed this month, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Baghdad today. He said in his tweet that I came here to confirm the strategic partnership between America…
The dead bodies of 7 Pakistanis who died in Italy boat accident have reached Lahore.
The dollar became cheaper by 5 paise today in the interbank exchange market. The dollar closed at Rs 277.87 by 5 paise against the rupee in interbank. The dollar had closed at Rs 277.92 in the interbank yesterday. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function…
