UN climate agency picks first woman leader

Geneva, June 1 (AFP/APP): The World Meteorological Organization voted in Argentina’s Celeste Saulo on Thursday to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO’s critical global role in tracking climate change. Saulo, a WMO vice president who has headed Argentina’s weather agency since 2014, […]

Two environmental samples test positive for poliovirus

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Two environmental samples collected from Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have tested positive for wild poliovirus. The Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed that wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been found in sewage […]

Next five years set to be hottest period ever: UN

Geneva, May 17 (AFP/APP): It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set […]

Chinese Company ensures safe drinking water for Islamabad students

BEIJING, May 10 (APP): Chinese Environmental Technology Company, Zhongke Runlan Environmental Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., in collaboration with international organizations, has donated reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment equipment to Islamabad Model College for Girls to address the school’s water quality challenges. Last month, a team […]

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