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Afghanistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign to immunise 7.3
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Ministry of Public Health has launched a four-day polio vaccination campaign in 19 provinces, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under five. Vaccination teams are working in neighborhoods across the country. Public awareness and continued investment are crucial, say doctors. Tolo N
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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes Chile
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Chile's San Antonio province on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Typhoon Wipha hits China after disrupting Hong Kong
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Typhoon Wipha made landfall in Taishan city, Guangdong province, China, on Sunday evening, after it pounded Hong Kong, disrupting hundreds of flights in the region, Al Jazeera reported, citing state-run CCTV.
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Pakistan: Punjab province on high alert as rain-related deaths rise to 123
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Punjab province of Pakistan remains on edge as the death toll from torrential rains continues to rise, with 71 fatalities recorded in just the last 48 hours, taking the total number of casualties to 123 since June 25, the Dawn reported on Saturday, citing Punjab's Provincial Disaster Man
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Nepal's southern plain go dry mid-monsoon, throws life out of gear worryin
Updated : 8 months ago IST
A severe drought in Nepal's Madhesh province has dried up water sources, affecting farming and daily life. Only 36% of paddy fields are planted. The government is using fire engines to deliver water. Locals face acute water shortages, and pleas for aid from the union government remain unansw
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Pakistan: Heavy rains and storms leave 37 dead, 90 injured across Punjab a
Updated : 8 months ago IST
According to the report, most casualties were caused by roof collapse incidents amid heavy rains and storms that battered large parts of the province.
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Pakistan: 9 dead, 92 injured in rain-related incidents across Punjab provi
Updated : 8 months ago IST
According to Dawn, in Bahawalnagar, three children lost their lives and 17 individuals were injured; meanwhile, in Okara, the deaths of two teenagers, including a girl, were reported, with 12 others hurt in similar incidents. Lahore also saw three fatalities and eight injuries due to the dow
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Raja slams Hamza over X post, warns against fut
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja publicly slammed the party's chief organiser in the country's Punjab province, Aliya Hamza, for her recent post on the social media platform X, where she expressed dissatisfaction regarding a recent party event held in Lah
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Alberta Premier urges Canadian PM to designate Lawrence Bishnoi gang as "t
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Premier of Alberta province in Canada, Danielle Smith, has called on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet to formally designate the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a "terrorist entity", citing the gang's role in transnational crime, violence, and threats to public safety both in
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Five jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders demand free and fair polls
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In an open letter released on Saturday, PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, former governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Yasmin Rashid, and Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed stated that two provinces of Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan - were facing the worst kind of ter
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JP Nadda meets Saudi-India Business Council Chief, highlights investment o
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Health Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda engaged with the Chairman of the Saudi-India Business Council, Abdulaziz Al Qahtani, along with the business community in Dammam in the country's Eastern Province, with discussions on the expansion of the economic partnership between
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Japan pledges $5 million to help immunise 13 million Afghan children again
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Japan has provided USD 5 million through UNICEF to bolster polio eradication efforts and strengthen immunisation programs across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
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