India’s Pharmaceutical Market Faces Retail Chain Onslaught

MUMBAI, India, March 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s pharmaceutical market is witnessing a threat of declining revenue growth rate, from the deepening penetration of government’s generic drug store, as well as private chains selling generic drugs. Analysis of growth drivers indicated slowdown from 13.5 percent to 10 percent over the past…

117 Children Die In Battered Camp In North-eastern Syria: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 16 (NNN-SANA) – As many as 117 children died, in a battered camp in north-eastern Syria, over the past few months, a war monitor reported Friday. The dead children were mostly under 12 years old and 60 percent of them died as a result of the tough…

90 Suffocate From Gas Leak In Eastern Iraq: Health Ministry

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 16 (NNN-NINA) – About 90 people suffocated from the leak of chlorine gas, in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, capital of Wasit Province, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said, Friday. The leakage took place “at a water treatment facility in Kut, some 180 km south-east of the…

Authorities In Malaysia’s Johor State Close Down 13 Schools Over Chemical Pollution

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 13 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Authorities in Malaysia’s southern Johor state announced that, 13 schools will be indefinitely closed due to chemical pollution. Johor Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman, Sahruddin Jamal, said, the state government had activated its disaster management committee, to coordinate and monitor the situation.…

Jerusalem – Cannabis Constituency? Israeli Election Rivals Warm To Pot

JERUSALEM, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Marijuana has become an election issue in Israel, now that an upstart far-right party that favours legalising the drug seems to be drawing voters away from conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls originally showed the party, Zehut, would fail to win even a single…

IOM Appeals For 207 Million USD To Continue Its Assistance To Syrians

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), said that it is appealing to the international community for 207 million U.S. dollars, to continue its lifesaving assistance to Syrians. IOM said, these funds are necessary to continue assistance in Syria and neighbouring countries in 2019. Joel…

Kuwait To Hold 13th Gulf Water Conference

KUWAIT, March 11 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will hold the 13th Gulf Water Conference from March 12 to 14, Samira Al-Omar, director general of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) said, on Sunday. During a press conference held at KISR, Omar said that, the conference will be held under the…

Two More Vietnamese Provinces Hit By African Swine Fever

HANOI, Vietnam, March 10 (NNN-VNA) – Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh, in Vietnam’s northern region, have become the latest two Vietnamese localities stricken by African swine fever (ASF). Earlier on Friday, the Vietnamese Department of Animal Health announced, ASF affected 333 farming families and small pig farms in 10 localities,…

63,500 Refugees Suffer In Battered Camp In North-eastern Syria: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 10 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 63,500 refugees, most of whom are Daesh militants and their families, fleeing the last Daesh-held areas in eastern Syria, are living in the al-Hol camp, in north-eastern Syria, a war monitor reported Saturday. The refugees are mostly non-Syrians, either from Iraq…

“Grave Concern” Over Health Of 65,000 Displaced, In Syria’s Al-Hol Camp: UN

UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Al-Hol camp in north-eastern Syria has swelled to well over 65,000 people displaced by the war, and humanitarian agencies have “grave concern over the fragile health of the camp’s residents,” a UN spokesman said. Thursday night, more than 3,000 people — mostly women and…
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