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Pakistan: Govt hospitals in Sindh’s Shikharpur and Kashmore Kandhkot lack clean drinking water, sanitation

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Pakistan: Govt hospitals in Sindh’s Shikharpur and Kashmore Kandhkot lack clean drinking water, sanitation

A team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) found unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff in government hospitals in Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot districts of Pakistan’s Sindh on Thursday and Friday, The Express Tribune reported. SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed … Read more

BJP, Congress blame each other as power outages worsen in India

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BJP, Congress blame each other as power outages worsen in India

With power demand rising every day and disruptions in power supply reported from several states, Congress and BJP are blaming each other for the power crisis. The county is headed towards a breakdown on the electricity front due to the Centre’s failure to transport the required coal from the mines to the power-generation stations, the … Read more

Several companies freeze operations as severe weather disrupts parts of US

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Several companies freeze operations as severe weather disrupts parts of US

FedEx and General Motors were among several companies whose operations were stalled by bone-chilling weather that has caused power outages and gas shortages in parts of the United States. A rare deep freeze swept the southern North America over the three-day Presidents Day holiday weekend, leaving millions without power and sending front-month gas futures to … Read more