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Key Findings By the Institute For Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in Its Recent 7-Page Factsheet Titled “Debunking Common Myths about LNG in Pakistan“: LNG is not cheap in
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NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Roughly 1 in 4 American expatriates is “seriously considering” or “planning” to renounce their U.S. citizenship, according to a survey from Greenback Expat Tax Services. The
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Cool recipes: How to prepare delicious Karela (Bitter Gourd) dish, Masala Bhindi (Okra) Dhaba Style and Makai Ki Roti (Corn Wheat Bread Desi style): Here’s a popular recipe how to
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After a consignment of Vladimir Nabokov’s famed book landed on Indian shores, a debate over its ban spanned Customs and police to the finance minister and PM. by Shubhneet Kaushik
Alluring and evanescent, smoke and bubbles are unusual subjects that, with some practice, produce utterly unique expressions. While smoke is inherently aleatoric (meaning random), bubble is of spherical shape –
Blake Lemoine, the software engineer, reported this to the US government and was subsequently suspended by Google for violation of confidentiality agreements. Almost no one agrees that the AI in
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TALKING POINTS: THE slide seems unstoppable…The government’s hopes of sealing the IMF deal and the promise of a bailout from friendly countries have yet to be realized. The specter of
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NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday. Fauci, 81, tested positive on a rapid antigen test and was “experiencing mild
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Muslim minorities are under attack in India – front-ended by extremist Hindu activists and supported by the police, a source tells DesPardes who shared some videos of some latest incidents
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Some WhatsApp Shares Curated by Irshad Salim – based in Karachi, to reflect on Social Media – as he sees it. “AI driven Algorithm, bots, etc. populating the cloudflare and
NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Pakistan’s Directorate of Internal Audit-Inland Revenue of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has detected a case of tax fraud involving a revenue loss of more
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At 50 years, Bangladesh has entered an era of high growth, low inflation, rising income levels and falling poverty rate. Its forex reserve has also gone up and up in
Continue readingBangladesh Economy: From High Growth to “Crisis at Both Ends”?