Beijing: A study found that light-assisted sleep can improve sleep and reduce depression and aggressive behavior in dementia patients. A study conducted at Weifeng Medical University in China found that exposure to bright light can help reset the body clock. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, studied 15 trials conducted in seven different…
Photo: Express Lahore: The first entry test was held in Lahore under the Al Khidmat Banu Qab program in which thousands of young male and female students participated. On this occasion, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Lahore Ziauddin Ansari, Vice President of Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan Zikrullah Mujahid, President of Al-Khidmat Central Punjab Ikram-ul-Haq Subhani, President of Al-Khidmat Lahore…
Water Corporation is an unbridled horse, its staff should be subordinated to Towns Chairman, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi. Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that K Electric is a mafia, municipal tax should not be charged in Bijels Bills. A meeting of Karachi City Council was held under the chairmanship of Mayor Karachi Murtaza…
The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup schedule has been released, the event will be played in South Africa from January 19. According to ICC, the Under-19 World Cup was to be held in Sri Lanka, but the event was shifted to South Africa after Sri Lanka’s membership was suspended. The first match of the U-19…
The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ or ‘phaseout’, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier on Monday was one of the keys to the conference’s success and which many nations have demanded. Rather, the draft text called for countries to reduce “consumption and…
This year, the anti-corruption conference, as the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) is popularly known, marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Convention. “Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope,” Mr. Guterres said in a video message, urging all Parties to use this opportunity to strengthen international cooperation to prevent, detect,…
Briefing ambassadors at the UN Security Council, Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General noted steady progress in the electoral process despite significant logistical, financial, and security challenges. However, the resurgence of the crises related to the M23 group in the east, and new pockets of insecurity in the Greater Katanga region, Mai-Ndombe and Tshopo…
In a video message to a high-level event marking the 75th anniversary of the Declaration, Mr. Guterres recalled that the landmark document presented a “beacon of hope” for humanity and a blueprint for fundamental freedoms. “As we celebrate this 75th anniversary, I call on every Member State to use this opportunity, and the Summit of…
Launching the Global Humanitarian Overview, Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, praised the heroic efforts of humanitarians but emphasized that international support is falling far short of the escalating needs. “We thank all donors for their contributions, which amount to $20 billion so far this year – but that is just a third of what was…
Speaking in Doha at the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview, Mr. Griffiths said that the situation was “getting worse”, while efforts to secure “moments of peace” remained of the “greatest importance”. According to the latest update on the emergency from UN relief coordination office (OCHA), tens of thousands of people “in desperate need of food, water, shelter,…
