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Issue of enforced disappearances lingers in Pakistan despite efforts by ci
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Despite efforts by civil society to raise awareness about enforced disappearances, the issue lingers in Pakistan as the State uses it with impunity.
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Differentaly abled women are more likely to have poor diets: Research
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health found that specially abled women are almost twice as likely to perceive their diet as poor and to experience food insecurity.
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Floods in Pakistan put education of 3.5 million children in jeopardy: UN R
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Following the visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Pakistan to extend support to flood victims, the United Nations released a report on Friday and said that the natural disaster had interrupted the education of nearly 3.5 million children in
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Amid fear of nuclear disaster, last reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nucl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 11 (ANI): In the wake of increasing fears of nuclear disaster, the last operational reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has been entirely shut, the state agency in charge of the plant, Energoatom said on Sunday.
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Disability could not deter Gujarat's 'Rubber Girl' from excelling in Yoga
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Despite all odds and challenges, Yoga has changed the life of a 14-year-old girl suffering from Down Syndrome with a 75 per cent intellectual disability.
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Concrete action needed to eradicate enforced disappearances: Pak rights bo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the enforced disappearances in the country and said that expressions of solidarity can be no substitute for concrete action towards safely recovering victims.
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Study suggests its useless to artificially cool water to decrease hurrican
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Miami [US], September 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, the benefits would be insignificant even if we had the infinite ability to artificially cool the oceans to the point where they would become weaker hurricanes. The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science at th
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Max Life launches 'Smart Flexi Protect Solution', a market-linked solution
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. ("Max Life" / "Company"), announced the launch of 'Smart Flexi Protect Solution'#, a three-in-one offering that provides health and enhanced life cover, along with market-linked investment returns.
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USAID chief extends full support to Pakistan to help mitigate disastrous i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power on Friday called on Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and extended full support to Pakistan to help mitigate the disastrous impacts of ravaging floods.
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Edelweiss General Insurance includes LGBTQIA+ community for its group heal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Digital insurer Edelweiss General (EGI) has announced that it has extended its Group Health Insurance policy to include members of the LGBTQIA+ community. EGI's revamped group health policy now covers both LGBTQIA+ and unmarried partn
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Disaster-hit people in immediate need of humanitarian assistance in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): As catastrophic floods and earthquakes in several provinces of Afghanistan have affected thousands of people, leaving them in immediate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thur
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4-year-old boy swept away in flooded drain in Thane
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], September 9 (ANI): A 4-year-old child is feared to have been washed away into a drain in Thane, due to a heavy downpour on Thursday.
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