Monday, September 20th, 2021
Russian Varsity shooting leaves 8 students dead
Centreline Report MOSCOW: At least eight people have died after a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say. The assailant walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting. Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others were seen jumping from windows. Police wounded and detained the attacker, who is said to be a student. The local health ministry says 19 people were injured in the attack. The incident occurred at 11:00 (06:00 GMT) at Perm State University, locatedRead More
PM to virtually address UNGA’s session on Friday
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually address the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday. This was stated by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He said Pakistan’s policy statement, to be delivered by the Prime Minister, is expected to convey Islamabad’s views on the major global economic and political issues. Munir Akram said throughout the session, Pakistan will draw the world‘s attention to the human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir, the imperative to stabilize Afghanistan and the need to combat Islamophobia. He saidRead More
Pakistan shines at Global Online Youth Education Summit 2021
ISLAMABAD: Dania Javaid, an Elementary School Teacher in the Directorate of Elementary & Secondary Education, AJK has been selected as ‘the best delegate’ in the Global Online Youth Education Summit (GOYES) 2021 for proposing innovative and viable solutions to the problems faced by the prevailing education system globally. The summit was organized by the Akanksha Charitable Trust Puttur, in collaboration with Youth Opportunities and Trisha Vidya College of Commerce & Management, earlier this week. The international summit aimed at bringing together young educationists from different regions of the world toRead More
Pakistan Registers 40 More Coronavirus-Related Deaths
ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus claimed 40 more lives across Pakistan during the PAST 24 hours, lifting the overall tally of fatalities to 27,246. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 51,348 samples were tested, out of which 2,167 turned out to be positive for the viral disease. The country’s tally of infections rose to 1,226,008 after 2,167 new cases were reported. The positivity rate of infections was recorded at 4.22 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 4.68 per cent, the NCOC said, adding the numberRead More