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LAHORE: In a shocking development, four new dengue cases have been reported in Punjab within the last 24 hours. According to health officials, two cases were reported from Lahore, while one case each was reported from Rawalpindi and Gujranwala. In the past seven days, a total of 20 dengue cases have been reported from across Punjab. Within the last 30 days, 57 dengue cases have been reported in the province. Currently, five dengue patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals across Punjab. Four patients are being treated in Lahore’s government and private hospitals, while one patient is being treated in Rawalpindi’s…
PARIS: Two-and-a-half years after competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, American and Japanese figure skaters stepped on to the podium in Paris on Wednesday to receive reallocated gold and silver medals, drawing a line under a Russian doping saga that rocked those Games. At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the American figure skating team finally experienced the golden moment they were denied in Beijing when it emerged that Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old who had helped the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to gold in the team event, had tested positive for a banned drug. “It’s almost surreal. We got our medals, and…
KABUL: Afghanistan’s cricket board said on Wednesday it had banned former top-order international batter Ihsanullah Janat for five years after he admitted to “corrupt activities” in a domestic league. Three other unidentified players were also under investigation over match-fixing, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said. Janat, 26, the younger brother of former Afghan skipper and selector Nawroz Mangal, was regarded as a talented player with three Tests, 16 One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 International under his belt. “Janat has been banned from all forms of cricketing activities for five years following breaches of the ACB and the ICC [International Cricket Council]…
PARIS: Keegan Palmer of Australia won his second consecutive Olympic men’s park skateboard title with some spectacular moves on Wednesday, while women’s golf star Nelly Korda made an error-ridden start to her title defence. All eyes at the Place de la Concorde venue in central Paris, including American rapper Snoop Dogg’s, were on Palmer to see if he could retain the title he won when skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The US-born 21-year-old did not disappoint, leading from start to finish after laying down a score of 93.11 with his first run. It…
ISLAMABAD: While lauding the Pakistan Cricket Board’s move of appointing Saud Shakeel as vice-captain of the Test squad, veteran wicket-keeper/batter Sarfraz Ahmed says giving impressive performers of the domestic circuit and Pakistan Shaheens chances in the national team is a good step for the future. “First of all, congratulations to Saud. To be vice-captain of the national team is a huge honour. It’s a commendable initiative by the cricket board to groom such a junior player who has been leading at lower levels. Saud has been captaining since the U-19 level and has led Sindh to the T20 championship title,“ Sarfraz said…
India’s heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women’s 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final. World bronze medallist Phogat, 29, was in the public eye for months last year as part of a long-running protest against the then-chief of Indian wrestling when he was embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal. Phogat, who has won three Commonwealth Games gold medals, had been due to face Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States for the gold medal on Wednesday in Paris but was found to be 100 grams over the 50kg…
One of Australia’s leading science magazines drew fire Thursday after publishing AI-generated articles that experts said were incorrect or oversimplified. Cosmos, published by Australia’s state-backed national science agency, used Open AI’s GPT-4 to produce six articles published last month. Although the use of artificial intelligence was disclosed, the Science Journalists Association of Australia said its use had caused serious concerns. Association president Jackson Ryan told AFP that in the AI-generated Cosmos article ‘What happens to our bodies after death?’ the descriptions of scientific processes were incorrect or vastly simplified. In one example, the AI service wrote rigor mortis sets in 3…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday inaugurated two projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) on emerging technologies. The projects, named Common Criteria Pakistan and Quantum Communication, were launched in the presence of senior officials from the ministries of defence, information technology and telecom and the planning, said a press release. The minister appreciated the efforts of the team that made the projects a reality and expressed satisfaction over the self-sustenance models of both projects in the longer term. In his address during the inauguration ceremony, the minister highlighted the technological advancements achieved since…
ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad cautioned on Wednesday that budgetary measures are expected to increase inflation but assured that the external sector will remain manageable in the current fiscal year, thanks to debt rollovers from friendly countries. Mr Ahmad testified before the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by MNA Naveed Qamar, and provided insights into the country’s foreign and domestic sector performance for the ongoing fiscal year. The SBP chief noted that the total outstanding debt payment for FY25 stands at $26.2 billion. Of this, more than $16bn will be rolled over by friendly countries, leaving a…
