Kanni Wignaraja, Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, who recently visited the country, told correspondents in New York that 69 per cent of Afghans are “subsistence insecure” – meaning they do not have enough basic resources. “Something that really hit me … was the harsh impact of continuous natural disasters,” she…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media A railway bridge under construction collapsed in the Indian state of Mizoram, killing 17 people. According to Indian media, the accident happened around 10 am and at that time many working people were present at the accident site. According to the Indian police, 17 bodies have been removed from the…
Bhagalpur: An under-construction bridge in the Indian state of Bihar has collapsed for the second time in a year, which was being built at a cost of crores. According to local media reports, a part of this bridge, which was being prepared for the movement of large vehicles, suddenly collapsed, in which fortunately no one…
Screen grab US President Joe Biden fell down after hitting a small sandbag on stage during an event. President Biden attended a graduation ceremony for cadets graduating from the Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, where the incident happened to him. At this point, Air Force personnel on the stage handled the US President…
