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Veteran Bollywood star Dilip Kumar dies aged 98


July 7, 2021

Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar — one of the biggest stars in the golden age of Indian cinema from the 1940s to the 1960s — passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98. “With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip saab,” Faisal Farooqui, a family friend, posted on Kumar’s official Twitter. …

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Girl student abducted, gang raped in Rawalpindi


July 7, 2021

RAWALPINDI: A class eighth girl student was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted by three men in the limits of Saddar Barooni police. The victim, a resident of Liaquat Colony at Chakri Road, told police that on June 28 at midnight three young men, two of whom unidentified, knocked on the door of her house. When she unlocked the door, the …

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Maryam denies deal with govt, insists PML-N is intact


July 7, 2021

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice pre­sident Maryam Nawaz has denied any kind of deal of her party with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and insisted the entire PML-N led by Shehbaz Sha­rif was represented in the recent Swat rally when she was busy with the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) election campaign. In the ruling party there was an …

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SOUTH KOREA REPORTS HIGHEST DAILY COVID-19 CASELOAD IN MONTHS


July 7, 2021

SEOUL: South Korea reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since late December, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum told a COVID-19 response meeting on Wednesday. Kim said social distancing measures will be extended for the next few days and officials will consider whether to toughen existing rules as the country battles a …

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Canada names Mary Simon as first indigenous governor general


July 7, 2021

OTTAWA: Canada named Mary Simon on Tuesday as its first indigenous governor general — Queen Elizabeth II’s official representative in the Commonwealth country — as the nation faces a reckoning with its colonial history. “Today, after 154 years, our country takes a historic step,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference. “I cannot think of a better person to …

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New LHC chief justice takes oath


July 7, 2021

LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Tuesday took oath as the 51st chief justice of the Lahore High Court at a ceremony held at the Governor House. Governor Chaudhry Sarwar administered the oath to Justice Bhatti. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar also graced the occasion. LHC senior puisne judge Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmed Khan and other senior judges, Punjab Assembly Deputy …

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FIRST ROAD CONNECTING SAUDI ARABIA AND OMAN WILL SOON OPEN


July 7, 2021

Riyadh: The first road connecting Saudi Arabia and Oman will be opened soon, announced Salem Muhammad Al-Nuaimi, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in the Sultanate of Oman. In an interview with Oman TV, Al-Nuaimi said that the road is almost complete and work is now in full swing to establish the necessary facilities to …

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Smart foam material gives robotic hand ability to self-repair


July 7, 2021

SINGAPORE: Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects, and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin. Artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, is a highly elastic polymer created by mixing fluoropolymer with a compound that lowers surface tension. This allows the spongy material to fuse easily into one piece when cut, according …

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US hosts high-level Saudi visit after Khashoggi killing


July 7, 2021

Top Biden administration officials on Tuesday hosted a brother to Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in the highest-level such visit known since the United States made public intelligence findings linking the crown prince to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Biden administration did not publicly disclose the visit by Prince Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s deputy defence minister, …

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