October2016
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ADB reaffirms commitment to support infrastructure development
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reaffirmed its commitment to support infrastructure development in Afghanistan, and stressed the importance of improved project implementation to enhance development impact in the country. The statement was made by... -
US hits 85K refugee admission target in FY 2016
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The United States resettled 84,994 refugees during fiscal year (FY) 2016 ending September 30th – just six people short of the 85,000 target set by the Obama administration last year. At the same time,... -
ADB loan for enhanced flood risk management in Banten
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $109 million loan to support flood risk management for communities in the Banten and Maluku provinces of Indonesia to enhance preparation for future threats while ensuring... -
William Lacy Swing briefs Gulf Cooperation Council
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: IOM Director General William Lacy Swing last week briefed the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf for the first time at the United Nations in New York with the aim of... -
Project launched to help community stabilization in Diyala, Iraq
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has provided funding for IOM to implement a project to contribute to stabilization of conflict-affected communities in Diyala governorate, Iraq. The one-year project aims to... -
Vision and hearing loss, Headaches, tooth cavities each affect more than 1 in 10 people
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex.Although healthy life... -
Global progress on reducing unsafe water and sanitation, but diet, obesity, and drug use an increasing threat
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: High blood pressure, smoking, high blood sugar, high body mass index, and childhood undernutrition were the world’s leading risk factors for premature death and ill health in 2015. Since 1990, there have been particularly... -
Life expectancy rising but 7 out of 10 deaths now due to non-communicable diseases
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The world population has gained more than a decade of life expectancy since 1980, rising to 69.0 years in men and 74.8 years in women in 2015. An important contributor to this has been... -
BCCI faces Supreme Court intervention after resisting reforms
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: The influential Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is facing a possible leadership crisis after the country’s Supreme Court demanded it accept sweeping changes by Friday. The BCCI finds itself on a... -
Raina recalled for New Zealand ODI series
Oct 7, 2016News Hour: Batsmen Suresh Raina has been recalled into India’s one-day international (ODI) squad for the five-match series against New Zealand this month. The 29-year-old, who last played an ODI for India in 2015, was overlooked...