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Healthy lifestyle: China’s average life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024

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  BEIJING (Kashmir English): China’s life expectancy reached 79 years in 2024, a 0.4-year increase from 2023, showing the Chinese people have a good lifestyle. The nation also achieved the goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) ahead of schedule. Life expectancy in eight provinces has surpassed 80 years, according to National Health Commission (NHC). […]

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Experts term Kashmir conflict major cause of deteriorating mental health amongst Kashmiri population

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Highlighting dangerous dimensions of the ongoing Kashmir conflict, speakers at a moot said that the lingering dispute has had a devastating impact on mental health of the population. They said that the agony was leading to high rates of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD, in addition to increased rates

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AJK Food Authority cracks down on substandard food items during Ramadan

AJK Food Authority cracks down on substandard food items during Ramadan

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MUZAFFARABAD: In a bid to provide quality and safe food supply to the public during Ramadan, the team of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Food Authority is conducting rigorous food inspections throughout the region. Under the supervision of Deputy Director Sardar Muhammad Saqib and on the orders of Secretary Food Authority Abdul Hameed Kiani, food inspection

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NIH warns about possible risk of dengue outbreak

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has issued an urgent warning about the possible risk of a dengue outbreak following recent rainfall across the country, particularly in Balochistan, Punjab, and northern areas of Pakistan. The NIH advisory seeks authorities and the public take immediate preventive measures to curb mosquito breeding

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Pakistani scientists develop eco-friendly java plum sensor to detect spoiled milk

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  LAHORE (Kashmir English): Pakistani scientists have developed a low-cost eco-friendly sensor that would detect spoiled milk. Based on the natural compounds that give Jaman (Syzygium cumini) its vibrant purple colour, the sensor would help ascertain freshness of the commodity. Pakistani researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Education Lahore, in collaboration

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MUST VC lauds services of Mirpur Kidney Dialysis Center for ailing humanity

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Vice Chancellor public sector Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) Prof. Dr Brig. (Retd) Younus Javed Wednesday visited World-class Kidney Dialysis Center in Mirpur and lauded the Center’s decades-old compassionate, empathetic as well as solicitous services to the ailing humanity. On the occasion, he pledged MUST’s resolute support for reciprocal

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Food adulteration to earn government’s ire in Azad Kashmir

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  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that the government was launching a full-scale campaign against food adulteration from the first of Ramadan, to ensure pure food in the markets. The AJK premier said this while talking to media-men on the occasion of mobile food

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Azad Kashmir launches first-ever ‘Mobile Food Testing Laboratory’

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a groundbreaking move, the government of Azad Kashmir has launched the first-ever mobile feed testing laboratory in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. This initiative has been envisaged to set high standards for food safety and quality, with strict punishments to be meted out to anyone who markets unsafe products. On

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Breast cancer deaths likely to rise by 68% worldwide by 2050, WHO warns

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  UNITED NATIONS (Kashmir English): Cass of breast cancer are likely to surge by 38 percent worldwide by 2050, with annual disease-related deaths projected to climb by 68 percent, a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggests. The findings of IARC, a specialized branch of the World Health Organization (WHO),

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