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HYDERABAD: A four-year-old girl died of the wrong injection administered at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday. A minor girl lost her life after allegedly being administered a wrong injection to the staffers at a private hospital in Hyderabad’s Latifabad area. The family told the media that they brought the girl for the treatment of cough and nausea. They blamed the doctor and hospital staff for showing negligence that claimed the life of the girl. They alleged that the doctor and hospital staff fled from the medical facility following their protest. Earlier in December last year, a 14-year-old boy…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 2,662 fresh cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in the previous 24 hours, the data shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed on Monday. It said 29 more patients succumbed to the viral disease, pushing the death toll to 29,801. A total of 47,307 samples were tested, out of which 2,662 turned out to be positive, showing an infection rate of 5.62 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 5.79 per cent. The number of coronavirus patients in critical care at various hospitals across the country stands at 1,566. Since the outbreak of…
ISLAMABAD: Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan reported the highest COVID-19 positivity ratio of 17.86 percent in Pakistan during the last 24 hours. In Muzaffarabad Covid-19 positivity rate recorded 17.65 pct and in Nowshera 16.56 percent, sources at the Ministry of National Health stated. Pakistan’s largest city Karachi reported 12.85 percent test positivity ratio, while Hyderabad recorded 6.52 pct coronavirus positivity rate, sources said. Mirpur recorded 11.58 percent Covid positivity ratio, Quetta 9.09 pct and Peshawar 9.29 pct, sources said. Mardan reported 9.09 pct test positivity rate, Abbottabad 9.80 pct positive cases while Lahore 5.22 percent Covid positivity ratio, according to sources.…
The popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out voice and video calling features for all Web and Desktop users. The much-awaited features would be available for everyone in the days to come. The Meta-owned app has been testing the web/desktop calling features for a while now. WhatsApp announced the calling features for web users for the first time in October 2020. However, the features were made available for select beta users last year. The voice and video calling features will now be rolled out for all users. These features are available on the mobile app for the past several…
BlackBerry has reportedly cancelled its licensing agreement with OnwardMobility and will not be producing new smartphones. This news follows on the heels of an announcement by BlackBerry that it completely sold its legacy mobile patent assets for a sum of $600 million to a consortium of companies called Catapult IP Innovations Inc. The reason behind this decision is unknown. BlackBerry was supposed to make a comeback with an all-new 5G-enabled Android phone with a physical keyboard in 2022. The new phone with 5G would have taken design cues from the Android-powered BlackBerry Priv from 2015. In August 2020, OnwardMobility announced…
SYDNEY: Josh Hazlewood conceded just five runs in the Super Over as Twenty20 World Cup champions Australia edged Sri Lanka on Sunday after the second game of their series finished in a tie. Australia were sent in to bat and posted 164 for 6, with Josh Inglis scoring 48 from 32 balls to lead the scoring. Dushmantha Chameera took 2-30, including wickets with consecutive balls in the 19th over to remove Steve Smith (14) and Marcus Stoinis (19), and Wanindu Hasaranga returned 2-33. Sri Lanka were always behind in the run chase after losing wickets in the first, third and…
BEIJING: The Winter Olympics finally look like, well, the Winter Olympics. Real snow fell in Beijing on Sunday for the first time since the Olympics began, giving the city the appearance and feel of a real Winter Games. There was fresh snow in the mountains as well, where all events have been contested on artificial snow. While the snow was mostly a welcome sight, up in the mountains it affected visibility and made it tougher for ski racers to make it down the hill, especially in the first run of the two-leg giant slalom. Marco Odermatt of Switzerland handled the…
KARACHI: The main roads around the Moin Khan Academy in DHA Phase 8 on Sunday had crowds gathering from early morning when it was still quite dark for the 3rd Commissioner Karachi City Marathon. After skipping one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country, this year’s marathon saw over 10,000 contestants and spectators who more than doubled that number. From their attire one could easily tell apart the runners from the ones, who had come to watch and cheer them along. The runners were in white, black, orange and blue jerseys with their registration numbers pasted on…
LAHORE: Babar Azam got another half century. Once again, it wasn’t a match-winning one. And it left Karachi Kings teetering on the brink of elimination from the playoffs race. The Kings skipper had made an unbeaten 90 in their nine-run loss Peshawar Zalmi back in Karachi. In Sunday’s reverse fixture here at the Gaddafi Stadium saw Babar among the runs again, this time with a 59, but the margin of defeat was more pronounced. Zalmi’s thumping 55-run victory left the Kings winless in six games of this HBL Pakistan Super League season and their playoff hopes severely reduced. They are…
