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UN Special Envoy calls for New Year’s ceasefire in Myanmar

The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has appealed for a New Year’s ceasefire following weeks of escalating violence in the country. United Nations Special Envoy...

OWSA Staff - 28 December 2021

Health

SouthAsia leads with the highest burden of tuberculosis

WHO’s 2021 Global TB Report reveals that years of efforts made to prevent and control TB have been reversed in the wake of tackling...

Khushi Malhotra - 28 December 2021

Civil society

Be prepared for outbreak of new pandemics, UN chief urges global community

As the Omicorn strain of COVID-19 spreads across the globe, the UN chief António Guterres has urged the global community to be prepared for...

OWSA Staff - 28 December 2021

Children

Missionaries of Charity bank account frozen, tweets Mamta Banerjee

Bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity in India have been frozen, according to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. Bank accounts of the Missionaries...

OWSA Staff - 27 December 2021

Children

Measles progress in reverse as 22 million miss vaccines

The World Health Organisation says that the fight against measles has been ‘set back a decade’ as vaccinations and disease surveillance have been heavily...

SciDevNet - 27 December 2021

Civil society

Six dead, dozens missing in Myanmar jade mining disaster

Rescue personnel have called off operations after locating the bodies of six persons from among the dead and the dozens who have gone missing...

OWSA Staff - 27 December 2021

Civil society

Extraordinary Lives of Indian Muslim Women Documented

Farah Usmani, a director at the UNFPA headquarters in New York, set about changing the stereotype of Indian Muslim Women. As a result of...

Inter Press Service - 26 December 2021

Afghanistan

Study Says Pandemic Could Leave Its Mark On Society For Decades To Come

Women, people living in urban settings and refugees and migrants have been worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic says a Red Cross research. Refugee women...

Atul Kishore - 24 December 2021

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