Four-Day Anti-Polio Campaign Kicked Off In Afghanistan

KABUL, Jun 3 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s second nationwide anti-polio campaign of 2024, kicked off today, aiming to protect Afghan children from paralysis, according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Public Health. During the four-day campaign until Jun 6, more than 11.2 million children under five will be given…

10 Killed, Five Missing As Heavy Rains Continue In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Jun 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ten people were killed and five others missing, during the past 24 hours, as heavy rains and strong winds lashed out across Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), said, yesterday. Most of the deaths were reported from the capital, Colombo, as over 150 mm…

Bangladesh Distributes Vitamin A-Plus Capsules To Around 22 Million Children

DHAKA, Jun 2 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh, yesterday, launched a countrywide campaign to distribute Vitamin A-plus capsules to around 22 million children between six months and five years old. A total of 240,000 volunteers and 40,000 health workers have been deployed to 120,000 permanent and makeshift centres across the country for…

Roundup: Over 50 People Die Of Heatstroke In India

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 50 people died of heatstroke, in different parts of India, particularly eastern, central and northern areas, over the past few days, as an intense heat wave swept across most parts of the country, said local media and government officials,…

Man Dies Of Heatstroke In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, May 31 (NNN-PTI) – A man from India’s eastern state of Bihar, died at a hospital in the national capital Delhi, after suffering a heatstroke, officials said yesterday. The 40-year-old man hailing from Bihar’s Darbhanga was admitted to government-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, late Monday night. According to…

Heat Wave Killed Six In Rajasthan As Mercury Soared To 49 Degrees Celsius

NEW DELHI, May 29 (NNN-PTI) – Six people were killed due to a prevailing severe heat wave in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, officials said, yesterday. The deaths were reported at a time when the mercury soared to 49 degrees Celsius in the state. Almost all the places in…

S. Korea’s Army Trainee Dies After Collapsing During Discipline Training

SEOUL, May 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – One trainee soldier of the South Korean army has died, two days after collapsing during a so-called discipline training, it was reported yesterday. Of the six recruits who underwent the discipline training, at an army unit in the country’s eastern Gangwon province, one fell down…

At Least Seven Newborns Killed In Delhi Fire Incidents

NEW DELHI, May 26 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven newborns died and five others were injured, when a fire broke out inside a baby care centre in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area, late last night, confirmed a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official, today. One of the injured was said to…

Scores Of Palestinians Killed, Injured As Israel Bombs Aid Truck In Central Gaza

GAZA, May 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 12 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an aid distribution centre in central Gaza, Palestinian security and medical sources said, yesterday. Security sources told Xinhua that an Israeli aircraft targeted the centre in the east of Deir al-Balah city with a…

Over One-Third Of Children’s Food In Philippines Are Sugary: Study

MANILA, May 24 (NNN-PNA) – The number of overweight children in the Philippines has tripled since 2003, due to sugary children’s foods, according to a study by UNICEF and the Consortium for Improving Complementary Foods in Southeast Asia, released yesterday. The study finds that over one-third of commercially produced packaged…
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