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PESHAWAR: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Monday approved two projects in the education sector to be executed in settled and merged districts at a cost of Rs1.5 billion. The development came at a video-linked special meeting of PDWP chaired by additional chief secretary Shahab Ali Shah, according to a statement. The forum considered continuing the basic education community schools (BECS) programme and National Commission for Human Development centres in the province and the m...

File photo of Akhil Gogoi Raijor Dal MLA from Sivasagar and firebrand farmers’ leader Akhil Gogoi speaks to TOI’s Kangkan Kalita on his past and new plans. Excerpts: From Congress to BJP, you have been a political prisoner whose arrest was allegedly planned by governments to end popular movements like the ones against big dams and CAA. Many organizations joined protests in Assam but why KMSS and Akhil Gogoi gets the most harsh treatment? AG: Our organisation has been consistently opposing t...

Early detection of depression can avert suicide 05 Jul 2021 / 08:43 H. Pix for representational purpose only. KUALA LUMPUR: The relatively high number of suicide cases reported in Malaysia during the first five months of this year has set alarm bells ringing. The suicide trend is worrying, more so now with the Covid-19 pandemic yet to show any sign of abating and no indication of when the first phase of movement control under the National Recovery Plan will transition to the second phase n...

Sri Lanka gets first batch of World Bank-financed COVID-19 vaccines Format COLOMBO, July 5, 2021—A consignment of Pfizer vaccines today arrived in Colombo, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the next few weeks. A total of five million vaccines financed through the World Banks Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Project will be supplied by December 2021. “The delivery of this first batch of vaccines reflects the joint work of the government o...

Date Time Sri Lanka Gets First Batch of World Bank-financed COVID-19 Vaccines COLOMBO, July 5, 2021-A consignment of Pfizer vaccines today arrived in Colombo, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the next few weeks. A total of five million vaccines financed through the World Bank’s Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Project will be supplied by December 2021. “The delivery of this first batch of vaccines reflects the joint work of the governme...

  The number of people who live past the age of 100 has been on the rise for decades, up to nearly half a million people worldwide. There are, however, far fewer “supercentenarians,” people who live to age 110 or even longer. The oldest living person, Jeanne Calment of France, was 122 when she died in 1997; currently, the world’s oldest person is 118-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan. Such extreme longevity, according to new research by the University of Washington, likely will continue to r...

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DR IFTIKHAR AYAZ KBE; OBE – RECEIVES QUEEN’S MEDAL FOR HUMANITARIAN SERVICE. Posted on June 30th, 2021 by A. Abdul Aziz. In appreciation of Sir Iftikhar Ayaz’s Humanitarian service he has been awarded the Queen’s medal for Humanitarian Service. This Medal was approved by Her Majesty in 2020 especially for her Realms. Sir Iftikhar Ayaz has been dedicatedly serving Humanity for decades. He received almost 40 awards. Dr. Iftikhar Ayaz O.B.E (Officer of the Excellent Order of the British Em...

July 2, 2021 Sindh’s chief minister has approved the proposal to bring 4,192 informal schools being run by the federal government under the control of the provincial administration. In the 42nd session of the Council of Common Interests on July 18, 2020, it was decided that the provincial governments would take over the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and basic education community schools from June 30, 2021. During a meeting he chaired on Thursday, CM Syed Murad Ali Shah als...

Over 4,000 schools handed over to Sindh CM approves takeover of federally run schools, enhances teachers salary to Rs25,000 PHOTO: SAFDAR RIZVI KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah approved on Thursday the takeover of over 4,000 schools formerly being run under the federal education and professional training ministry and increased teachers salaries to Rs25,000 from Rs8,000. The handover of 4,192 non-formal schools - under the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and B...