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APP Rawalpindi:The administration on the directives of the Punjab government would enforce a complete ban on plastic bags from June 5.  According to a Commissioner Office spokesman, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Engineer Aamir…

News Desk  Islamabad: A severe heat wave continues to ravage India, claiming at least 33 lives across the country on Friday. According to Indian media, the deaths have been reported in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Orissa.…

News Desk  Islamabad: The weather is expected to remain very hot across the country today (Saturday). The southern regions are likely to experience hot conditions accompanied by dusty winds and thunderstorms. On Friday, Jacobabad…

Fakhar-e-Alam Mardan: Ali Hazrat, a 45-year-old mango grower, was extremely worried after a drop in production of the most nutritious fruit, which is useful in the fight against heatstroke as health experts have declared him highly…

AFP/APP New Delhi:Temperatures in India's capital soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, the government's weather bureau said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which reported "severe…

AFP/APP Port Moresby: It is "very unlikely" more survivors of Papua New Guinea's deadly landslide will be found, a UN agency warned Tuesday, as thousands at risk from further slips were ordered to evacuate. Some 2,000 people are…

AFP/APP Bangladesh: Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming and longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.…

News Desk  Islamabad: Two helicopters from the Pakistan Army Aviation joined the firefighting efforts at four sites in the Margalla Hills National Park on Monday.  This operation, successfully coordinated by the Ministry of Climate…

News Desk  Islamabad: There is a possibility of temperatures reaching up to 50 degrees in Punjab today (Monday). The heatwave and intense heat are expected to continue in Punjab today as well. The spokesperson for the Provincial…

AFP/APP Port Moresby:Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a landslide obliterated a Papua New Guinea village and killed an estimated 670 people, a UN official told AFP on Monday. The once-bustling remote hillside village in…