London: A study has found that by 2050, more than 84 crore people will suffer from back pain. An analysis of data spanning more than 30 years found that the number of people suffering from low back pain is increasing and that by 2050 the population will increase and the population will age. More than…
According to the United Nations report, 2 million people have died due to climate change in the last 50 years, who belong to poor countries. Photo: File Geneva: A report issued by the United Nations has said that 2 million people have died in the last 50 years due to climate change and the global…
The United States has announced 245 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Sudan, an African country suffering from civil war. According to the news agency, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken says that they are giving 245 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Sudan and its neighboring countries. He added that the aid is being…
According to WMO, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather. WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high…
More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls* are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the region comes out of one of the worst droughts in 40 years, vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods over the past three years of failed rains. “The crisis…
A wave of deadly attacks reportedly targeted West Darfur’s capital, El-Geneina, in recent days, while the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 700 people had been killed and nearly 5,300 injured nationwide, after five weeks of intense clashes and bombardment. “Over one million people have now been recorded as displaced, within Sudan…
In addition to a revised request from the UN aid coordination office OCHA for $2.56 billion to fund its Humanitarian Response Plan – targeting some 18 million people in Sudan – the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that it required $472 million to assist those forced to flee across the country’s borders. The revised joint…
File photo The sub-polio campaign has started across the country from today, with a target of immunizing more than 23 million children. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Health, the polio campaign is being conducted in two phases, the first phase is from May 15 to 19, during which children will be administered…
Kenya: The world’s oldest wild male lion became a victim of a herdsman The world’s oldest wild male lion fell victim to a herdsman in Kenya. According to Kenyan authorities, the 19-year-old wild lion named Lonkitu was killed by a herdsman while hunting cattle in the Kenyan village of Olkilonet on Wednesday night. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)…
The number of IDPs is likely to increase this year, Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (Photo: File) Geneva: In 2022, a total of 70 million people were internally displaced in various countries due to wars, floods, armed conflicts and other reasons. According to a joint report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian…
