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  • China’s tourist attraction allows visitors to fly across the river

    A tourist attraction in China now allows visitors a chance to walk or fly over a river. 

    The Xiatianxia Tourist Area is a popular tourist spot in Fujian Province where people can wear different traditional costumes and enjoy an experience walking and flying across a river. 

    A video shared by South China Morning Post shows people flying in the air over a river and attempting stunts often seen in movies.

    As per details, tourists are lifted in the air using wires attached to their waists. They can either fly across the water, use prop weapons or even run on water. The wire is 600 meters long and 20 meters off the ground.

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    The experience costs 128 yuan (Rs3,186), which includes costume, props, make-up and hairstyling. 

  • Separate schools for transgender community to be opened in Punjab

    Education Minister Punjab Murad Raas on Tuesday said that the Punjab government will establish separate schools for the transgender community.

    “We are opening first ever Transgender School in Pakistan. Why would we deny education to anyone in our country? Our first school is opening in Multan tomorrow,” tweeted Murad Raas.

    He further added: “We will open such schools in all Districts of Punjab InshAllah. One step at a time. Education for All.”

    Addressing a ceremony held regarding Insaf Afternoon School Programme (IASP), Raas said that the government decided not to enroll transgenders in regular schools because of some reservations about the behaviour of other students. He added that the attitude of students of regular schools could be insulting towards the transgender community, which was why separate schools were being established for them.

  • Grandchildren organise marriage of their 70-year-old grandfather

    Grandchildren organise marriage of their 70-year-old grandfather

    A 70-year-old Professor Gulzar has tied the knot in Islamabad and the marriage was organised by his grandchildren.

    As per reports, the wedding ceremony was organised by both families and a large number of guests attended the ceremony. The grandchildren of Gulzar have also enjoyed the ceremony.

    Gulzar’s son said that he took care of his father after his mother’s death. The family urged the professor to marry again.

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    Gulzar said that he has never dreamt of being a groom again, but my children started a movement for my second marriage and they even had prepared a dance for the event.

    The bride, Nuzhat Yasmeen said, “I am the choice of Gulzar’s daughter-in-law, Zainab. I just want you to pray  for my happy life after the marriage.”

  • Ukrainian army defends decision to make female soldiers march in high heels

    Ukrainian army defends decision to make female soldiers march in high heels

     Ukraine’s defense ministry is facing backlash for making its female cadets march in high heels at a parade to mark the 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union on August 24.

    Photos published by the ministry on Facebook shows the women from the Military Institute at the Taras Shevchenko National University in the country’s capital, Kyiv, marching in high heels.

    As per reports, the cadets have been practicing twice daily, for an average of four hours a day, the ministry said in a social media post.

    Politicians of the country and social media users criticised the plan but the country’s ministry of defence has defended its decision.

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    Ivanna Medvid, a cadet at the Military Institute of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, has been training for more than a month. “Today, for the first time, training takes place in high-heeled shoes,” she told Army Inform. “It’s a little harder than in boots, but we try.”


    Elena Kondratyuk, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian parliament joined other members of to call on Defence Minister Andrei Taran to reconsider the decision.

    According to CNN, following the criticism, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence said on Saturday that it will issue “new, improved footwear” for female soldiers.

  • Man shocked after finding his father secretly married his ex-wife

    Man shocked after finding his father secretly married his ex-wife

     A young man in India’s Uttar Pradesh was shocked when he found that his ex-wife is now his stepmother and they even have a two-year-old child.

    As per reports, the son filed a Right To Information (RTI) at District Panchayati Raj Office to gather information about his father who had left the house and started living separately.

    The man had registered the RTI after his father who is a sanitation worker stopped giving him money.

    The son had got married to a girl when both were minors in 2016.

    The couple got separated after six months of marriage when the girl claimed that the boy was an alcoholic. The man then tried to reconcile but the wife refused.  

    When the son finally got to know that his father had actually married his ex-wife, he filed a complaint at Bisauli police station and both the parties were called for a meeting on Saturday.

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    “We are trying for mediation though both, father and son were rather aggressive during the meeting on Saturday.

    “The complaint is under investigation and police are taking action as per the law,” a police official said.

    Meanwhile, the girl who is now the ‘mother’ of her ex-husband does not want to return to him and said that she was very happy with her second husband.

    “We have not been given any documents of the first marriage when both were minor. A case cannot be registered, as of now. Both the parties will receive notice for further sessions,” the officials said.

  • Video of Police Head Constable carrying differently-abled woman wins hearts

    A video of Head Constable of Multan has gone viral on social media in which he can bee seen carrying a differently-abled woman on his shoulders to take her inside the office of Ehsaas Kafalat Programme situated in Shujabad tehsil of Multan.

    The differently-abled woman had come to receive money from the the Ehsaas Kafalat Programme.

    https://twitter.com/CpoMultan/status/1412094791580590080

    As per details, a cash prize for the Constable has been announced by The City Police Officer (CPO) Multan. In addition to that an appreciation certificate will also be given to the officer for his kind gesture.

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  • Woman claims she got eyesight back after getting first dose of Covid vaccine

    Woman claims she got eyesight back after getting first dose of Covid vaccine

    A 70-year-old woman, Mathurabai Bidve,  from Maharashtra, India claimed that she had regained her vision after taking the Covid-19 vaccine.

    As per reports, Mathurabai lost her eyesight nine years ago after cataract caused the iris to turn white. She claimed that she regained her vision after taking her first Covid jab last month.

    Photo Credits: Zee News

    Meanwhile, the elderly woman, who currently lives with her relatives, took her first dose of the Covishield vaccine on June 26. The very next day after taking the vaccine, she claimed that she gained 30 to 40 percent eyesight from one eye. It’s not yet confirmed by doctors if the woman’s claim is true.

  • ‘Hum Style Awards under water hoga’: Memes break the internet

    ‘Hum Style Awards under water hoga’: Memes break the internet

    The 5th Hum Style Awards were held in Lahore on July 4, 2021. The event was a star-studded affair. While we all were enjoying pictures and videos from the event, some people were busy filling our social media feeds with memes.

  • Matric paper leaked in Karachi

    The question paper of Physics of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examination 2021 (matriculation exams) has been leaked on social media, and the solved paper is being widely shared. SSC exams across Sindh started from today, The News has reported.

    As per details, the Physics paper began at 9:30am on Monday. At 9:34am, images of a solved exam paper were doing the rounds on social media.

    According to the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) Chairperson Syed Sharaf Ali Shah, a total of 348,249 students have registered for the ninth grade and matric exams in science and general groups.

    In addition to that, multiple examination centres across the city complained of a delay in the delivery of question papers. More than 300,000 students of classes 9 and 10 will sit in the examinations this year and more than 438 examination centres have been set up in Sindh and Intermediate exams will be held from July 26.

  • Woman gets misprinted Rs1,000 currency note from ATM in Karachi

    Woman gets misprinted Rs1,000 currency note from ATM in Karachi

    A woman received a misprinted currency note of Rs1,000 from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Karachi’s Landhi area on Saturday.

    As per reports, the woman withdrew a note of Rs 1,000, which had two pictures of Quaid-e-Azam. However, the serial number was properly written on the note. The woman said that she was afraid to use that note as people might think that she was the one who prints fake notes.

    The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) spokesperson, in a statement, asked the woman to submit the misprinted note to the SBP.

    He said that an inquiry is under way and strict action will be taken against the bank, if found guilty.