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Pulwama: India's Jammu and Kashmir region is witnessing a crisis like rest of the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown. But to help the poor people of the region at this time of crisis, a Kashmiri NGO  distributed essential food items to them in different villages of Pulwama district on Friday. more
Covid 19: Catholic Church of Asia head Cardinal Charles Maung Bo holds Chinese govt accountable

Yangon (Myanmar): Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global Covid-9 contagion. The prelate, who is a ...

As youths lose jobs in Pakistan amid COVID-19 lockdown, their families protest outside Punjab Governor's house

Lahore: With several youth losing jobs amid lockdown imposed by PM Imran Khan-led government to combat COVID-19 outbreak, their family members on Sunday protested  outside Punjab Gov ...

Political prisoners should be among first released in pandemic response, says UN rights chief

New York : The decision by many Governments to release prisoners to slow the transmission of new coronavirus, was welcomed on Friday by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachel ...

COVID-19: from conflict to pandemic, migrants in Bosnia face a new challenge

New York : Migrants and refugees hosted at UN-run reception centres in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are learning to cope with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Dependence on China and discrimination on PoK people deepening crisis in Pakistan

Islamabad: At the time of crisis when Pakistan is still depending on China, its all-weather ally and the epicentre of the COVID-19 disease spread, reports are emerging that PM Imran Khan- ...

UN helps Pacific prepare for COVID-19 pandemic, warns that children are ‘hidden victims’

New York: United Nations agencies are working together to provide vital support to Pacific Island countries as they rally to combat COVID-19 outbreaks across the region.

COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns

Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert has called the “darker sides” of the disease: verbal and physical atta ...

Covid-19: Hindus, Christians denied food supplies in Pakistan

Islamabad: The world is unitedly trying to beat the COVID-19 outbreak and the disease has even extended its killer arms in Pakistan but for the administration in the South Asian nation re ...

COVID19: Chinese govt trying to silence critics as journalists, activists wage war against regime

Beijing/JEN:While China tries to combat COVID 19 and the backlash from the world for creating the virus, challenges are coming up from within its soil now as several journalists are fight ...