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Over 245,000 confirmed cases have been reported in US with 6057 deaths as of Friday morning — 1562 of the fatalities have been reported in New York (highest in the
DESPARDES — After violent riots in New Delhi in February, many Muslims lost their homes. This happened after Modi-led government suddenly stripped nearly 2M people of their citizenship. And now
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“At the center of it all is our family system and belief that wealth is temporary (amanat) from Allah. حقوقِ ul ibaad as ordained upon us” DESPARDES — Pakistanis are
(UPI) — Afghanistan and the Taliban will begin a long-awaited prisoner exchange this week, the Taliban and sources within the government said Wednesday. About 5,000 members of the anti-government insurgency
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The development comes weeks after a camera at the International Space Station spotted an unknown cone-like object that was flying upward. NASA’s STEREO observation mission has spotted what fans of
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Iran which has been one of the countries worst hit by the virus and one of those least able to respond DESPARDES — Head of Iran’s Pasteur Institute says it
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SoDATA — China on Tuesday announced its manufacturing sector was recovering after its markets took a steep hit due to the coronavirus outbreak that saw trade drop during the month
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DESPARDES — Turkmenistan has adopted a special approach to wiping out the coronavirus — by completely banning any mention of the word, according to reports. The Central Asian nation is
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The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) entered into force on March 26, 1975. It currently has 182 states-parties. Ten states have neither signed nor ratified the BWC, including Chad, Comoros, Djibouti,
Continue readingCould the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?
“We will get the fiscal space for prepayments”: Pakistani official SoDATA — Oil prices have now plummeted by about two-thirds this year, with a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia
Pakistan has a huge youth bulge — nearly 64pct of the population — and has generally been supportive of Khan including backing him for change in the status quo. DESPARDES
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The Umrah returnees (from Saudi Arabia) in March are a silent source of importing coronavirus to Pakistan DESPARDES — Four (4) major coronavirus trends in Pakistan have been tracked so