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Here’s why inclusion of this music star in GTA 6 divided gaming community


January 15, 2024

Here is why the gaming community is divided after the inclusion of this movie star in the Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6). Grammy-winning artist T-Pain has confirmed his collaboration with the development team of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6). Speaking candidly, he expressed the excitement of being part of the highly-anticipated next installment of the iconic gaming franchise. …

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Microsoft edges out Apple as world’s most valuable company


January 15, 2024

Microsoft’s stock market value ended a trading session higher than Apple’s for the first time since 2021 on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable company as worries about demand hit the iPhone maker’s shares. Apple crept up 0.2% on Friday, while Microsoft added 1%. With that, Microsoft’s market capitalization stood at $2.887 trillion, its highest ever, according to LSEG …

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Karachi reports six more cases of Covid-19 JN.1 variant


January 15, 2024

KARACHI: Six passengers who arrived at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi coming from abroad tested positive for the new Covid-19 variant “JN.1 Omicron” According to Sindh Health Department, the rapid antigen tests of six passengers conducted at Jinnah International Airport came back positive. The six passengers found positive for JN.1 variant, currently a cause of concern in several countries, are residents …

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Smith relishing chance to open


January 15, 2024

ADELAIDE: Steve Smith said Sunday he felt obligated to step up and replace David Warner as Australia’s Test opener, but also admitted it suited him because he got bored waiting to come in at four. The 34-year-old veteran was a surprise pick to do the job ahead of openers Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw after Warner bowed out …

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Mathews shines as Sri Lanka pull off last ball win against Zimbabwe


January 15, 2024

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a last ball thriller in the first Twenty20 Intern­ational in Colombo on Sunday. Requiring six runs off the last two balls, tail-ender Dush­ma­ntha Cham­eera smashed a bou­ndary off the penultimate ball. Then he pushed the last ball to square leg, scampering for two runs to keep Sri Lanka’s …

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India crush Afghanistan to clinch T20 series


January 15, 2024

INDORE: Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube smashed half-centuries as India thrashed Afghanistan by six wickets to clinch the series in the second Twenty20 international in Indore on Sunday. Jaiswal, who hit 68 off 34 balls, returned to the team along with star batsman Virat Kohli after the two missed the opening win of the three-match series. Jaiswal put on …

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Injured Kane Williamson set to miss remainder of Pakistan series


January 15, 2024

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who suffered a hamstring injury in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan, is unlikely to take any further part in the series, coach Gary Stead said Monday. Williamson was already set to miss the third game on Wednesday, and with the first Test against South Africa less than three weeks away, Stead said his star batsman would …

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Emerging consensus


January 15, 2024

In a challenging, complex situation, one can see consensus-building surfacing on how to resolve major issues, both by design as well as by independent actions of various stakeholders/institutions that tend to work in harmony. A major issue on which near-consensus or consensus is so obvious is that elections should be held as scheduled on February 8. And that long-term policies …

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From lined legacy to modernised channel


January 15, 2024

One of the two main perennial canals of Kotri Barrage, Akram Wah or the lined channel, will no longer be a lined channel once its remodelling and rehabilitation phase is done under World Bank funded Sindh Water and Agriculture Transformation (SWAT) project. Its remodelling and improvement will be done for Rs898 million by Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida) under …

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