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IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistan is ahead of its eastern neighbor India in happiness score and behind in wealth per adult. Bangladesh is ahead of its western neighbor India and its
Shared by Mustafa Jivanjee, a Boston-based overseas Pakistani professional (dual national): “I think its high time that IMRAN KHAN should step down and leave this country and live a peaceful
Continue readingCONVERSATION: WhatsApp Share on Imran Khan and Pakistan Affairs
If one is inclined toward mysteries, mathematics can lead one to the conclusion that behind the veil of life there is a structure and an order. Alec Wilkinson at The
“I don’t agree or endorse all of them. However, rest of them ring the bell here.” IRSHAD SALIM: American Senator Bernie Sanders –critics dub him a ‘socialist millionaire’ keeps adding
IRSHAD SALIM — A recent tweet by a parody account I suspect, claiming it to be of “former Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh”, nevertheless sums up the latest cricket match
Continue reading‘Manmohan Singh Tweet’, A ‘New India’ Meme, and Stanton’s ‘Genocide’ Warning
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could cause a devastating sea level rise of nearly a foot, reports UPI citing a new study published Monday in the journal Nature
Continue readingMelting Greenland ice sheet could cause devastating sea level rise of nearly a foot
Heavy rainfall brought Bengaluru –India’s IT capital, to a grinding halt for the second time in a week. Local residents complain that a poor drainage system and lack of proper
Continue readingBengaluru Rain Fury Flooding: “We’re Awaiting Tractors to Drop Us to Work”
IRSHAD SALIM — Rather than make a breaking news, or a telegraphic report, I sat back, puffed Dunhills, watched WhatsApp shares, read tweets, listened, thought, understood, analyzed and then decided
Continue readingImran Khan Catches Nation’s Collective Imagination (Video)
An idea of an auto (EV, Solar, Etc.) that can still work: Another idea that can work and make us have fun, enjoy: California in 1919. Didn’t watch any mishaps
Arthur Brooks in The Atlantic: If you are a parent, your greatest fear in life is likely something happening to one of your kids. According to one 2018 poll from OnePoll and
Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, and Jeremy Wallace in Foreign Affairs: In policy circles, discussions about artificial intelligence invariably pit China against the United States in a race for technological supremacy.
Continue readingHow AI Distorts Decision-Making and Makes Dictators More Dangerous
Historic heatwave events increased 90-fold, meaning historic glacier melting –Pakistan has 7,000 glaciers, which means historic floods. In the Himalayas, most of the humid air drops its water on the