Deadly tropical storm hits southern Philippines

MANILA 28 Oct (Online): At least 31 people have died and nine others are missing in flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains that swamped a southern Philippine province overnight and trapped some residents on their roofs, officials said. Most of the victims […]

PCRWR in collaboration with IWMI organized Pakistan Water Week

Islamabad, Oct 28 (Online): Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), in collaboration with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan and partners has organized Pakistan Water Week from 24th to 28th October 2022. The aim of water week was sharing knowledge with the stakeholders, […]

Senate body on Climate Change meets

Islamabad, 28 October, 2022 (Online): A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was held on Friday. Senator SeemiEzdi chaired the meeting; that was attended by Senator SenatorKhalidaAteeb, Senator KeshooBai, Senator Abida Muhammad Azeem, Senator TajHaider, Senator Kamran Michael and senior officers of […]

Social media use linked to developing depression

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Young adults, who use more social media, are significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, regardless of personality type, finds a new study. The findings, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, showed that people with high agreeableness […]

IRSA releases 90,300 cusecs water

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Friday released 90,300 cusecs of water from various rim stations with an inflow of 61,900 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1533.89 feet […]

Sunak defends decision not to attend COP27 climate summit

London, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday defended his heavily criticised decision not to attend next month’s COP27 climate change summit, saying he had to focus on “pressing” economic problems. In an interview with Sky News a day after Downing Street announced […]

Two held for mob lynching of employees of cellular company

KARACHI, Oct 28 (APP):Two accused among others allegedly involved in mob lynching of two employees of cellular company in Macchar Colony area were arrested, said Police on Friday. The arrested accused were identified with the help of videos recorded by eye witnesses, while six others […]

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