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File image of Waqar Younis© AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named stalwarts Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis as mentors of five teams taking part in the Champions Cup domestic tournament. The big names in Pakistan cricket have been appointed mentors on three-year contracts following a transparent…
Followers of the minority Hindu faith held prayers and took out processions in Bangladesh on Monday (August 26, 2024). This is the biggest Hindu festival since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month. Temples in Dhaka and in other cities held Kirtan and Geeta Yagya as thousands of Hindus were seen visiting…
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At least three people have been killed and 48 others wounded when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed into a truck in southern Iran, state media reported Monday (August 26, 2024). In recent days, Shiite Muslims have been heading to Iraq for a major ritual, with Pakistanis often travelling through Iran to attend the Arbaeen…
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This will be the first time AAP contests the assembly polls in the state (file). Srinagar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of seven candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Sunday. The party has fielded Fayaz Ahmed Sofi from Pulwama, Muddasir Hassan from Rajpora, and Sheikh Fida Hussain from…
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Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will be a CM candidate (File). Mumbai: Seat-sharing – the stumbling block of many a political alliance – is in focus before the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi expected to hold a second round of talks this week, to continue dividing the…
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The disease caused by the monkeypox leads to flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions (Representational). Manila: The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of active cases to three. “We continue to see local transmission of mpox clade II here in…
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Gopichand Thotakura celebrates successful mission to space. | Photo Credit: Blue Origin India’s first civilian space tourist Gopichand Thotakura returned to the country on Monday (August 26, 2024) to witness a warm welcome in New Delhi. He has set the record of being the second-ever Indian citizen to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma, a…
A worker clears debris after a deadly landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, Sunday, August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Alaska’s governor declared a disaster following a landslide that prompted an evacuation in the city of Ketchikan. The landslide around 4 p.m. Sunday damaged homes and infrastructure in the city, which was being aided by the…
X owner Elon Musk, pictured above, called on Pavel Durov to be freed [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS After Telegram CEO and billionaire Pavel Durov was arrested in a French airport on Saturday (August 24, 2024), tech leaders and influencers across the political spectrum reacted with anger, accusing the French government of censorship and threatening…
The new research focused on a particular protein used by bacteriophages (representational). As the globe faces a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria – making traditional antibiotics ineffective – specific viruses could offer a solution. Viruses called bacteriophages, or phages, target bacteria but can’t infect humans or other higher organisms. Phages inject their DNA into the bacterial…
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