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Powerful quake hits off Indonesia, rattles islands
The epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometres, the US Geological Survey reported.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the…
Six cases of Omicron sub-variant XBB reported in Karachi
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) confirmed on Wednesday the detection of six coronavirus cases belonging to the highly-contagious Omicron subvariant category XBB in Karachi.
“We have detected six cases, however, others…
AJK Medical College celebrates World Kidney Health Awareness Day
MUZAFARABAD: Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College has celebrated World Kidney Health Awareness Day in collaboration with Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan/Combined Military Hospital and Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences Muzaffarabad, here…
Seminar On Breast Cancer Awareness Held In Peshawar
PESHAWAR: A Breast Cancer Awareness Event organized by Public Health Association (PHA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and attended by Deputy Speaker KP Assembly, Mehmood Jan, Women Lawmakers from KP, Health Secretary KP and other stakeholders, held in…
China says tracking Covid cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar
China last week loosened restrictions for mass testing and quarantine after nearly three years of attempting to stamp out the virus, prompting officially reported infections to fall quickly from the all-time highs recorded last month.…
UN chief warns ‘absolutely essential to avoid escalating’ Ukraine war
“The Secretary-General is very concerned by the reports of a missile exploding on Polish territory,” the UN chief said, according to his spokesman Farhan Haq. “It is absolutely essential to avoid escalating the war in Ukraine.”
A…
Seven killed as violence strikes two US universities
Police were hunting for the student suspect in a shooting that left three people dead and two others wounded at the University of Virginia about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of the nation’s capital Washington.
The campus in…
Pakistan kicks of anti-polio campaign on World Polio Day
This year’s theme is ‘Together, Let’s End Polio’.
On this day, a week-long anti-polio campaign has been launched today in 83 districts of four provinces of the country.
The children under five years…
Monkeypox retreating but threat remains, experts warn
Since monkeypox suddenly started spreading across the world in May, more than 73,000 cases and 29 deaths have been recorded in over 100 countries, the World Health Organization said this week.
Nearly 90% of the cases have been among men…
GSK halts Panadol production in Pakistan
In a letter to Prime Minister Office Principal Secretary Syed Tauqir Shah on Friday, the GSK chief executive officer declared force majeure and asked the federal government to rationalize the prices of the paracetamol range against the…