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Quetta, Sep 29 (IANS) At least 52 people, including a police officer, have died and some 50 others injured in a suspected suicide blast that occurred on Friday near a mosque in Pakistan’s Balochistan province as people gathered for a religious procession to mark Eid Milad-un-Nabi, officials said.The incident took place near the Madina Masjid in Mastung district.The number of casualties was confirmed to Dawn news by District Health Officer (DHO) Abdul Razzaq Shahi, while City Station House Officer (SHO) Mohammad Javed Lehri said a police official was among the dead.Earlier, Saeed Mirwani, chief executive of Shaheed Nawab Ghous Bakhsh…

United Nations, Sep 29 (IANS) More than 16,000 children have been displaced in eastern Libya following the catastrophic floods triggered by Storm Daniel, with their psychosocial well-being at stake, the Unicef has said.Many more children have also been affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply, Xinhua news agency quoted Unicef as saying in a statement.While the number of children among the casualties is not yet confirmed, the UN body fears hundreds of children may have died in the disaster, given that children account for about 40 per cent of the population, it…

New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, triggers a dangerous immune response in hardened fatty deposits (plaques) lining the heart’s largest blood vessels, leading to the risk of heart attack, stroke.Experts have long observed that the Covid-19 coronavirus increases the likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke for up to a year after infection, particularly for those who already have underlying heart conditions.However, the specific mechanisms that account for these risks had until now remained unclear.Researchers at New York University’s (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine in the US explored how the coronavirus…

New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Skin behind the ears and between the toes can host a collection of unhealthy microorganisms that can lead to many skin diseases, finds a study. The microbiome, or the collection of microbes living on and in the human body, play a role in human health, and the skin is no different.The study by a team at the George Washington University (GW) in the US has shown that the composition of the skin microbiome varies across dry, moist and oily regions of the skin. “My grandmother always instructed the kids in the family to scrub behind…

United Nations, Sep 29 (IANS) UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis has urged the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to reconsider their decision to ban women and girls from proper education.Afghan women and girls, like men, have inalienable rights — human rights that must be upheld and honored, said Francis.”So I would urge the Afghan authorities to reconsider the policy and allow girls to go to school, to get an education, so that they can play a role in the development of their communities and society,” Xinhua news agency quoted the UNGA President as saying at a press briefing here.”They…

Stockholm, Sep 29 (IANS) Sweden is set to build special prison wards for young offenders in a bid to curb organised crime, the government said.The wards will be in place by 2026 and tailored to offenders aged 15 to 17, Minister for Justice Gunnar Strommer told Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri (DI).Currently, offenders who are too young to be imprisoned are sent to residential homes run by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS), alongside children with other psychosocial problems such as drug abuse, reports Xinhua news agency.Strommer said that the reform is necessary in order to ensure that teens…

New York, Sep 29 (IANS) A US cop who joked and laughed in a bodycam video about Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula’s death by a police SUV this year, has been taken off patrol duty, police said.The Seattle Police Department (SPD) on Thursday confirmed that Officer Daniel Auderer “has been administratively reassigned to a non-operational position”, The Seattle Times reported.Auderer, a member of the SPD’s traffic squad and vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, came under investigation over a clip from his body camera in which he is heard saying that Kandula’s life had “limited value” and the city…

Toronto, Sep 29 (IANS) With Canada-India relations worsening after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi of involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey in June, various Canadian government agencies have reported cyberattacks from India.Calling these attacks “nuisance”, Canada’s signals-intelligence agency said various government institutions have been hit even though systems serving federal departments and agencies continued to operate normally, according to CTV network.The Canadian Armed Forces website was among those impacted by the cyberattacks for hours on Wednesday.“We have no indication of broader impacts to our systems,” said military spokeswoman Andree-Anne Poulin.Calling it…

Stockholm, Sep 29 (IANS) Amid a spike in the number of gang killings across Sweden, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has summoned the Army chief to help curb the violence.In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, he said Sweden had not seen anything like it before and that “no other country in Europe” was experiencing this kind of situation, reports the BBC.So far this month, 12 people have been killed in gang violence — the highest number since December 2019, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.Army chief Micael Byden and the Prime Minister are scheduled to meet the country’s…

Ottawa, Sep 29 (IANS) Despite levelling allegations over the involvement of India in the murder case of Canada-based pro-Khalistan hardliner Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that it was “extremely important” for his country and its allies to continue engaging “constructively and seriously” with India given its growing importance on the world stage.Addressing a press conference in Montreal on Thursday, the Prime Minister said “Canada is still committed to building closer ties with India”, The National Post newspaper reported.“India is a growing economic power and important geopolitical player. And as we presented with our Indo-Pacific strategy, just…