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Pakistan: Kurram District's main highway closed for 73 days, locals face s
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The main highway in Pakistan's Kurram District, located near the Pak-Afghan border, has remained closed for 73 consecutive days due to ongoing unrest, leading to severe hardships for local residents. Protesters claim that the residents of Parachinar are now on the verge of starvation.
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Here is how cancer cells fend off starvation, death from chemotherapy, fin
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Laboratory experiments with cancer cells reveal two ways in which tumors evade drugs designed to starve and kill them, a new study shows. While chemotherapy successfully treats tumours and extends patients' lives, it is known that they do not work for everyone for long, since cancer cells re
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UN report describes Israel's conduct in Gaza as "consistent with character
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A new United Nations Special Committee report described Israel's conduct in Gaza as "consistent with the characteristics of genocide," including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, CNN reported.
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Gaza faces imminent famine as over 1 mn grapple with starvation, UN report
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The dire situation, exacerbated by acute hunger affecting 70 per cent of the population, paints a grim picture of imminent catastrophe.
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"Deliberate, malicious attempt...": India refutes study claiming 6.7 milli
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A Harvard study, published last month in the JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed journal, found that the prevalence of "zero-food children" is as high as 21 per cent in some countries.
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Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh, government resign
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Announcing his resignation, Shtayyeh said he was moved to step down due to the "unprecedented escalation" in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, and the "war, genocide and starvation in the Gaza Strip".
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'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon joins hunger strike for Gaza outside
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Nixon said that the protest was against the high casualty count in Gaza resulting from Israeli strikes, asserting that it surpassed the civilian toll during the US war in Afghanistan. She claims that Gaza is on the brink of starvation.
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Israel-Hamas war: Third humanitarian aid convoy enters Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Gaza, home to over 2 million civilians, faces the ongoing threat of severe dehydration and starvation due to Israel's persistent bombardment and complete blockade.
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Hamas urges global relief organisations to send vital supplies to Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The region faces the risk of starvation and the imminent depletion of fuel resources.
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Study finds new ways how pancreatic cancer cells prevent starvation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a recent study, a new therapy regimen safely reduced the growth of pancreatic cancer in mice by stopping the cancer cells from scavenging for fuel.
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Nine million people in Afghanistan on verge of facing acute starvation: UN
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Beasley wrote on Twitter that the world cannot turn its back on the Afghan people in this hour of unprecedented crisis, and donor countries and aid organizations should generously contribute to help the people of Afghanistan during these difficult times, according to Khaama Press.
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Samarthanam raises awareness about impact of post-Covid on persons with di
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The first and second waves of COVID19 had adversely affected globally to persons with disabilities. Thousands of persons with disabilities lost their lives due to infection of COVID19, starvation, and hunger, without medication and treatment, rehabilitation services and got secondary complic
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