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To meet fossil fuel demands till 2040, Pakistan has reactivated stalled Saudi & Kuwaiti oil refinery offers in Balochistan. The aim it seems is value-addition than just import of crude/petroleum
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When Josep Borrell spoke of ‘privilege’, did that mean ‘white’ privilege? By Tariq A. Al Maeena at Gulf News: As a child growing up in the family home, I was
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IRSHAD SALIM: One day my grandma asked my father why he had beaten me up as i was the youngest and his most loved one. My father told grandma that
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: For researchers interested in the intersection of animal and machine intelligence, “supervised learning” might be limited in what it can reveal about biological brains. Animals —
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ایک دن میری دادی نے میرے والد سے پوچھا کہ انہوں نے مجھے کیوں مارا کیوں کہ میں سب سے چھوٹا اور ان کا سب سے پیارا تھا۔ میرے والد
“All you have to do for your kid to receive the best education in the Bay Area is put them in a classroom where their teachers will not speak English
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The study contradicts the idea that we should use less groundwater Written by Rezwan at GlobalVoices.org: Being a riverine country, Bangladesh is prone to floods every year, and a large
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Here are some reasons why Japanese kids are different than the rest of the world: Schoolchildren follow rules that are strange but true: These children’s daily rituals at school enable
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IRSHAD SALIM, Karachi: Dr. Gholam Mustafa, a California-based professional whom we used to call ‘Qalandar’ in NED –this was in the early 70s until, to quote Hamza Shahid (Oscar), “we
Perhaps the clearest role the U.S. can play in halting and reversing global nature loss by 2030 is in the assistance it provides to those countries where biodiversity is richest
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Robin Wright in The New Yorker: The girls and women of Iran are just bitchin’ brave, flipping the bird at its Supreme Leader in a challenge to one of the most
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— The incumbent rulers would never let the institutions strengthen.— “I have never favored anyone during the three and a half years of my government”.— “Neither I want judges nor
Continue readingImran Khan Talking Points: Ready to Go to Jail. Stamina. Sher Shah Suri…