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WHO sounds alarm on rising pace of technology-facilitated violence
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The latest estimates on intimate partner violence (IPV) note that lifetime IPV prevalence in South-East Asia Region is 31.5%, one of the highest across all WHO regions. Digital violence--including cyberstalking, image-based abuse, trolling, doxing, and online harassment--is rising at an alar
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Pakistan: Forced 'lockdowns' in certain cities due to extreme pollution. A
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The smog situation continues to worsen in Pakistan's Punjab. On Friday morning, the city of Multan turned apocalyptic as the city crossed the 2000 mark on Air Quality Index reading, as per Dawn.
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Gaza war hampers Israeli tourism industry's post-COVID recovery
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 3.2 million foreign visitors entered the country in 2023. This was more than the 2.9 million in 2022, but still a great deal less than the 4.6 million in 2019, the year prior to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.
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Sharp decline in visitor arrivals to Israel in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reported that 3.2 million foreign visitors entered the country in 2023. This was more than the 2.9 million in 2022, but still a great deal less than the 4.6 million in 2019, the last year before the COVID crisis lockdowns.
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Weakening demand, inflation, and geopolitics - major causes for prolonged
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 4: Dr. K. V. Srinivasan, the newly elected President of the 119-year-old International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), Zurich, Switzerland, which represents the entire textile value chain across the world, has stated that the global textile indu
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Study explores linkage between changes in human mobility, impact on medica
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As the world dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic's lockdowns and limitations, researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University undertook a comprehensive study to explore the relationship between changes in human mobility and the impact on medical costs connected with lifestyle-related disorders.
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China in 2023: Xi doubles down on his "struggle"
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Throughout 2023, China struggled to emerge from under COVID-19's shadow, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) inexplicably reversed course on its policy of draconian lockdowns at the end of 2022.
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Millions of Chinese 'blacklisted' for debts as loan default hits record hi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Millions of Chinese borrowers have been blacklisted for failing to pay their debts and are mostly between the ages of 18 and 59, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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Safer, Inclusive Schools Critical for Children's Learning: Coalition for G
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25: The Asia Regional Hub for Coalition for Good Schools, today released the findings from its report titled 'Creating Good Schools: Preventing School Based Violence against Children in Southern Asia.' Coalition for Good Schools is a global network committed to a
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China unlikely to impose lockdown despite Covid-19 surge
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Though other countries have long settled into such a pattern, it is a shift for China. Until late last year, its national leadership was still ready to lock down whole neighbourhoods and districts, even cities, in a bid to stamp out what were sometimes just small clusters of cases.
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China's new bank loans tumble more than expected in April: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China's new bank loans tumbled more than expected in April from the previous month. The development has further raised concerns regarding the economy's recovery and regulators have called on banks to cap rates offered on some deposits from next week, The Standard reported.
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Festivals in Bhutan attract thousands of tourists, help maintain sustainab
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As per The Bhutan Live, the figures are expected to go up as Bhutan is welcoming tourists again after the lockdowns. Attending festivals are a great way to understand a country's culture and history.
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