Dispatch From Karachi (Video)
What’s the latest Irshad?The Govt. is trying its best to handle the IMF demands amid the new Budget issues… Please elaborate.If you peel the apple (revenues), the rabbit eats the
The Computer Scientist Who Parlays Failures Into Breakthroughs
Daniel Spielman solves important problems by thinking hard — about other questions. “For most of the problems that I’ve solved, I can identify the moment and tell the story about
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Thinking Like a Scientist Will Make You Happier
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili (of Iraqi descent) explains how to get out from under the cloud of misinformation. “Every now and again, I go off and I will make a TV
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Seven ‘Surprising’ Facts About the Italian Economy
Philipp Heimberger and Nikolaus Kowall at Social Europe: Italy is living below its means: ‘Italy is living beyond its means!’ This omnipresent claim is readily supported by pointing to Italy’s
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اپ ڈیٹ: گوگل آٹو رکشہ ڈرائیور (ویڈیو)
اپ ڈیٹ: ایک اور خود ملازم آٹو رکشہ ڈرائیور (آصف) میرے سفر کے راؤنڈ ٹرپ فاصلے کا حساب لگانے کے لیے گوگل میپ کو سیکھتا اور استعمال کرتا ہے، پھر
UPDATE: Google Auto Rikshaw Driver (Video)
UPDATE: Another self-employed auto rickshaw driver (Asif) learns and uses the Google Map to calculate round trip distance of my travel, then calculates rate per kilometer and charges me plus
The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
One single scientist created three inventions that accidentally caused the deaths of millions of people, including himself. Not only that, these inventions decreased the average intelligence of people all around
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India: Demolition Squad
The rampaging bulldozer is the state thumbing its nose at the court — and the rule of law. It needs a firm check The Indian Express editorial: The Uttar Pradesh
Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance
Before she met John Lennon, she was a significant figure in avant-garde circles and had created a masterpiece of conceptual art. Did celebrity deprive her of her due as an
FATF: Political Weapon against Target Nations? (Video)
NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Is Pakistan finally off the FATF hook after successfully completing the two FATF Action Plans? The country was put on Grey List in Feb. 2018. In
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The Two-Pronged Test That Could Put Trump in Prison
“The problem is that we have statutes on the books based on what Congress can envision,” Barbara McQuade says. “And I don’t think Congress ever imagined that a President would
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People Doing Things With Statues (Images)
Adding fourth dimension to a Statue…as an ‘articulated’ passerby!