A tribal leader sits behind a marijuana plant in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo/Reuters Mon 13 May 2024: A new regulator aims to legalise hemp growth, while crushing a black market. But is Pakistan too late to the global cannabis party? Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Over the weekend, western Indonesia was ravaged by hours of relentless rainfall, triggering flash floods and a cold lava flow from a volcano, resulting in the confirmed deaths of at least 41 individuals. According to a local disaster official speaking to AFP news agency, Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on […]
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Sun 12 May 2024: The interim Taliban administration said Saturday that hundreds of lives have been lost, and many more have been injured as a result of torrential floods in Afghanistan. “Regrettably, hundreds of our fellow citizens have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries,” said administration spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: Air India’s low-cost airline, Air India Express, faced a wave of flight cancellations as numerous cabin crew members called in sick unexpectedly. The carrier had to announce the cancellation of 85 flights on Thursday. Reports suggest that this sudden sick leave may stem from discontent among staff regarding new hiring and […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: Toyota has reported record profit and sales figures on the back of the weak yen and strong demand for hybrid vehicles. The Japanese car giant said on Wednesday that it netted a record profit of 4.94 trillion yen ($31.9bn) in the year to March on revenues of 45.1 trillion yen, double […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: Elon Musk proposed conducting tests of Tesla’s full self-driving feature in China by implementing it in robotaxis, as per reports from Chinese state media. According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the state-backed China Daily on Wednesday, officials informed the Tesla CEO during his visit to China last month […]
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A video grab of the seven youths from India stuck in Russia. Thu 09 May 2024: India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has disclosed that four individuals associated with a human trafficking network have been apprehended on charges of enticing young men to Russia with promises of lucrative employment opportunities or university admissions, only to […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: Beijing has authorised the safety of genetically modified wheat for the first time as it proceeds cautiously with the commercial production of genetically altered food crops. To ensure national food security, China increased the approval of genetically modified (GM) maize and soybean seeds during the past year. These seeds yield more and are […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: The ban on opium cultivation precipitated a staggering $1.3 billion loss in farmers’ incomes, equivalent to approximately 8 percent of the country’s GDP, the World Bank said in a new report. The bank said that over the past two fiscal years, the real GDP of Afghanistan contracted by 26 percent, and […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Afghan Consul-General in India’s financial capital Mumbai has resigned from her post following smuggling allegations, according to media reports. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s Mumbai, was reportedly caught smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. She confirmed her resignation on her official X handle, saying: “It […]
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