According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021 – the early years of the global health emergency – life expectancy around the world dropped by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, which is the 2012 level. Responding to the findings, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the fragility of global health advances when confronted with…
The updated Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3) – issued by the Government, alongside the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN – covers damage incurred since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 to the end of last December. The highest needs are in housing, or 17 per…
Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, according to a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report comes as the latest annual UN climate conference, COP28, reaches its midway point…
They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This demands political will to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, inequality and stratification at both the domestic and international levels,” they said in a statement. Achieving this goal means that inequalities within and among countries…
“Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 per cent believe men make better business executives than women,” according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report. “Social norms that impair women’s rights are detrimental to society more broadly,…
London: UK house prices fell sharply for the first time in 11 years, as extra borrowing costs weighed on buyers, according to data released by British lender Halifax Bank. Halifax said average house prices fell 1 percent in May compared to June last year, while their overall market rates fell by 7,500 British pounds ($9,330)…
The Israeli bombardment killed a 4-year-old Palestinian child who suffered from panic. According to foreign media reports, a 4-year-old child, Tamim Daoud, a resident of al-Rimal area of Gaza, lost his life when Israel bombed Palestine late at night. The eyes of Tamim Dawood and his family were opened by the sounds of late night…
During the last decade of Ramadan, a unique record of more than 1 million pilgrims and pilgrims has been established in Masjid al-Haram (Makkah). On the night of Saturday 25th of Ramadan, 1.246 million (about twelve and a half lakh) Umrah pilgrims were present in Masjid Haram. Thus, in this Ramadan, an extraordinary number of…
The Indian flag was taken down and the flag of Khalistan was hoisted at the Indian High Commission; Photo: File New Delhi: Worried by the global movement of separatist Sikhs, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned his British counterpart Rishi Sonak and demanded a crackdown on supporters of Khalistan. Leaders and workers of Khalistan, who…
In a new report, UNCTAD projects that annual growth across large parts of the global economy will be below pre-pandemic levels in 2023. High interest rates combined with soaring debt levels will add to the “crushing” effect on developing countries over the coming years, to the tune of at least $800 billion. The UN body…
