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Survivors of weather-related disasters may have accelerated ageing: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Arizona [US], February 8 (ANI): Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in 2017. It left in its wake, the largest catastrophe in the history of the island. The storm killed over 3,000 people in its immediate aftermath, knocked out power to nearly all of the island's 3.4 million residents, a
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US lawmakers urge Biden to release frozen Afghan funds to prevent imminent
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, three US lawmakers urged US President Joe Biden to release the country's assets to prevent imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the Afghan people.
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Pakistan: Oppn leader Shehbaz Sharif blames PM Imran Khan for economic cat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): Pakistan National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has blamed the ruling Imran Khan government in Pakistan for economic catastrophe starting with a trade deficit of more than USD 5 billion.
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Cultural Revolution a 'catastrophe', says CPC Sixth Plenum resolution
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 3 (ANI): Communist Party of China's Sixth Plenum's resolution has acknowledged that Beijing's Cultural Revolution was a mistake, according to a report.
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Russia criticizes US for Afghanistan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 28 (ANI): Russia has criticized the United States for the current crisis that is gripping Afghanistan, and said Washington placed the country in a big humanitarian catastrophe.
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Amid unfolding Afghan humanitarian crisis, Taliban worry more about 'Islam
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 24 (ANI): Even as a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Afghanistan, the Taliban seem to be more worried about whether or not 'Islamic' values are being followed in the country.
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China: CPC's Sixth Plenum Resolution terms Cultural Revolution 'catastroph
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 24 (ANI): The Sixth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) cemented the position of Chairman Xi Jinping has termed Cultural Revolution as "a catastrophe" and the Tiananmen incident as "political turmoil".
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China urges IMF, WB to resume cooperation with Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 (ANI): Pakistan and China are making efforts at multiple levels for the Taliban government to have a soft landing. In continuation with it, China urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to resume cooperation with Afghanistan.
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World in growing catastrophe but has ability to build clean energy future:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], October 1 (ANI): Stressing that the world is in growing catastrophe, US President Joe Biden said that despite challenges the globe has the capacity to build an equitable clean energy future.
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UN chief calls for leadership in climate action ahead of Glasgow conferenc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 26 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday stressed the need to close the "leadership gap" in climate action before the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
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PML-N says Imran govt costing Pak billions, urges people to protest over e
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Lashing out at the Imran Khan government over rising inflation, economic catastrophe, unemployment and other issues, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stressed that the current government needs a complete holiday and has asked the people to get out
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UN chief warns 'urgent' international response needed in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that an "urgent" international response is needed to prevent the crisis in Myanmar from becoming a "catastrophe" in the heart of Southeast Asia and beyond.
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