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As Google eyes Australia exit, Microsoft talks Bing with PM


February 1, 2021

SYDNEY: Software giant Microsoft is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday. Australia has introduced laws that would force internet giant Google and social media heavyweight Facebook Inc to negotiate payments to domestic media outlets whose content links …

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WTA players tune up for Australian Open after quarantine


February 1, 2021

MELBOURNE: Ageless Venus Williams opened her 2021 season with a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of Arantxa Rus, while former top 10 players Jelena Ostapenko and Caroline Garcia also scored wins as a packed week of Australian Open warm-up events kicked off at Melbourne Park on Sunday. Venus, 40, showed few signs of having spent 14 days in quarantine in her first-round …

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Ganguly discharged after second heart surgery


February 1, 2021

KOLKATA: Indian cricket great Sourav Gang­uly was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing a second heart operation in a month, with doctors optimistic that he will make a full recovery. The 48-year-old, who now heads the country’s powerful cricket board, was admitted to hospital in Kolkata last Wednesday after complaining of chest pains. It was the second time this …

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Ahmed storms to DHA Karachi Cup glory


February 1, 2021

KARACHI: Having relinquished his Sindh Open title last week, Ahmed Baig had vowed he will rebound very quickly. For sure, he did. Ahmed stormed to victory at the DHA Karachi Cup All Pakistan Golf Championship on Sunday as he emphatically turning a two-stroke deficit into a six-shot margin of victory, leaving his rivals trailing in his wake. The 22-year-old sensation …

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Asif, Farhan power KP to third trophy this season


February 1, 2021

KARACHI: Spinner Asif Afridi and opener Sahibzada Farhan were the standout performers on Sunday as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa retained their Pakistan Cup title with a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat of Central Punjab in the final here at the SBP Sports Complex. The decider of the 50-over competition failed to provide the anticipated spills and thrills while the unstoppable Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stamped their …

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Cricket teams of S. Africa, Pakistan arrive


February 1, 2021

RAWALPINDI: The cricket teams of South Africa and Pakistan arrived in Islamabad on a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Karachi on Sunday. PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said the national flag carrier had reserved PK-368 exclusively for the cricket teams and all Covid-19 precautionary measures were put in place. He said disinfection of the aircraft was carried out and …

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Long term risks to the economy


February 1, 2021

Identifying a host of risks, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects Pakistan to work on a series of areas for reform and institutional strengthening for sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction and job creation and to end its repeated boom and bust cycles. In its latest synopsis as part of its 5-year Country Partnership Strategy, the Manila-based lending agency has concluded …

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Beating the pathogen


February 1, 2021

Thanks to the Chinese donation, Pakistan will hopefully kick-start a Covid-19 vaccination drive this week, administering half a million doses to public healthcare workers, signalling the beginning of the end of the deadly virus a year after the first case was reported in the country. A deal to source 10m more doses from China has also been reported. Citing dangers …

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Inflation has fallen from 2018 level: PM


February 1, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed on Sunday that inflation had currently declined from the level of 2018 when the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) came to power. “The government’s efforts are coming to fruition as both the consumer price index and core inflation had touched lower than the time of government’s formation,” the prime minister said in his tweet. “More good …

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