Senior UN official calls for universal basic income to tackle
May 07, 2020, at 03:23 pm
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis, but it is also proving to be an economic disaster for huge numbers of people worldwide. A senior UN official with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for countries to provide citizens with a universal basic income, to help the millions who have lost their jobs, because of measures to curb the virus, combined with increasing levels of inequality.
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Coronavirus and human rights: New UN report calls for disability-inclusive recovery
May 07, 2020, at 03:22 pm
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying inequalities experienced by the world’s one billion people with disabilities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in launching a report issued on Wednesday that calls for a disability-inclusive recovery and response to the crisis.
Covid-19: Brazil's death toll reaches 8,536
May 07, 2020, at 01:47 pm
Rio de Janeiro/UNI: Brazil's death toll from Covid-19 has reached 8,536 as 615 more fatalities were recorded over the past 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry informed on Thursday.
Covid-19: Cases in Germany surpass 1,66,000
May 07, 2020, at 01:44 pm
Berlin/UNI: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Germany have reached 166,091 since the start of the pandemic as 1,284 new cases were registered over the past 24 hours, confirmed the Robert Koch Institute said on Thursday.
COVID-19: High Commissioner of India in Ottawa plans return of stranded Indians
May 07, 2020, at 12:17 pm
Toronto/IBNS: The phased return of nearly three lakh Indians, mainly students stranded in Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic, is being planned by the office of the High Commissioner of India in Ottawa (Canada), media reports said.
Don't let China host the 2022 Olympics without honoring human rights norms, say USCIRF members
May 06, 2020, at 05:24 pm
Washington/IBNS: Top US officials have argued that human rights activists and members of the Congress have already called on the International Olympic Committee to either demand China to respect human rights as a condition of hosting the Games or to move the 2022 Winter Olympics to another location.
Pakistan: Punjab govt ratifies army land allotment to civilian officials
May 06, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Punjab government has ratified the allotment of up to 25 acres of state land to 47 civilian government officials but they were actually meant for the families of the martyred soldiers and war veterans under the Army Welfare Scheme (AWS), media reports said.
COVID-19: Job prospect for China's fresh graduates remain bleak
May 06, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China might be battling to regain normal life following the horrors of COVID-19 outbreak but the nation is waiting for a bigger challenge as job prospect for the youth, who are about to graduate, looks bleak.
Pakistani forces killed four pro-freedom Baloch activists in Panjgur: FBM
May 06, 2020, at 04:56 pm
Quetta: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) recently alleged that Pakistani forces killed four pro-freedom Baloch activists and tied one of the dead bodies to the back of a vehicle and dragged it mercilessly in Panjgur district of Balochistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Rights groups reject summary for formation of ‘sham commission on minorities’
May 06, 2020, at 04:45 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Several minority rights groups and parliamentarians have vowed to resist the formation a National Commission for Minorities (NCM) by the Pakistani government, media reports said.
18 million people may lose job, says Pakistan Minister
May 06, 2020, at 04:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Giving a hint that COVID-19 might leave a major burden on Pakistan's economic paradigm, country's Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said between 20 million to 70 million people could fall below the poverty line and 18 million people could also lose jobs due to the lockdown.
Pakistan may soon see shortage in petrol, diesel supply: Reports
May 06, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan, which is fighting against Covid-19 outbreak, may soon be seeing a shortage of petrol and diesel in the months of May and June, media reports said.
COVID-19 makes universal digital access and cooperation essential: UN tech agency
May 06, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York/IBNS: As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go to school and shop for essentials – across the world – it has never been more important to bridge the digital divide for the 3.6 billion people who remain off-line.
Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya: ICC Prosecutor
May 06, 2020, at 03:32 pm
New York/IBNS: Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more than a year, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council in a virtual briefing on Tuesday, warning that war crimes may have been committed.
Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as coronavirus hits
May 06, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New York/IBNS: Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, with COVID-19 restrictions a new factor adding to people’s vulnerability, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka says efforts ongoing to assist over 11,000 tourists stranded amidst COVID-19
May 06, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Colombo/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's Tourism Ministry on Wednesday said efforts were ongoing to assist over 11,000 tourists who were stranded in the country due to the closure of airports globally following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
May 06, 2020, at 03:01 pm
New York/IBNS: A UN human rights expert urged governments on Tuesday to increase protection for those millions of workers, who due to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk being pushed into exploitative jobs that are tantamount to slavery.
Afghanistan reports 168 new COVID-19 cases within 24 hours, 3,392 in total
May 06, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Wednesday reported 168 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing its total tally to 3,392, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health.
Digital Security Case: RAB officials arrest cartoonist Kishore, writer Mushtaq Ahmed
May 06, 2020, at 02:45 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and author Mustak Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, media reports said.
Beijing receives more than 4.6 mln tourists during May Day holiday
May 06, 2020, at 11:30 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Beijing received more than 4.6 million tourists during the five-day May Day holiday which ended Tuesday, according to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.
Shanghai Disneyland to reopen with controlled capacity
May 06, 2020, at 11:18 am
Shanghai/Xinhua/UNI: Shanghai Disney Resort announced Wednesday that the Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to the public on May 11.
COVID-19: Donald Trump admits reopening of US will cost more lives
May 06, 2020, at 10:19 am
Washington/IBNS: As the country continues its fight against COVID-19, US President Donald Trump has admitted that reopening the US economy might lead to the deaths of more Americans.
Afghan releases more than 100 Taliban prisoners
May 05, 2020, at 07:53 pm
Kabul/UNI:The Afghan government has released 102 more members of the Taliban as per the agreement between the Islamist group and the US announced National Security Council Spokesman Javid Faisal on Tuesday.
Somalia probes plane crash after 6 killed
May 05, 2020, at 07:23 pm
Mpgadishu/Xinhua: Somali government said Tuesday it has launched investigations after a light aircraft delivering medical supplies crashed in southwest region on Monday, killing all six people onboard.
Over 100 Russian journalists got infected with coronavirus, 3 Died - Journalists Union
May 05, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Moscow/Sputnik- More than 100 Russian journalists contracted the coronavirus disease, while three died since the start of the outbreak, Vladimir Solovyev, the chair of the Russian Union of Journalists, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
US has not shared evidence proving coronavirus originated in Wuhan labs: WHO
May 05, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Geneva/IBNS: World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program chief said on Monday that it has not received any evidence from US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the novel coronavirus could have originated in a lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city which first reported the emergence of the deadly virus last year, said media reports.
Covid-19 death toll in Moscow region grows by 16 to 127: Response center
May 05, 2020, at 05:09 pm
MoscowSputnik/UNI: The Moscow Region has registered 16 coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, and the overall death toll reached 127 since the start of an outbreak, the local coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
May 05, 2020, at 04:02 pm
Brussels/IBNS: Stressing on a comprehensive and coordinated effort to develop medicines to deal with COVID-19, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the most massive public health effort in history since it is an interconnected world where “none of us is safe until all of us are safe”.
Bangladesh: 17 JMB members arrested in Dhaka
May 05, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh police have arrested 17 members of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB from country's capital city Dhaka, media reports said on Tuesday.
May 05, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Small businessmen in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region have alleged that they are suffering due to discriminatory and unprofessional conduct of the authorities at this time when the country is witnessing COVID-19 outbreak.