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More than quarter of world's population has no safe drinking water: UNESCO
Updated : 3 years ago IST
More than a quarter, 26 per cent of the world's population, comprising approximately 2 billion people, do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion or 46 per cent lack access to safely managed sanitation, according to the report, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water and released a
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24 major cities in Pakistan do not have access to clean water: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Along with water channels, Pakistan is also dependent on rain for its water supply. Climate change has exacerbated the water crisis affecting the rainfall pattern and causing a huge water shortage in the country leading to prolonged droughts. This is making it even more challenging to manage
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Provide adequate manpower or don't blame controllers for untoward incident
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) Guild has written a letter to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) Chairman over the shortage of manpower for the smooth functioning of Air Traffic Control (ATC) across the country.
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Crew shortage forces Air India to curtail US operations
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Air India will temporarily suspend six of its 47 weekly nonstops to the United States (US) for the next two to three months due to crew shortage, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said on Monday.
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Afghanistan seeks UN support for wheat storage amid concerns of drought
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Afghanistan has sought help from the United Nations (UN) amid rising concerns about drought in the war-stricken country, asking the organisation to provide storage facilities for wheat, TOLOnews reported.
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Pak economic meltdown results in shortage of life-saving medicines
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that it had already warned the government that the failure to open letters of credit (LC) for the import of raw materials would result in an acute shortage of medicine.
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Pakistan's wheat production target likely to dip by 1.7 million tonnes
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Wheat production is likely to remain around 26.7 million tonnes as against the envisaged wheat production target of 28.4 million tonnes.
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CM Dhami informs Union Minister RK Singh about power shortage in Uttarakha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday called on Union Power Minister RK Singh in the national capital on Friday.
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PoK: Talibanisation of oppressed people
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For almost three years now, protests against load shedding, shortages of wheat and water, increased progressive taxation and land grab by Pakistan military has been a daily occurrence.
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Trashigang's Lephu farmers use tarpaulin pond liners to avert water shorta
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The villagers in Trashigang's Leyphu village have discovered a straightforward solution, which entails harvesting and storing water in pits lined with tarpaulin sheets
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Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For weeks, public protests have reverberated across Gilgit city over 22-hour power shortages. A new wave of protests is likely to hit the region from March 10.
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WeLoveU takes the lead in supply of healthy blood, Through voluntary non-r
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI/SRV): Misinformation about blood donation and the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic are the main factors that exacerbate the blood donation shortage. The low rate of voluntary, non-remunerated donations is also a difficult problem to solve. In times like these, the
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