NEW DELHI: Doctors in India are fighting a fatal fungal infection affecting Covid-19 patients or those who have recovered from the disease amid a coronavirus surge that has driven the country’s fatalities to nearly 300,000. The life-threatening condition, known as mucormycosis, is relatively rare but doctors suspect that the sudden increase in the infection could further complicate India’s fight against …

WASHINGTON: “English is not my first language,” writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. In her video clips, she tells her 400,000 followers about the differences between her …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s urban population grew immensely by 76 per cent to 75.68 million in 2017 from 43m in 1998, according to the final results of the Population Census 2017. In other words, around 36.44pc of the country’s total population of 207.68m lived in cities in 2017 compared to 32.5pc out of 132.35m in 1998. According to the data, Balochistan is …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has alleged that the PTI government has fudged figures, including those about population of Pakistan, to lie about its economic performance. PML-N leader and former federal finance minister Miftah Ismail and former governor of Sindh Mohammad Zubair said at a press conference that worldwide the top three indicators of any economy were its GDP …

QUETTA: Some unidentified people were booked by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Sunday in the FIR registered in connection with the motorcycle bomb blast that took place in Chaman town the other day. Seven people, including activists of the JUI-Nazaryati, were killed and 14 others injured in the incident. Unknown attackers had parked the motorbike near the venue of …

GWADAR: Hundreds of women and children staged a rally in the small coastal town of Jewni in Gwadar district on Sunday to protest against the shortage of drinking water. The traders community closed their businesses to support the protest. Women and children gathered in the centre of town and paraded the streets, chanting slogans against the government’s failure to make …

LAHORE: Ending his three-year-long political isolation, ‘disgruntled’ PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will take the oath as Punjab Assembly member when the house will meet after a two-day break on Monday (today). Confirming his decision to take the oath in a statement on Sunday, the politician from Chakri said he made the decision after talking to his constituents and …

HYDERABAD: Two policemen, a private guard of an SHO and a private photographer working with police were killed in an anti-bandit operation in the Garhi Tegho area of Shikarpur district on Sunday. Seven other policemen, including two SHOs, were injured in the shootout between the outlaws and police. “The casualties seem to be the result of planning and tactical errors …

QUETTA: There is no threat to the Balochistan government as Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani enjoys the support of all coalition partners, a spokesman said on Sunday. “Mr Alyani will remain chief minister for the remaining two years and work for the development of this province, which has been ignored by all the previous governments,” Liaquat Shah­wani claimed at …

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and a motorbike at Quetta-Sukkur national highway near the Bakhtiarabad area on Sunday. Levies Force officials said the Quetta-bound car coming from Sheikhupura hit the three people on the bike. “Three people riding the motorbike, including a woman, died on …