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Climate change adds fuel to an imminent wheat crisis in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): As Pakistan grapples with an acute economic crisis, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has released climate summaries that indicate that climate change in the country is leading to an acute wheat shortage accompanied by food and water scarcity.
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Half of Afghanistan's population facing acute hunger: WFP
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday said that record levels of hunger persist in Afghanistan.
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Nearly 20 million facing acute hunger in Afghanistan: UN
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Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan - almost half the population - are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in an UN-backed report, published on Monday.
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Sindh CM asks farmers to not cultivate rice amid acute water scarcity in P
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in view of the monumental shortage of water in the country, has asked the farmers to not cultivate rice.
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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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3 out of 4 Pakistan provinces suffer from acute food scarcity
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces are suffering from acute food shortages, according to a report released by the Global Report on Food Crises recently.
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Extreme hunger 'grips' Afghanistan, Taliban accountable: Reports
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): Afghanistan has been grappling with an acute food crisis, with over 22 million people, or more than half of the country's population suffering from severe hunger and the majority unable to anticipate when their next meal will arrive, according to the United
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Pakistan: Thatta people protest against water scarcity, blocks National Hi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): People of Thatta, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, staged a sit-in protest on Thursday, blocking the National Highway on account of the acute water shortage in the Sindh province.
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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Researchers find combining certain medicines with ibuprofen can cause perm
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Waterloo (Ontario) [Canada], May 5 (ANI): According to new research, people taking diuretics and renin-angiotensin (RSA) inhibitors for high blood pressure should also be careful to take ibuprofen as the combination can cause acute kidney injury, which can be permanent in some cases.
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Acute sleep loss can alter how we see others: Research
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Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces as less trustworthy and healthy-looking. Furthermore, neutral and fearful faces appear less attractive following sleep loss, suggests the findings of a new study from Uppsala University.
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Pakistan likely to face acute water shortage within three years
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Of all the crises confronting Pakistan today, water scarcity is the least talked about but most challenging for a country where over 30 million citizens have no access to clean drinking water. In three years, Pakistan will be staring at acute water scarcity
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