Ambiguity free laws necessary for protection of children: Minister By: APP on June 1, 2021LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Social Welfare and Baitul Maal (SW&BM) Syed Yawar Abbass Bukhari on Tuesday said that comprehensive and free from ambiguity laws were necessary for the protection and welfare of children. He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting to review the status of existing laws on child protection. He discussed different aspects for […]
Indian doctors protest ‘yoga-beats-Covid’ guru By: AFP on June 1, 2021Thousands of doctors across India wore black armbands on Tuesday calling for the arrest of a hugely popular guru who has claimed yoga can prevent Covid-19 and that conventional medicine has killed thousands of coronavirus patients. Baba Ramdev, the creator of a successful traditional medicine empire, said last month the pandemic showed modern pharmaceuticals to […]
ILO to celebrate 2021 as year to eliminate child labour By: APP on June 1, 2021ISLAMABAD: International Labor Organization (ILO) has planned to hold a series of programs to celebrate 2021 as the International year to eliminate child labour. According to an official, 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, as declared by the United Nations (UN), adding that the UN asked the ILO to celebrate […]
Sri Lanka ship fire extinguished after 13 days By: AFP on June 1, 2021A fire aboard a Singapore-registered cargo ship was finally extinguished Tuesday after a 13-day international operation off Sri Lanka’s coast, the navy said. Experts from Dutch salvage company SMIT boarded the MV X-Press Pearl and reported massive flooding of the engine rooms, Sri Lanka navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.
Usman Dar congrats NBP on disbursement of 5,000 soft loans By: APP on June 1, 2021ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar on Tuesday congratulated the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on the disbursement of the soft loans under the Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) of Kamyab Jawan Programme. In a tweet, he said the NBP made history by disbursing almost 90 percent of […]
Petrol prices static for next 15 days By: Web Desk on June 1, 2021For the next fifteen days, the government has announced that fuel prices would remain constant. “Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to retain the pricing of petroleum goods as they were on May 17th, 2021,” according to a statement released by the Petroleum Ministry. Since April 16, 2021, the government has maintained petroleum product prices […]
Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Tuesday By: AFP on June 1, 2021The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,551,488 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Tuesday. At least 170,606,850 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks […]
Olympic badminton champion Marin to miss Tokyo Games By: AFP on June 1, 2021Spain’s Carolina Marin, the women’s Olympic badminton singles champion, will miss the Tokyo Games after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in her left knee. The 27-year-old will undergo surgery in the coming days after suffering the injury during a training session last week. “This is another blow that I have to deal with, […]
Heads of global organizations issue joint call for vaccine equality By: AFP on June 1, 2021World leaders must make a “new commitment” to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines to bring the pandemic under control, the heads of four major global organizations said on Tuesday. Their joint rallying cry comes as concerns rise that vaccine inequality between wealthy and poor nations is further complicating and prolonging a pandemic that […]
La Nina climate cycle over: UN By: AFP on June 1, 2021The 2020-2021 La Nina weather phenomenon has ended, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years. The effect has widespread impacts on weather around the world — typically the opposite impacts to […]