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'This is a pivotal moment': Key doctors' body resumes strike 2 days after calling it off | Mamata Banerjee blames Opposition for RG Kar vandalism, says protesting students not involved | Bengal Guv CV Ananda Bose visits RG Kar Hospital after late night vandalism by miscreants | Secular civil code is the need of the hour: PM Modi in Independence Day speech | State govts should take crimes against women seriously: PM Modi amid RG Kar rape-murder uproar | Women lead historic anti-rape night protest in Kolkata; vandalism marks RG Kar Hospital where victim was murdered | WPI inflation eases to a 3-month low of 2.04% in July amid falling food prices | Kashmir: Army captain killed in encounter with terrorists in Doda | RG Kar rape and murder case accused transferred to CBI custody | 'Why do you protect him? Calcutta HC slams Bengal govt over ex-RG Kar College principal's new post

Gazans eating wild plants to survive, claims UN

Mar 01, 2024, at 09:53 pm

UN News has learned that out of desperation, some Gazans have resorted to selling wild plants with little nutritional value, in the markets of their devastated enclave. In this special report, Ziad Taleb spoke to some of the young people trying to make a living, despite the ever-present dangers.

PTI's Ali Amin Gandapur elected KP Chief Minister amid rucks in assembly

Mar 01, 2024, at 09:50 pm

PTI's Ali Amin Gandapur was elected as Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Friday amid sloganeering and ruckus by party workers in the assembly.

UN report highlights there is global shortage of teachers

Mar 01, 2024, at 09:48 pm

The world urgently needs 44 million teachers by 2030 in order to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality, a new report from UNESCO, the UN agency championing education, announced this week.

UN chief 'committed' to Sudan as mission ends

Mar 01, 2024, at 08:21 pm

Antonio Guterres expressed his strong commitment to the people of Sudan on Thursday as the UN assistance mission based there comes to an end, in line with a Security Council resolution ending its mandate.

Another Pakistan International Airlines flight steward goes missing after reaching Canada

Mar 01, 2024, at 08:17 pm

A flight steward belonging to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has gone missing in Canada, continuing the trend which has been going on for the past couple of months.

‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council

Mar 01, 2024, at 08:14 pm

The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Thursday, after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in the enclave, prompted by Hamas-led attacks.

Street crime claimed 23 Karachiites’ lives in January and February, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah informed

Mar 01, 2024, at 08:10 pm

Newly elected Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has been informed that armed robbers killed 23 citizens in Karachi in the first two months of the year.

Bangladesh building fire leaves 44 dead

Mar 01, 2024, at 02:37 pm

At least 44 people, including 26 women and three children, died after a fire broke out at the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Thursday.

Israel's military opens fire at Gaza aid distribution point, kills 104

Mar 01, 2024, at 05:18 am

Israeli forces Thursday opened fresh fire on a crowd of Palestinians at an aid distribution point in the war-torn Gaza Strip, killing at least 104 people and wounding over 700 according to Palestinian health officials.

Canadian scientists fired from Winnipeg infectious disease lab were working to benefit China: CSIS report reveals

Mar 01, 2024, at 03:44 am

Winnipeg/IBNS: A scientist couple from Winnipeg was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease lab as he was working to benefit China, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assessment says.

Hundreds protest in Pakistan over gas outages

Feb 29, 2024, at 12:13 am

Hundreds of protesting women blocked Rawalpindi road in Pakistan's Bahawalnagar city on Monday to demonstrate against gas outages.

Three Pakistani cops booked over 'custodial killing'

Feb 29, 2024, at 12:05 am

Pakistani police on Monday registered a case against its three officials on charges of torturing to death a robbery suspect.

Three criminals escape Pakistani prison by breaking barrack window

Feb 28, 2024, at 11:41 pm

Three criminals escaped a Pakistani prison after breaking a window of the barrack where they were detained, media reports said.

Bus falls into ditch in Pakistan, six die

Feb 28, 2024, at 10:09 pm

At least six people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday as a bus fell into a ditch in Haripur district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the rescue service reported.

Cop dies after Sindh CM’s protocol car upturned in Pakistan's Larkana

Feb 28, 2024, at 09:44 pm

The police van, which was part of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah protocol, upturned in Larkana region of Pakistan which left at leat a cop dead and six others injured.

Two homeless men die after speeding car run over them in Karachi

Feb 28, 2024, at 08:39 pm

At least two homeless men lost their lives after a speeding car ran over them in Pakistan's Karachi city on Tuesday.

Robbers gun down 70-year-old man for resisting robbery attempt in Karachi

Feb 28, 2024, at 08:08 pm

Suspected robbers shot dead a 70-year-old man after he resisted a robbery attempt in Pakistan's Karachi city on Tuesday.

Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami-Fazl chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman says those who sit inside the ‘rigged’ system will be 'ousted'

Feb 28, 2024, at 07:32 pm

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman has said the country could not be run by those who sit inside the ‘rigged’ system.

ITU chief says universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost

Feb 28, 2024, at 02:55 pm

The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, said the chief of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Monday, addressing the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Slain Pakistani activist Hidayat Lohar's daughters lead protests against their father's death, Mahrang Baloch extends support

Feb 28, 2024, at 12:03 am

Pakistani activist Hidayat Lohar's daughters are leading protests in Sindh province in the country against the alleged killing of their father.

Brothers gun down their divorced sister in Pakistan's DI Khan in suspected case of honour killing

Feb 27, 2024, at 11:46 pm

Two brothers allegedly shot dead their sister in Pakistan's Dhakki area, police said on Tuesday.

Pakistani leader Ahsan Iqbal slams Imran Khan for sending letter to IMF over national polls

Feb 27, 2024, at 10:50 pm

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has slammed former PM Imran Khan for writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the issue of auditing general polls.

Police official, top TTP terrorists killed during Mardan operation in Pakistan

Feb 27, 2024, at 10:50 pm

A senior police official was martyred and three others, including a DSP, were injured during an intelligence-based operation that led to the killing of two top TTP commanders in the Katlang area of Pakistan's Mardan district on Tuesday.

Three cops injured during Brussels farmer's protest

Feb 27, 2024, at 10:46 pm

At least three Belgian law enforcement officers have been injured in clashes during the agricultural workers' protest on Monday in Brussels, the RTBF TV broadcaster reported, citing the local police.

Hindu businessman gunned down by unknown attackers in Pakistan's Kalat town

Feb 27, 2024, at 10:40 pm

Unknown gunmen shot dead a Hindu businessman, who was running a wine store in  Kalat town in Pakistan, on Monday.

New Zealand sees a reduction in alcohol available for consumption

Feb 27, 2024, at 10:35 pm

Alcohol available for consumption in New Zealand decreased to 477 million litres in the year ending in December 2023, a fall of 4.3 percent from 2022, the largest fall over the past 15 years, the statistics department at Stats NZ said on Tuesday.

Former US President Donald Trump's eldest son receives letter with white powder at Florida home

Feb 27, 2024, at 09:56 pm

Former US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., received a letter containing white powder at his Florida home, the Daily Beast reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

Canadian Association of Journalists launches its fourth annual Newsroom Diversity Survey

Feb 27, 2024, at 05:07 am

Toronto/IBNS: The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) has launched its fourth consecutive year's Newsroom Diversity Survey.

China patrols in waters around Taiwan-controlled Kinmen Islands: Reports

Feb 27, 2024, at 12:39 am

Chinese Coast Guards said it recently conducted patrols and inspections in the waters around the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen Islands on Sunday.

Data shows 26.2 million children are currently out of school in Pakistan

Feb 27, 2024, at 12:21 am

Pakistan is witnessing a staggering crisis with over 26.2 million children currently out of school, media reports said.