New York,  About 73 per cent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) adolescents experience bias-based bullying for reasons beyond their sexual or gender identities, such as being bullied because of their body weight, race/ethnicity and religion, according to a US survey report.

Each type of

New York, When it comes to bug bites, most parents in the US are twice as likely to be concerned about ticks as they are about mosquitoes transmitting disease, a new poll has revealed.

Just one in three parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in repelling mosquitos bi

New Delhi, Heartfulness Institute on Friday said it has partnered with the Ministry of AYUSH and the United Nations Department of Public Information to host a global yogathon, that includes a call to make compassion contagious.

This event will showcase the need for compassion and will inspire people how to live a

Kabul, The Afghan government and Taliban have announced that the first peace talks between the two sides will take place in the Qatari capital of Doha, where the militant group has its political office and had signed a long-awaited peace agreement with the US on February 29.

"The Afghan government has only ag

United Nations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the child casualties in Kashmir but noted a decline in the recruitment of children by Maoists in Jharkhand due to the government's efforts in his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict.

The report released on Monday said tha

Peshawar, The entry of visitors to the Peshawar airport has been banned in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases, it was reported on Thursday.

An official statement issued here on Wednesday said the acha Khan International Airport's chief operating officer Ubaid-ur-Rehman Abbasi had directed the officials to e

Lahore, A "smart lockdown" has been imposed in Lahore and several other cities in Pakistan's Punjab province, an area home to more than 100 million people, following a spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases, it was reported on Thursday.

As of Thursday, Punjab province remains the worst-affected wi

Dhaka, Bangladesh has suspended its visa-on-arrival services for nationals of all countries until further notice as the coronavirus pandemic in the country continued to intensify, it was reported.

However, the government has made an exception for foreign investors and businessmen with valid credentials to avail th

Islamabad, A 40-hour long general debate on Pakistan's budget 2020-21 will begin in the National Assembly from Monday.

According to parliamentary tradition, the opposition leader starts debate on budget but since the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has tested positive for COVID-19

Dhaka, The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed the 100,000 mark on Thursday, authorities said, as the densely populated South Asian country struggles to contain the pandemic.

The country recorded 3,803 new cases in the past 24 hours from Wednesday morning, taking the total number of cases to 102