The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Despite the high global burden of diseases caused by tobacco, valid and comparable prevalence data for patterns of adult tobacco use and factors influencing use are absent for many low-income and middle-income countries. We assess these patterns through analysis of data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).
Tobacco use is massively entrenched in developing countries, where one of the biggest worries is the rise of smoking among women, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet. A survey of 16 countries that are home to three billion people found that 48.6 percent of all men …
Turkey’s seismology center says a 5.3 magnitude earthquake has rattled the country’s southeast, but authorities have reported no damage or injuries. The Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory says the quake occurred at 11:37 p.m. (local time) yesterday near the town of Uludere in Sirnak province, which borders Iraq. Sirnak Gov. Vahdettin Ozkan …
A s the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world's most heavily militarised borders into Pakistan. The hum of excavators echoes through …
60% Indian respondents not happy with govt?s direction, finds Pew Centre study situation no better in rest of the world, either There are now figures to back the frustration. The sentiment of disappointment sweeping through the country — as the government falters on delivering promised growth, undertaking key reforms and …
Mumbai Shortage of domestic coal, coupled with high cost of imports and delays in receiving approvals, are pushing Indian power producers to build plants overseas or bid for them. India's largest private power producer Tata Power is now evaluating Vietnam, Indonesia, Turkey, Africa and West Asia to build coal, gas …
A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook Sirnak province in southeast Turkey on Thursday, the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, whose epicenter was at Silopi, near the Iraqi border. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake …
The Association of Biotech Led Enterprises(ABLE), the voice of the biotechnology industry in India, has urged for a series of reforms to propel the sector in the next phase of its growth. The important one among them includes the ones pertaining to finance — upto Rs 5,000 crore biomanufacturing fund …
Karachi Municipal Corporation has entered into an agreement with a Turkish firm on bringing about an improvement in the solid waste management system of the city, a statement said on Wednesday. It recalled that a memorandum of understanding in this regard was signed by the two sides recently in Islamabad. …
Sindh government has planned to introduce Bus Rapid Transit System in the province initially in Karachi in the first phase costing Rs 450 million. This system successfully functions in 28 countries of world including Iran, Japan, Turkey, China, Malaysia and India. After the success of Bus Rapid Transit System in …
The Killer Jeans Campaign, launched in November 2010, called on major brands and retailers to stop sandblasting, a method of giving jeans a worn-out look. The process can seriously damage worker's health if performed without suitable protective equipment. Over 40 major brands and retailers have issued a ban on sandblasting …
Environmental exposure to arsenic has been linked to hypertension in persons living in arsenic-endemic areas. The researchers summarized published epidemiologic studies concerning arsenic exposure and hypertension or blood pressure (BP) measurements to evaluate the potential relationship.
Striking against rising global protectionism, India has dragged both Turkey and Egypt to the World Trade Organisation for imposing special import duties on Indian cotton yarn, lowering competitiveness in these markets. New Delhi has been criticising Turkey for violating WTO norms at several forums of the WTO for the past …
The FAO session on Tea has agreed on what discussion on climate change can be taken up for discussions here. The 20th session of the FAO has drawn up scope and the terms of reference of the climate change working group at its meeting on Sunday. “This will be put …
Multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and micrometer array measurements (MAM) have been carried out in the flood-prone areas of Selimpaşa, Kavakli, Ortakoy and Kadikoy in Turkey to understand several soil problems, especially soil amplification during earthquakes.
Tehran is considering a twofold increase in power exports to neighbouring Turkey after a new electricity transfer line between the two countries becomes operational. Iran is currently exporting about 230 kilovolt per day(kV/d) of electricity to Turkey and the new transfer line will increase that capacity to 400 kV/d. Iran …
Prospects for the European Union's favored Nabucco natural-gas pipeline project appear to be dwindling, weeks before a consortium of Caspian Sea producers is due to choose one of four planned pipelines to carry its gas to Europe, This week, Azerbaijan said it plans to build its own pipeline through Turkey …
A Japanese aid worker was among eight people killed by a second earthquake in eastern Turkey, and angry residents protested on Thursday that authorities should have closed down two collapsed hotels damaged by the first tremor. Riot police used pepper spray to halt the protests. The demonstration erupted as rescue …
At least twelve people were killed by a second earthquake in eastern Turkey, and residents protested Thursday that authorities should have closed down two hotels that were damaged by the first quake. The earthquake hit the same region slammed by a quake on October 23 that left 600 people dead …
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake killed seven people in eastern Turkey late Wednesday, less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 in the same area, a government disaster management centre said. Twenty-three people were found alive from the wreckage and seven lost their lives during the quake, …
