March2017

News Hour: The World Bank, in partnership with the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), today launched a series of new solar maps for Pakistan in support of the efforts to increase the deployment of renewable energy...

News Hour: In March, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) began distributing school meals for the first time to Syrian children attending public primary schools in areas in Aleppo city previously inaccessible to WFP and...

News Hour: An Austrian zoo culled 20 pelicans on Friday after it found the entire group was infected with the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus, the zoo said. Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo tested its pelican flock,...

News Hour: Three years into the conflict-related crisis in Eastern Ukraine there are acute humanitarian needs, including access to shelter, work, essential services, and even food and water. IOM has just announced plans for its assistance...

News Hour: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), is hosting twofold forums as part of the prestigious annual ‘LSE India Forum 2017’ (LIF), a leading forum in the UK involving keynote speeches and panel...

News Hour: A suddenly revitalised Barcelona is eyeing a second treble of Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey in three seasons. Barca’s stunning revival from a 4-0 first leg deficit to beat Paris Saint-Germain...

News Hour: Spain has confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, in the northwestern province of Castilla y Leon, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday....

News Hour: Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56”...

News Hour: The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region following North Korea’s missile tests, local media reported on Friday. The two sides launched...

News Hour: Two of South Korean participants in a pro-Park Geun-hye rally held outside the constitutional court passed away, according to local media reports on Friday. The two died of unidentified reasons. They were taken to...