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'Insurgent strikes in Pak's Balochistan indicates growing level of disaffe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): As the emerging situation in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal indicates a political and military meltdown, the spate of insurgent strikes in recent months in Balochistan depicts a growing level of disaffection among the population.
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Pakistan's private COVID-19 vaccine sales deepening social division
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): As COVID-19 vaccines are unavailable to most of the population in Pakistan due to private sales and higher prices, leading critics believe that the country is making inoculations only for the wealthy.
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Survey reveals three in five believe more changes needed to give Black Ame
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Over 50 per cent of the population in the United States believes that the country must "continue making changes to give Black Americans equal rights to white Americans," according to a new survey reported by The Hill.
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As China grows old, elder care costs loom large
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): The seventh national census of China shows the aging population in the country is creating a policy challenge that requires covering the cost of elder care while ensuring continued prosperity for everyone else, according to a report in Voice of America (VOA).
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Over half of Canadians have received at least first COVID-19 vaccine shot
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): More than half of Canada's population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19, the CP24 television channel reports.
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UNSC calls on parties to fully comply with ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday (local time) welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and urged the sides to comply with the agreement while stressing the need for urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestine following the 11-day conflict.
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Child rights panel seeks info from Centre, states on preparations to tackl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday urged the Union Health Ministry and states to take stock of the preparations to tackle the upcoming third wave of COVID-19, which experts say is likely to impact the younger population
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60 per cent population above 45 vaccinated in J-K
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said that 60 per cent of the population above 45 years has been vaccinated in the Union Territory, which is above the national average of 32 per cent.
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China's state pension system crisis: Hong Kong insurance sector eyes USD 1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): China’s ageing population, with years of experience in underwriting medical and retirement products has snow-balled into crisis of its state pension system and Hong Kong insurance sector is seeking this opportunity to unlock USD 15.3 trillion of Beijin
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China's metropolises facing problem of aging population: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): Chinese metropolises are releasing their population data after the seventh national census, and the figures show considerable variation in the age composition in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the Global Times reports.
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Taliban maintains close ties with al Qaeda: report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): The Taliban has maintained "close ties with al Qaeda" and is "very likely preparing for large-scale offensives" against population centres and Afghan government installations, an intelligence agency of the United States federal government has said.
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China revises birth data for 2011-19 after 2020 census in wake of looming
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): After releasing its 2020 census, China is adjusting the birth data for 2011 to 2019, saying that it was based on a small sample of the total population.
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