The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - Islamabad—Anwar Ahmad Khan, Secretary Ministry Water & Power, Philippe Thiébaud, Ambassador of France and Mr Grégory Clémente, Vice-President Asia of French Development Agency (AFD), inaugurated the Jabban Hydropower plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK). Jabban Hydropower Project is located on Swat canal in Malakand Division. …
Climate change will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in South Asia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report named Turn down the Heat - Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience, released by the World …
LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan of Lahore High Court on Tuesday deferred till July 10 the hearing of an application requesting to constitute a judicial commission (JC) to probe the deaths during measles epidemic and sought a detailed report. The judge ordered Dr Zafar Iqbal, Principal at Sheikh Zayed …
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Good news for the residents of Islamabad: within a year, the capital city will have its own Rapid Bus Transport System (RBTS) like the metro-bus service of Lahore. “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is serious in getting the project completed without delay and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) …
KARACHI: A Chinese Company is coming up with a 50 MW wind energy project in Gharo, some 60 kilometres from here. This was stated by Vice-President of the HydroChina International Engineering Company Limited, Wang Youngqiang, here on Monday. He said that the cost of the project has been estimated at …
ISLAMABAD: The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) on Monday provided 3 million euros ($3.7 million) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to combat malnutrition among women and children affected by emergencies in Pakistan. This support comes at a critical time, as nutrition is a key concern in Pakistan, …
KARACHI - A Chinese company is coming up with a 50MW wind energy project in Gharo, some 60 kilometres from here. This was stated by Vice-President of the HydroChina International Engineering Company Limited, Wang Youngqiang here on Monday. He said that the cost of the project has been estimated at …
Kathmandu, June 24: The government said that death toll from the floods and landslides in the Mid Western and Far Western Development Regions has reached 37. Eight persons were still missing and over 137 houses, including government offices, were completely damaged in the flash floods triggered by the torrential rainfalls …
LAHORE: Punjab government and Asian Development Bank on Saturday agreed to enhance cooperation in energy sector, as the ADB would set up solar energy projects under public-private partnership in Punjab. It was agreed in meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and the ADB Bank delegation here at Model …
GOPALGANJ, Jun 20: Viral fever and other seasonal diseases have taken a pandemic turn in Gopalganj town and its adjacent areas. Public as well as different private clinics in Gopalganj town reported a sudden rise in the number of patients suffering from viral fever. According to Gopalganj Sadar Hospital, over …
The Labour Department of Sri Lanka says that a majority of the child laborers are below the age of 14 and also most of them are girls. The majority of the boys engaged in child labor are from rural areas working as agricultural workers while the girls are mostly used …
Bangladesh is set to attend a three-day ministerial conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which starts in Russia’s historic city of St Petersburg on June 27. The conference hosted by Russia will mainly discuss the role of nuclear power in mitigating the effects of climate change and how …
KARACHI : Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) here on Wednesday announced a gas and condensate discovery in District Sanghar in the province of Sindh. PPL is the operator of the Block 2568-18 (Gambat South) with 65 percent working interest (WI) along with its joint venture partners Government Holdings (Private) Limited (GHPL) …
Bangladesh will be one of the most-affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades, according to a new scientific report released by the World Bank Group on Wednesday. It says, the global warming will accelerate the sea-level rise and …
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - Muzaffarabad—Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities to expedite construction work on Rs274.882 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydro-power Project and make it functional till 2014-15 to overcome the power shortage issue in the country. During his visit to the site of the project, the prime …
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is now distributing 200,000 garbage collecting bags among residents in the city to implement the collection of 'separated garbage only' program from June 1, Municipal Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena told the Sunday Observer. She said the CMC started distributing polythene sacks on May 15 in Kirulapone …
June 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka is committed to be "a champion in the AIDS response" towards achieving zero new HIV/AIDS infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths, the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The President made this reaffirmation when he met the UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Programme, Luiz …
KARACHI: Sindh government has allocated Rs17 billion for the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of health department in its budget presented on Monday, a figure 54 percent more than what was allocated in the last fiscal year. It has also allotted Rs 1.80 billion to establish Accident Emergency Ancillary Services Complex …
KATHMANDU: Experts today underlined the need of a separate policy and mechanism to address the water security of peri-urban parts in South Asian countries. A two-day conference to share the research programmes conducted in the four cities of South Asia kicked off in Kathmandu today. Researches highlighted the plight of …
KATHMANDU, JUN 18 - The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has found the milk of Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) contaminated with coliform (a harmful bacterium). According to the DFTQC, DDC’s milk available in half-liter blue pack has been found containing the harmful microbe. The department, of late, …
