ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon Monday chaired a high-level meeting regarding dengue measures in the federal capital, during which officials reported finding dengue larvae at 600 locations across the city in just one week. The DC emphasized that controlling the spread of dengue required active participation from residents, said the ICT Administration’s Spokesman. The meeting focused on reviewing ongoing initiatives and campaigns aimed at eradicating the larvae. Despite these efforts, one case of dengue was reported in the city last week. The deputy commissioner stressed the importance of community involvement in keeping homes and surroundings clean to prevent…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected at a third poultry farm near Melbourne, but it is not the same strain that has spread globally and raised fears of human transmission, the Victoria state government said on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of birds have already been destroyed after bird flu was found at two Australian egg farms last month. The third farm is within a few kilometres of the first to report infection and both have the same H7N3 strain of the virus, while the other farm had an H7N9 strain, the state government said. All three farms…
The International Cricket Council on Monday announced that winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will receive $2.45 million — record prize money for the tournament — from the overall $11.25m pot while the runner-up will receive $1.28m. “The 55-match event will be played over 28 days, across nine venues in the West Indies and USA, making this the biggest ICC T20 World Cup ever,” the international cricket body said in a press release, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com. ICC said that all participating teams will receive a minimum amount of $225,000. “The ninth edition of the…
PARIS: World number two Aryna Sabalenka pummelled American Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour on Monday to march into the French Open quarter-finals with an emphatic performance that kept her on course for her first title in Paris. The Belarusian 26-year-old, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros last year, never faced a break point in the 69-minute fourth-round match and finished with 36 winners and 12 unforced errors. Sabalenka avenged a loss against Navarro earlier this year at Indian Wells and reached her ninth career Grand Slam quarterfinal. The two-time Australian Open champion is attempting to become the…
LONDON: Chelsea have appointed Enzo Maresca as their new head coach on a five-year contract, the English Premier League club said on Monday. The Italian will leave Leicester City, whom he led to promotion back to the Premier League in his first season in charge, and begin his new role on July 1, Chelsea said in a statement.“ He has proven himself to be an excellent coach capable of delivering impressive results with an exciting and identifiable style,“ said Chelsea’s sporting co-directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley. “His ambitions and work ethic align with those of the club.” Leicester were…
MADRID: France forward Kylian Mbappe has joined Real Madrid as a free agent on a five-year contract, the La Liga club said on Monday, ending a transfer saga that rumbled on for years before the European champions captured their newest “Galactico”. “Real Madrid C. F. and Kylian Mbappe have reached an agreement whereby he will be a Real Madrid player for the next five seasons,” the Spanish champions said in a statement, fresh off their 15th European Cup triumph. The 25-year-old captain of the French national team had announced he was leaving Paris St Germain in a video posted on…
The Men in Green are now the Men in Hats as they turned cowboys for the promos of the T20 Cricket World Cup! Promo photos rarely catch our eye, but then we saw the cowboy themed pictures and knew we couldn’t let it slide. Also, please excuse our pun in the excerpt, we couldn’t help ourselves. Obviously the ICC had a fun video to share too, complete with old western music and a lot of old school swagger. Also, can we just say, Iftikhar was made to be a cowboy. Erin Holland agrees with us — she wants him…
KARACHI: The man who once used to lead the line for England was, on Monday, leading talks for the launch of a franchise league in Pakistan. Former England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen scored for the Pakistan Football League as soon as he touched down in Islamabad, helping the project get the government’s nod. The approval came when a delegation of the PFL, which has been termed “illegal and unsanctioned” by the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee, met Inter-provinical Coordination minister Rana Sanaullah, who is also the prime minister’s adviser on political and public affairs. A statement from the Ministry…
Rahul Dravid said on Monday that he will leave his post as India coach at the end of the T20 World Cup after almost three years in charge. Dravid’s contract runs out at the end of the month and he will not re-apply for the job, which has been advertised by India’s governing cricket body, the BCCI, since last month. “It is going to be the last one that I am in charge of,” the 51-year-old told reporters ahead of India’s opening match against Ireland in New York on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, the kind of schedules and where I find myself at this…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded its highest monthly growth in exports in three years with a jump of almost 19pc in May 2024. The month-on-month growth rate of 18.76pc in dollar terms was the highest since June 2021, when the exports went up by 63.32pc. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data released on Monday, exports increased to $2.79 billion in May, a year-on-year rise of 27.08pc against $2.19bn in the corresponding month of 2023. May was also the first month that exports grew after declining for four consecutive months this year. Imports stand at $4.9bn during May, FBR issues Rs438.11bn…
