UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): UN Women has unveiled a feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, learning from the Covid-19 pandemic and previous crises.
The pandemic has exacerbated pre-
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistans capital on August 15, the war-torn countrys already fragile economy has spiraled into despair, The New York Post reported.
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Washington, September 17 (AP): President Joe Biden's decision to form a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China is angering France and the European Union. They're fee
Beijing, September 17 (PTI): China on Friday announced that its manned mission to construct a space station was a complete success after three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after concluding the country
Berlin, September 16 (AP): Scientists say the hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer over the Southern Hemisphere is larger than usual this year and already surpasses the size of Antarctica.
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Islamabad, September 16 (PTI): "He is a busy man", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said curtly about Joe Biden, expressing his disappointment over US President's reluctance to contact him s
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): The average global temperature for the past five years was among the highest on record. There is an increasing likelihood that temperatures will temporarily breach the threshold
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): Scientists at NASA have found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of "super eruptions," the biggest volcanic eruptio
Beijing, September 16 (PTI): China said on Thursday that all countries in South Asia should make efforts to maintain peace, security and stability in the region as it reacted to media reports on India's pla
SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): Inspiration4, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, has launched its first all-civilian mission to orbit on Thursday.
SpaceX's charity-driven mission named I
Beijing, September 16 (PTI): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday, leaving at least three persons dead and 60 others injured.
The earthquake struck at 4:33
Kabul, September 16 (AP): Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh ru
Islamabad, September 16 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the international community must engage with the Taliban and "incentivise" them on issues such as women's rights and an i
Seoul, September 16 (AP): North Korea said Thursday it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time and was continuing to bolster its defenses, after the two Koreas test-fired missil
Seoul, September 15 (AP): The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday criticized South Korea's president and threatened a complete destruction of bilateral relations after both of th
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15 (IANS): The Chief of Army Staff of the Taliban, Fasihudin, has said that those who defend democracy in Afghanistan and oppose the Taliban will be suppressed.
He added that they will s
Geneva, September 15 (AP): The WHO said there were about 4 million coronavirus cases reported globally last week, marking the first major drop in new infections in more than two months.
In recent weeks, ther
Paris, September 15 (AP): The key defendant in the 2015 Paris attacks trial said Wednesday that the Islamic State network which struck the city was attacking France, and that the deaths of 130 people was nothin
Brussels, September 15 (AP): Stung by the swift collapse of the Afghan army and the chaotic US-led evacuation through Kabul airport, the European Union on Wednesday unveiled new plans to develop its own defense
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15 (IANS): Global support to producers in the agricultural sector amounts to $540 billion per year, making up 15 per cent of total agricultural production value.
By 2030, this is pr