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Childhood cancer survival rate in Pakistan remains dismal: Report

IANS | February 23, 2026 4:41 PM

Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Even though experts reckon that childhood cancer survival rates in wealthy nations is over 80 per cent, it drops to below 30 per cent in low and middle-income nations like Pakistan largely due to delay in recognising symptoms, lack of quality supportive care and trained specialists, limited access to specialised treatment and treatment abandonment, a report has detailed.

From solidarity to strategy: India-Africa ties enter new phase

IANS | February 23, 2026 4:25 PM

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) As global power structures undergo structural realignment, the India–Africa engagement is increasingly positioned not merely as historical solidarity, but as a forward-looking partnership shaping a more equitable and multipolar global order, according to delegates at a conference held by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) here on Monday.

Pakistan: Rights group alleges two farmers extrajudicially killed in Balochistan

IANS | February 23, 2026 3:43 PM

Quetta, Feb 23 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a leading human rights organisation reported that two farmers from Surab area were killed after being subjected to enforced disappearance earlier this month, local media reported on Monday.

'Pakistan's poverty level jumps to 11-year high amid govt claims of economic revival'

IANS | February 23, 2026 3:04 PM

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) While the Pakistan government claims that the country’s economy has been revived from the brink and is now stable, the harsh reality is that poverty has climbed to an 11-year high of 29 per cent and income inequality is at levels not seen in nearly three decades, according to an article in the Pakistani media.

India AI Impact Summit recognised as landmark event for Global South

IANS | February 23, 2026 2:06 PM

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The 'India AI Impact Summit 2026', held in the national capital last week, is being seen in the foreign media as the most significant artificial intelligence (AI) gatherings ever hosted in the Global South, and is described as the world's biggest AI summit to date.

Bangladesh’s President alleges conspiracy by Yunus-led interim govt to overthrow him

IANS | February 23, 2026 2:05 PM

Dhaka, Feb 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin asserted that he was excluded from key discussions during the one-and-a-half-year tenure of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, alleging that conspiracies were hatched to overthrow him and that attempts were made to destabilise the country and create a constitutional vacuum.

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