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Unicef delivers over 100mn Covid vaccines to B’desh

Unicef said on Wednesday that it has delivered over 100 million Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh since June this year…reports Asian Lite News “The arrival today of 20.46 million doses of vaccines from

December 30, 2021

Bangladesh·COVID-19·News

Narco-terrorism on the rise since Taliban takeover

As per official data, narcotics worth more than Rs 30,000 crore smuggled along the Gujarat coast have been confiscated in the last three to four years….reports Asian Lite News India has been

December 30, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·Asia News

Ex-South Korean President to be released under presidential pardon

The government said the decision was made in consideration of her deteriorating health and as part of efforts to promote national unity…reports Asian Lite News. Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye will

December 30, 2021

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Afghanistan lacks equipment to detect Omicron variant

The country has asked World Health Organization (WHO) to provide testing machines for the new fast-spreading Covid-19 variant…reports Asian Lite News The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that the country does not

December 30, 2021

Afghanistan·Arab News·COVID-19

Poverty pushes Afghan kids out of school

Afghanistan is considered the worst place to be a child, as 4 million children are out of school and 2 million are working as child labourers…reports Asian Lite News Driven by extreme

December 30, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·Asia News

Brown slams Western countries for ‘sleepwalking’ on Afghanistan

“No country in recent times has suffered from such ‘universal poverty’ in the way that Afghanistan may do,” Brown wrote in an article for the Times…reports Asian Lite News. The West is

December 29, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·UK News

US appoints 2 senior officials for Afghan women

Afghanistan is currently in the midst of severe economic and humanitarian challenges which have further deteriorated since the fall of the country to the Taliban on August 15….reports Asian Lite News The

December 29, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·Asia News

Fissure Within Imran’s Party Widens

This was a defeat that Imran Khan had feared but not expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa since his relationship began to sour with the military establishment early this year, reports Asian Lite News

December 29, 2021

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Tibet is China’s dumping ground for toxic waste

At least a third of the region could melt due to the climate crisis, predicted a report released by International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)…reports Asian Lite News. The Chinese Communist

December 29, 2021

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Thousands under secret surveillance in China

Caster estimated that in 2020, between 10,000 and 15,000 people went through the system, up from just 500 in 2013…reports Asian Lite News. Campaigners say China has ‘systematised arbitrary and secret detention’

December 29, 2021

-Top News·Asia News·China

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