A jury on Friday found that Abbott Laboratories specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $495 million in damages. The verdict in St. Louis, Missouri state court comes in the first trial against the company out of hundreds of similar claims over the formula pending in courts around the country, which Reuters viewed via Courtroom View Network. Illinois resident Margo Gill, who brought the case against Abbott, alleged that the company failed to warn that its formula could cause a potentially deadly disease called necrotizing enterocolitis…
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Certain news outlets reported on Tuesday and Wednesday that the federal government had established special courts in Islamabad, with some saying they were to try “digital terrorists”. However, the courts established were regular ones for offences related to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016. During a press conference on Monday, Inter Services Public Relations Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif had said that a false narrative was being propagated against the army and its leadership on social media, where “digital terrorists” were using tools such as cell phones, computers, falsehood, and propaganda to impose their will on society…
The federal government has formed a joint investigation committee (JIT) to probe those creating “chaos and disorder” in the country through “malicious social media campaigns”, it emerged on Saturday. While the move comes days after the interior ministry announced a JIT was being formed to probe the suspicion of PTI’s alleged involvement in “anti-state propaganda”, the notification does not mention the party. PTI information secretary Raoof Hasan was arrested on Monday during a raid conducted by the Islamabad police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the party’s Central Office. Subsequently, it had emerged that the FIA’s cybercrime wing had booked Hasan and 11 others under…
High expectations of our Olympians fizzled out on the first day of events in Paris as Kishmala Talat and Gulfam Joseph failed to advance to the finals in their respective 10-metre Air Pistol events. Two-time Olympian Joseph finished 22nd in the qualification round with a final score of 571. Saturday afternoon’s performance was markedly different from his 578 score at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where he narrowly missed the finals with a ninth-place finish. Serbia’s Damir Mikec led the 33-person qualifier with an impressive 584, followed by Italy’s Federico Nilo Maldini with a 581 and Germany’s Christian Reitz who scored 580 and picked up…
s in Los Angeles, a number of test events are being planned for the Olympic venues. However, in a statement, ASOIF said that US investigations may lead federations to consider the risks of allocating future competitions over doubts about the safety of athletes and officials. ASOIF concerns centre around the Rodchenkov Act legislation. The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act passed in 2020 is named after Grigory Rodchenkov who led Russia’s state doping programme before turning whistle blower. The Act allows criminal charges to be brought against those found to have committed anti-doping rule violations. The Act legislation extends US law enforcement jurisdiction to any international…
PALLEKELE: New India captain Suryakumar Yadav hit an attacking half-century to set up a dominant 43-run victory for India in the first of three T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Saturday. Suryakumar, 33, hammered 58 off 26 balls in his first match as T20 skipper with India beginning a new era in the format after their T20 World Cup triumph last month. India posted 213-7 and then bowled out the hosts for 170, after spinner Axar Patel struck twice in one over including taking the key wicket of Pathum Nissanka for 79. Nissanka looked like setting up the chase, but…
SPA FRANCORCHAMPS: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday, where Red Bull’s Formula One champion Max Verstappen posted the fastest time in wet conditions but is on a 10-place grid penalty for taking on a fifth engine. Drivers’ championship leader and three-time world champion Verstappen will start 11th on the grid on Sunday, after Red Bull decided to take the penalty at Spa which can be an easier track for overtaking, as he goes for a fourth straight win in Belgium. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, under pressure of late after a run of poor performances, will…
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday hailed the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, saying the bold showpiece on the River Seine had made France extremely proud. Macron, who had long defended the concept of the first ever summer Olympics opening ceremony outside a stadium, congratulated the French security forces for ensuring it could happen. “Everyone told us seven years ago that this was impossible to do. I remember it very well,” he said at Paris police headquarters. “There were all those experts who said ‘this is criminal madness’ and ‘this will never happen’… People said that with the terrorist…
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday hailed the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, saying the bold showpiece on the River Seine had made France extremely proud. Macron, who had long defended the concept of the first ever summer Olympics opening ceremony outside a stadium, congratulated the French security forces for ensuring it could happen. “Everyone told us seven years ago that this was impossible to do. I remember it very well,” he said at Paris police headquarters. “There were all those experts who said ‘this is criminal madness’ and ‘this will never happen’… People said that with the terrorist…
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is considering amending the Insurance Ordinance to establish a centralised insurance information bureau to enhance the regulatory governance framework. A recent survey titled ‘Mapping the Existing Digital Infrastructure of Insurance,’ published by the regulator, provides critical insights into the current state of the insurance sector. It has highlighted that the majority of companies have yet to take significant steps towards digitalisation. The survey compares Pakistan’s insurance industry to other jurisdictions and identifies areas of progress and neglect. The survey observed that the insurance industry is still in its infancy stage of…
