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Discrimination against women places Pakistan with Sub-Saharan countries
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan ranks 167 in a list of 170 countries on the Global Women, Peace and Security Index. It was placed 153rd on the Global Gender Gap Index.
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Microparticles might help in prevention of vitamin A deficiency: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Vitamin A deficiency is the largest cause of blindness in the world, and it can be lethal in severe cases. This vitamin deficiency affects almost one-third of the world's preschool-aged children and is especially widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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African countries face heat as China slows down lending
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to decelerate from 4.1 per cent in 2021 to 3.3 per cent in 2022, as a result of a slowdown in global growth, rising inflation exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, adverse weather conditions, a tightening in global financial conditions, and the risin
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18 dead in stampede while crossing into Spanish enclave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Death toll climbs to 18 in a stampede as more than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported.
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5 killed in stampede trying to breach Morocco's border into Spanish enclav
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried on Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, causing a stampede that killed five of them, official news agency MAP reported.
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Study finds around 2 million kids globally may develop asthma due to traff
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A new study has found that nearly 2 million children worldwide will develop paediatric asthma due to traffic-related pollution.
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WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.
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Arogya World wins Google AI for Social Good Support
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Today, Arogya World, a global health nonprofit, announced that it has been selected for the coveted 2021 Google AI for Social Good Program. Google experts reviewed over 150 projects from 17 countries from Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa
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IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Africa Business News join forces
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): The IMC Chamber of Commerce (IMC) and Africa Business News (ABN Group) presents the second edition of the Indo-Africa virtual summit to further unravel bilateral economic and business opportunities between countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.
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Greenlight Planet Honored the Award of Excellence - Power at 22nd Annual S
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Greenlight Planet Inc, the largest provider of solar-powered home energy products in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, has won the 'Award of Excellence - Power' at the 22nd annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards, an an
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SheerDrive raises seed round funding from Group Landmark
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): SheerDrive, a Mumbai-based digital used-car platform, has successfully closed its seed round funding with Group Landmark, a TPG portfolio company, and India's leading automobile retail chain with more than 80 facilities across 27 citie
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Terror financing from Pakistan concerns Canada: Report
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Dec 14 (ANI): A 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada has raised concerns over terror financing from various countries including Pakistan.
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