Global unemployment set to decline slightly this year: UN labour agency
The updated World Employment and Social Outlook report predicts that the global unemployment rate will be 4.9 per cent in 2024, slightly down from 5.0 per cent in 2023. This…
Indian peacekeeper is UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
Major Radhika Sen served in eastern DRC with the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, from March 2023 to April 2024 as the Commander of the Engagement Platoon for the Indian Rapid…
7 lakh deaths per year in Pakistan due to excessive use of antibiotics
Karachi: Excessive use of antibiotic drugs has become the cause of 7 lakh deaths annually in Pakistan. Experts say that as a result of infections caused by bacteria resistant to…
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April, nine children lost their lives during…
The American Academy of Neurology honored the Pakistani professor with the Advocate of the Year Award
Photo: Social Media Karachi: Professor of Neurology at the Aga Khan University’s Department of Medicine, Mohammad Wasay, was awarded the Colorado Advocate of the Year Award by the American Academy…
Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war
Suffering is growing too and is likely to get worse, Justin Brady, head of the UN humanitarian relief office, OCHA, in Sudan, warned UN News. “Without more resources, not only…
The first solar eclipse of this year has started in different countries of the world
The solar eclipse will begin in Mexico: Photo: File New York: The first solar eclipse of the year began in different states of America. According to foreign media reports, the…
Every year 70 thousand children are born with heart diseases, treatment facilities are insufficient
20% of children die due to lack of timely treatment and 80% of children remain healthy with treatment, Professor Sohail Bangash. Photo: File Every year more than 70 thousand children…
How many children died of measles in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year?
— file photo This year, more than 1,000 cases of measles have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Director EPI Dr. Muhammad Arif has said that more than 1,000 measles cases…
ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters its thirteenth year
This was a reminder of the ongoing impact of a conflict which has now dragged on for more than 12 years and rarely makes headlines, even though it continues to…