The health minister of the Indian state of Orissa was shot dead by a police officer on security duty. 60-year-old Health Minister Naba Das had arrived in Brijrajnagar city to attend a function. While alighting from the official vehicle, a citizen garlanded him with flowers, while the policeman opened fire. The health minister was rushed…
Photo: File Gold prices rose on the first business day of the week in the country. According to All Pakistan Gems and Jewelers Association, the price of gold per tola has increased by Rs 1500 today. After this increase, the price of gold per tola in the country became 2 lakh 10 thousand 500 rupees….
Photo: File The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a sharp decline today where the 100 index fell below the 40,000 mark. The PSX benchmark 100 index closed down 579 points at 39,871 by the end of trading. 14 crore shares were traded in the stock market today, the value of which was 5 billion 45…
File photo After the suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached the provincial capital Peshawar. According to the announcement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Prime Minister will be briefed on all aspects related to the blast. The Prime Minister will also visit the people injured in the blast. Defense Minister…
Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply cannot function without women staff. The officials reported on their mission to the country last week, in the wake of the edict prohibiting Afghan women from working with local and international…
Ahead of 1 February – marking two years since the military overturned and arbitrarily detained members of the democratically elected civilian Government, including President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – the Secretary-General, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, raised several concerns. He also condemned all forms of violence…
News reports stated that a militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred at a crowded mosque. Reports showed that the bombing caused the roof to collapse on top of those inside. ‘Abhorrent’ attack “It is particularly abhorrent that the attack occurred at a place of worship,” the Secretary-General António Guterres said in…
“Children continue to pay the highest price of violence,” the statement declared. “As the situation remains very volatile, UNICEF fears that an increasing number of children will suffer.” Just a few weeks into the new year, seven Palestinian children and one Israeli child had been killed and many more injured. Since 26 January alone, the terrorist attack outside…
Tedros’s decision follows the advice offered at the latest coronavirus Emergency Committee meeting last Friday, held at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva via videoconference. “There is little doubt that this virus will remain a permanently established pathogen in humans and animals for the foreseeable future,” the Committee said. It is three years to…
The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya was established by the Human Rights Council in June 2020, to investigate alleged abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed in Libya since 2016. The panel’s latest official visit to Libya which ended on Sunday heard testimony from victims’ relatives of extrajudicial killings, torture,…
