Ramachandra Guha: How YouTube helped me rediscover old musical favourites – and find new treasures
Abdul Gh Lone 1 August 2021 0 COMMENTSIt was a serious road accident that led me – accidentally, as it were – to the musical riches of YouTube. I had broken an ankle and dislocated a shoulder, and was laid up in bed for weeks on end. I couldn’t read a book, but I could open my laptop and check my emails […]
READ MOREHarsh Mander: Will we learn anything from the mass pyres and floating bodies?
Abdul Gh Lone 1 August 2021 0 COMMENTSAs the gravest health emergency to overwhelm the globe in a century continues to rage, the unbridled Covid-19 virus has laid bare the abject failure of India’s health system to secure even elementary levels of health-care for its people. Everything fell short disastrously, sometimes catastrophically: hospital beds, doctors, nurses, testing kits, medical oxygen, vaccination, PPE […]
READ MORETokyo 2020 day 9 live updates: PV Sindhu in bronze playoff, India vs Great Britain hockey QF
Abdul Gh Lone 1 August 2021 0 COMMENTS05.10 am: It’s not the most jam-packed day for Indian athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games but a couple of big ticket events to look forward to. Of course, athletics action all day plus some exciting hockey matches even before India’s quarterfinal against Great Britain at the business end. It is the Olympics after all, […]
READ MOREKARACHI: A container truck loaded with 780 sugar bags fell into the sea at the Karachi Port Trust’s (KPT) East Wharf, ARY News reported on Saturday. The truck fell into the sea after its brakes failed. The driver of the truck managed to escape unhurt. 780 bags of imported sugar loaded onto the truck went […]
READ MOREKARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Sunday issued a new travel advisory for all passengers boarding domestic flights, ARY News reported. Director Air Transport of the CAA, Irfan Sabir, issued a notification in this connection. According to a notification, the CAA has declared the COVID-19 vaccination certificate mandatory for passengers travelling through domestic flights […]
READ MORELAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has tested positive for novel coronavirus again, ARY News reported. The news was confirmed by the former interior minister on his Twitter handle. He has quarantined himself at home for 14 days after testing positive for the infection. The former minister has appealed to people to pray […]
READ MORECovid lockdown: Several arrested in Karachi over pillion riding despite ban removal
Abdul Gh Lone 1 August 2021 0 COMMENTSKARACHI: Several people have been arrested in Karachi over violation of the pillion riding despite the Sindh government lifted ban today, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to details, the Sindh police arrested several people and locked them up at the Airport police station of the metropolis. Sindh government today announced to ease lockdown restrictions […]
READ MOREISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected net revenue of Rs413 billion in the first month of the fiscal year 2021-22, showing about 36 per cent growth over the collection of Rs303bn during last year’s corresponding period. According to provisional data, July’s tax collection surpassed the target of Rs342bn by Rs71bn. The FBR said […]
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