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Global Leaders Unite to pledge commitments to ending Neglected Tropical Di
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ahead of the World NTD Day on January 30, global leaders convened today to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the London Declaration and kick off endorsements to the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) - a high-level politi
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Pakistan: NTDC bans whistleblowing against its own mismanagement
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Pakistan's National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has imposed a ban on whistleblowing against its own corruption amounting to billions of rupees, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan power transmission firm blacklists Chinese company over 'forged'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 17 (ANI): Pakistan's National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has blacklisted a Chinese firm and stopped it from taking part in the tenders/bidding process for a month.
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World Bank unearths massive financial fraud in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The World Bank has unearthed a racket of 23 Pakistan companies adopting corrupt, fraudulent, collusive and coercive practices to win contracts for projects undertaken by the Distribution Companies (DISCOS) and National Transmission and Dispatch Company (N
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India donates funds to Taiwan to boost cooperation on traditional medicine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 27 (ANI): India has donated Rs 1.5 million (NTD 570,000) to Taiwan's National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine (NRICM) on Friday to boost cooperation in traditional medicine.
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Chinese transmission threatens to move Pak company to international arbitr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 11 (ANI): In a shock to Pakistan, Chinese company Pak Matiari- Lahore Transmission Company (PMLTC), which completed the Matiari-Lahore HVDC Transmission Project with the investment of USD 2.2 billion in two years time, has threatened to take the government-owne
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Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for blackout
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): The massive power outage in Pakistan that plunged the country into darkness on Saturday was triggered by human error that caused a faulty circuit breaker, according to the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC).
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Power supply restored in some areas in Pakistan after major breakdown
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Power is gradually being restored in many areas of Pakistan after a major breakdown left the entire country in darkness just before midnight on Saturday, Geo News reported.
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Neglected tropical diseases leave victims liable to families, says expert
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Nov 21 (ANI): Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), such as intestinal worms in children, river blindness and glaucoma, cause physical disability among the victims and make them liable to their families and societies for the rest of their lives especially in poor countries
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Pak, World Bank ink agreements in power, water sectors
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Pakistan and the World Bank on Thursday inked agreements worth $565 million to help build and support the projects in power and water sectors.
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Leader in fight against leprosy bags WHO gold medal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has been conferred with the World Health Organisation's gold medal at the Global Partners Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), held in Geneva.
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