Natural disasters caused an estimated $65 billion in losses last year for Asia-Pacific
Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region soared to $65 billion due to natural disasters, mainly fueled by floods in China and droughts in India, as reported by insurance company Aon. Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region due to natural disasters soared to $65 billion in 2023, mainly fueled…#asiapacific #aon #asiapacificregion #hongkong #pakistan #southasia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spotify to hike prices, introduce a new basic tier: report
Spotify Technology intends to raise prices on its plans by about $1 to $2 a month in five markets including the UK, Australia and Pakistan by the end of April, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the Swedish music streaming service, which competes…#spotifytechnology #pakistan #swedish #apple #amazon #spotify #danielek #universalmusicgroup #warnermusicgroup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Honour killings in Pakistan: legal perspectives and reforms - Shahid A, Awan MH, Rana FA.
This investigation delves into the pervasive issue of honour killings in Pakistan, examining its legal intricacies and proposing comprehensive reforms. Despite existing legal provisions within the Pakistan Penal Code, the implementation faces substantial c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Pakistan votes for senators as public trust in politics declines
ISLAMABAD -- Members of Pakistan's provincial and national assemblies started voting on Tuesday to elect national senators amid a new set of controversies in the nation's elections. The Senate, the upper house of Parliament, has to pass all legislation before it can become law. Each of Pakistan's…#islamabad #pakistan #parliament (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why China Might Beat the U.S. Back to the Moon
Roughly 6,800 miles separate humanity’s past and future on the surface of the moon. It’s the approximate distance between the Sea of Tranquility—where Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed on July 20, 1969—and Shackleton Crater at the south lunar pole. The vicinity of Shackleton is where astronauts from the U.S. and, quite likely, taikonauts from China (from the Chinese word “taikong,” meaning space or cosmos) will touch down sometime during or before 2030, taking advantage of local ice deposits that can be harvested for water, breathable oxygen, and even rocket f...
Source: TIME: Science - April 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The toll of violence on health care in Pakistan: a collective responsibility - Javed S, Yaqoob E.
We are concerned Pakistani health-care professionals who wish to shed light on an issue that has been plaguing our industry and to advocate for urgent and comprehensive measures to improve workplace safety. The safety and wellbeing of health-care professio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Inside Mercury ’s Stumble From Fintech Hero to Target of the Feds
The meeting last July between officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and executives from Choice Financial Group was tense. For most of the two-and-a-half hour session, the FDIC officials delivered the results of the agency’s recent examination of Choice, a once sleepy bank based in…#choicefinancialgroup #fdic #choice #fargo #mercury #andreessenhorowitz #pakistan #myanmar #saudiarabian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saturday assorted links
1. Is Wang Huning the Chinese Tocqueville? 2. David Brooks on Fareed Zakaria (NYT). 3. “Knighthoods for services to AI are PROFOUNDLY Anglofuturist.” 4. Pakistan wants to open trade with India (Bloomberg). 5. Andrew Gelman does not think the median voter theorem is underrated. I say look at…#wanghuning #davidbrooks #fareedzakaria #pakistan #andrewgelman #thailand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Evaluating helmet-wearing of single-vehicle overspeeding motorcycle crashes: Insights from temporal instability in parsimonious pooled framework - Wang C, Abdel-Aty M, M Easa S, Chen F, Cheng J, Jamal A.
OBJECTIVE: A lower helmet-wearing rate and overspeeding in Pakistan are critical risk behaviors of motorcyclists, causing severe injuries. To explore the differences in the determinants affecting the injury severities among helmeted and non-helmeted motorc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Suicide and self-harm by burns in Pakistan: a scoping review protocol - Noorullah A, Pirani S, Bebbington E, Khan M.
INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a global public health problem. Self-inflicted burns are one of the most severe methods of suicide, with high morbidity and mortality. Low-income and middle-income countries contribute 40% of all suicidal burns. Pakistan lacks comp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
RETRACTION: Environmental factors affecting the frequency of road traffic accidents: a case study of sub-urban area of Pakistan - Hammad HM, Ashraf M, Abbas F, Bakhat HF, Qaisrani SA, Mubeen M, Fahad S, Awais M.
Retraction Note: Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2019) 26:11674-11685
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04752-8
The Publisher has retracted this article in agreement with the Editor-in-Chief. An investigation by the publisher found a n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Deadly Pakistan attacks threaten China economic ties
ISLAMABAD -- A string of deadly attacks on Chinese interests in Pakistan is threatening to slam the brakes on Beijing's multibillion-dollar investment in the country and further escalate security demands on Islamabad, analysts say. Five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a…#islamabad #pakistan #beijing #pakistani #besham (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Putin's intel problem
The shock of last Friday's deadly attack on Moscow's packed Crocus City Hall venue may be slowly wearing off, but the uncomfortable questions leveled at Russia's intelligence and security services remain. The Russian capital as well as the entire country are in deep mourning over the March 22…#moscow #crocuscityhall #russian #ukraine #isisk #islamic #afghanistan #pakistan #iran #fsb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pakistan benchmark share index hits record high, IMF cheer continues
Pakistan's benchmark index touched an all-time high on Thursday, extending a rally following a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund earlier this month to free up more financial aid for the country. The benchmark KSE-100 touched a record high of 67,200.82 points in intraday…#pakistan #imf #southasian #shehbazsharif (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Judge Blocks 8M Telegram Users After Platform Failed to Help Identify Pirates * TorrentFreak
A copyright complaint filed by Mediaset España, EGEDA, Atresmedia, and Movistar Plus, escalated Friday when a judge ordered ISPs to prevent eight million Telegram users from accessing the service in Spain. Expected imminently, the blockade is Telegram's punishment for not helping to identify IPTV…#mediasetespaña #movistarplus #spain #iptv #telecinco #iran #pakistan #torrentfreak #factualbackground #casebackground (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
