Search For "crisis"
Measures to curb looming economic crisis to be taken: Pak Finance Minister
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): In a high-profile meeting on Saturday, the Finance Minister of Pakistan, Miftah Ismail affirmed measures to curb the outflow of foreign exchange from Pakistan through informal channels.
Read More
Tourism collapse deepens Sri Lankan economic crisis, hospitality bears bru
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Tourism industry in Sri Lanka is severely affected as the country is gripped by a severe economic crisis.
Read More
Advisories issued to citizens, education institutions amid 'severe' heatwa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's health authorities have issued advisories for people and educational institutions as the mercury shooting as high -- in some regions, it crossed 50 degrees Celsius.
Read More
Heatwave scorches Pakistan, mercury shoots to 51 degrees Celsius in Jacoba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Heatwave across Pakistan is creating a major health crisis with mercury shooting as high as 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh on Saturday.
Read More
Sri Lanka: Two names nominated as Deputy Speaker in Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amidst a severe political crisis in Sri Lanka, two names have been proposed to fill the vacancy of the position of the Deputy Speaker in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Read More
Lebanon holds parliamentary election amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], May 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon opened polling stations for the country's general elections on Sunday amid a severe economic crisis.
Read More
Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Shanghai 'shuts' half of its make-shift hospitals
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Shanghai, the city has closed half of its make-shift hospitals, warning the citizens of possible epidemic rebounds in some old neighbourhoods.
Read More
Tensions escalate between Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh provinces over water sh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Acute water shortage along with a searing heatwave have sparked tensions between Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan over their share of the nation's water resources.
Read More
Sri Lanka: Nation's economic meltdown uncovers Chinese 'debt-trap' policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): China offered debt-stricken Sri Lanka more loans to overcome its economic distress amid rising protests in the country.
Read More
Villagers dig pits in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district to get water
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Water crisis in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district has pushed villagers into a distressful situation during the peak summer months.
Read More
Solutions to economic crisis must be found in accordance with people's wis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that solutions to the economic and political crisis must be found in accordance with the wishes of people.
Read More
G7 urges China not to undermine sanctions imposed on Russia
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The group of seven industrialized nations, representing the world's richest nations, on Saturday urged China not to undermine the sanctions imposed on Russia for its attack on Ukraine and also not to justify Moscow's action in Kyiv, G7 said in a statement.
Read More