- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
According to new research published in The Lancet Global Health, approximately 70 per cent of the 5.3 million premature cancer-related deaths worldwide in 2020 were preventable, while the remaining 30 per cent were treatable. Of the total deaths, 2.9 million were in men, while 2.3 million were in women, the…
A THIRD of people hospitalised with Covid-19 have “abnormalities” in multiple organs months after getting infected, a UK study said last Saturday (23), potentially shedding light on the elusive condition of long Covid. Millions worldwide are estimated to suffer from long Covid, in which a range of symptoms such as…
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) last Thursday (21) announced a general election for January, almost three months later than scheduled, removing political uncertainty over the timing to help salvage a falling economy. Elections were due to be held in November, but were delayed due to fresh demarcation of constituencies…
India is exploring the possibility of importing cheetahs from northern Africa, officials announced on Wednesday (27). This decision comes in response to concerns that cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa, currently residing in India, have developed a winter coat in the Indian summer. According to the officials, one of the…
PAKISTAN is striving to get donors to release $10 billion (£8.22bn) in pledges to help it recover from devastating floods by launching rebuilding projects that hinge on the funding, care taker prime minister Anwaar-ul-haq Kakar said last Friday (22). Donors from around the world stepped up after Pakistan was hammered…
THE Indian government freed Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and influential separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, last Friday (22) after more than four years of house arrest. The 50-year-old was detained along with other political leaders and thousands of residents when the government cancelled the region’s constitutional semi-autonomy and imposed federal…
India-China relations have remained in an “abnormal state” since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash, which external affairs minister S. Jaishankar has described as a “possibly longer than medium-term issue”. He has also emphasised that none of Beijing’s explanations for the buildup of its forces along the LAC are truly justifiable.…
INDIA will make it mandatory for drugmakers to audit their raw material suppliers at least once a year, according to a government document, tightening rules after Indiamade cough syrups were linked to 141 children’s deaths worldwide. The new mandate, along with additional testing rules for cough syrup exports implemented in…
AN INDEPENDENT regulator and investment in talent pathways for children from disadvantaged backgrounds are among the initiatives that will be implemented by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in its efforts to make cricket more inclusive, after a report found widespread discrimination across the sport. The ECB published its…
Well-known filmmaker M Night Shyamalan, who recently wrapped up filming on psychological thriller Trap, is set to begin production on his next directorial venture, Good Grades. It is being reported that the filmmaker has secured a SAG- AFTRA interim agreement, meaning he can commence shoot despite the current strike conditions. Not much…
