MANHATTAN: Pakistan has plans to fight plastic pollution and improve waste management system, Ambassador Munir Akram has said, amid global efforts to sustain a liveable planet. “We plan to implement ‘Zero Plastic Waste Cities along the Indus’ under the overall framework of the ‘Living Indus Initiative’ to tackle the challenge of plastic pollution,” the Pakistan […]
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PARIS: The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the UN said on Wednesday (20th of March, 2024), warning this avalanche of dumped gadgets was polluting the planet. Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled, resulting in heavy […]
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ISLAMABAD: An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted District Zohb and its adjoining areas in Balochistan on Tuesday (19th March, 2024). The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed that tremors were felt in various parts of the District and adjoining areas, private news channel reported. According to NSMC, the depth of the earthquake […]
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GENEVA: Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders, has observed that activists were increasingly facing hostility across Europe. He warned that the very right to protest was “at risk” in countries usually considered beacons of democracy. Michel Forst said that he was deeply troubled by the hardening tone against climate activists in countries including […]
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BEIJING: In a significant development, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), one of China’s meteorological satellites, has succeeded Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) and resumed its operations on 5th March after almost a month of drift and adjustment, according to China Meteorological Administration (CMA). FY-4B started drifting from 133 degrees east longitude on 1st February, and arrived at the geostationary orbit at […]
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ISLAMABAD: The People’s Republic of China on Thursday provided “Emergency Aid” to the government of Pakistan for residents of the rain-hit areas in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “On March 14, the donation ceremony for emergency aid provided by the Chinese government to rain-hit areas in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was held in the Ministry of […]
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ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted various parts of the country on Wednesday. According to a private news channel, the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed that tremors were felt in various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the federal capital, and the adjoining areas.Earthquake tremors occurred in the Upper and Lower […]
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KARACHI: PN and MSA recovered 10 bodies out of 14 missing fisherman of boat Al-Assad in a joint search and rescue operation carried out here on Monday (11th March, 2024). The Search and Rescue operation was started on 5th March in the open sea. Despite dense marine traffic in the vicinity of accident, time lapse […]
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ISLAMABAD: NDMA in collaboration with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) Pakistan, has mobilized an emergency relief convoy to support the flood victims of Gwadar. This humanitarian initiative saw the dispatch of five containers loaded with 9,000 food packages and 9,000 shelters, totaling 875 tonnes, from Islamabad to the rain-impacted areas of Gwadar. […]
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PESHAWAR: Heavy rains in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has claimed 31 lives in the last two days. PDMA has further informed that 37 people who got injured due to the rain are presently being treated in various medical facilities; 100 houses were damaged (out of which 30 were totally razed to the ground. Meanwhile, […]
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