Search For "provinces"
China's drought threatens its food and energy security
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 1 (ANI): Over 900 million people in over 17 provinces, as well as an estimated 2.2 million hectares of agricultural land in China, have been impacted by the record high temperatures, adversely impacting its food and energy security.
Read More
Over 2 lakh people affected by natural disasters in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Occurrences of floods and earthquakes across several provinces of Afghanistan have affected more than 2,23,000 people over the past several months, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report.
Read More
Mass protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini may assume dimensions of s
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 26 (ANI): For more than a week, mass protests are being held in more than 80 towns and cities across the 31 provinces of Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after she was arrested by the hated morality police of
Read More
Pakistan's cry for flood relief new tactic to seek more funds?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): While Pakistan continues to be ravaged by floods, especially in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, Pakistan is now playing a victim of its own man-made disaster fabricated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Read More
Afghanistan provinces of Parwan, Kandahar witness mass evacuation as Talib
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): Taliban has begun carrying out door-to-door nighttime raids in the central and southern provinces of Kandahar and Parwan in Afghanistan under the pretext of tracking down illegal arms, triggering fear among locals, leading to mass evacuations.
Read More
Taliban, Pak security forces clash over Durand line
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 15 (ANI): Amid border tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the Durand line, spokesperson of the Taliban has said that fresh clashes between the security forces of the two countries have been reported in Paktia province, as per local media.
Read More
UNICEF decides to set up mobile classes for quake-hit children in South-Ea
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has decided to set-up the mobile educational classes for children who lost their family members to the devastating earthquakes of June that shook the southeastern provinces of Afghani
Read More
Pakistan: Economic loss due to floods rises to around USD 18 billion
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The estimated economic loss due to the unprecedented floods in Pakistan has neared around USD 18 billion, an increase from USD 12.5 billion estimated earlier, as calculated by the Centre and endorsed by the provinces.
Read More
Disaster-hit people in immediate need of humanitarian assistance in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 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
Read More
Loopholes in legislation cause rise in domestic violence incidents in Chin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 9 (ANI): The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an excessive rise in cases of domestic violence across several provinces of China due to loopholes in draft laws of the country which failed to cover couples who were divorced, unmarried, or in same-sex
Read More
Canadian mass stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson arrested
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 8 (ANI): A manhunt that spanned three provinces and prompted questions about why Myles Sanderson was granted prison parole despite a history of violence ended on Wednesday (local time) after his arrest by Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP).
Read More
Six dead, 9 injured as 5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): At least six people were killed and nine others were injured after an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit several provinces of Afghanistan on Monday morning.
Read More