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  • Bigg Boss contestant, actor Kamaal Rashid Khan wants politicians like Zartaj Gul in India

    Former Bigg Boss Contestant and actor Kamaal Rashid Khan has shared his wish on Twitter that he wants to see politicians like Zartal Gul, the State Minister for Climate Change, in India.

    Khan shared a video of the minister in which she claimed that her ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would sweep the next general elections by a two-thirds majority.

    Kamaal Rashid praised her speaking ability and described her as clever. He expressed his opinion that such politicians should be in India.

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    In another tweet, he tagged Zartaj Gul and said, “You are a very clever and good speaker politician. Kaash Aapki Jaisi 2-4 politician India main Bhi Hoti (I wish there could be 2-4 politicians in India too)”.

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  • India detects first case of Covid Variant XE

    India detects first case of Covid Variant XE

    India’s first case of coronavirus variant XE was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, Indian media reported.

    The patient is a 50-year-old costume designer who returned from South Africa in February. She tested positive for Covid on March 2, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in its release.

    This strain was detected in the UK at the start of the New Year. Britain’s health agency had on April 3 said that XE was first detected on January 19 and 637 cases of the new variant have been reported in the country so far.

    The new mutation XE appears to be 10 per cent more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

    A case of the Kappa variant has also been detected in India.

  • ‘Ugly’ girls can get married easily if they paid dowry: textbook

    A topic on ‘merits of dowry’ in textbooks for nursing students has sparked a heated controversy in India. The image of the textbook page has gone viral on social media which started a debate among people on the negative impacts of such readings on young minds and society overall.

    NDTV reported that users claimed that this is the textbook of Sociology for Nursing students written by T K Indrani. The book cover says that this is written according to the Indian Nursing Council syllabus.

    The image of the textbook’s page has been shared by the Indian party Shiv Sena’s leader, MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. She requested the education minister to remove the content from the textbook.

    She stated, “A textbook elaborating merits of dowry can actually exist in our curriculum is a shame for the nation and its constitution”.

    The section on Merits of Dowry highlighted that it is helpful in establishing new a household with items including furniture, electronic goods, and a vehicle. Girls can receive a share of parental property through dowry. The most shocking point which provoked people is that ‘ugly looking girls can be married off with attractive dowry with well or ugly looking boys’.

  • Pakistan’s exports grew 25% in the last nine months

    Pakistan’s exports increased by 17.3 per cent in March 2021 to $2.773 billion, up from $2.365 billion in March 2021 and 25 per cent in the last nine months.

    The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, said that exports increased by 25 per cent to $23.332 billion in the July-March fiscal year 2021-2022, compared to $18.688 billion in the same period last year, implying a $4.644 billion upsurge.

    On the other hand, according to preliminary data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), exports fell 2 per cent on a month-on-month (MoM) basis to $2.77 billion in March 2022, down from $2.82 billion in February 2022.

    Dawood said in a tweet, “We are glad to share that Pakistan’s exports for Mar-2022 grew by 17.3 per cent to $2.773 billion as compared to $2.365 billion Mar-2021. For Jul-Mar 2022, our exports grew by 25 per cent to $23.332 billion as compared to $18.688 billion in Jul-Mar 2021. This is an increase $4.644 billion”.

    While talking about the target for exports he added that “We expect to achieve our yearly target. The import figures would be shared when finalised by the PBS. We would like to congratulate our exporters for maintaining the momentum of exports under these testing times in the global market”.

    Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) decreased by 78.46 per cent to $545 million in February from $2.531 billion in January, owing primarily to a steep drop in imports.

    Read more: FBR records 29.1% growth during July 2021 to March 2022, despite providing ‘massive tax relief’

    Surprisingly, the CAD crossed the $12 billion level in the first eight months of FY22, showing no signs of improvement in the external account. The CAD was only $34 million in February 2021.

  • Rats in Indian hospital kill patient

    Rats in Indian hospital kill patient

    A 38-year-old man bitten by rats in the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) was left bleeding in a hospital in Telangana, India, and passed away after being transferred to a different hospital,NDTV reported.

    “The death happened due to complications and not due to rat-bite,” Director of Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr K Manohar was quoted by NDTV.

    The public is however infuriated at MGM Hospital, where Srinivas was left with the rats.

    “He was bleeding badly. The bed was blood-soaked, so I complained,” the patient’s brother Srikant said.

    The staff and patients reported that rats were fairly common due to the drainage under repair.

    “Nothing we can do as the drainage work is under repair,” a nurse said.

  • ‘There’s no place for me in the entertainment industry’: Anwar Maqsood expresses disappointment

    ‘There’s no place for me in the entertainment industry’: Anwar Maqsood expresses disappointment

    Legendary scriptwriter Anwar Maqsood who is famous for his cult projects like Fifty Fifty and Aangan Terha has expressed his dissapointment on the current content and scripts of drama seriels. He also cited it as a reason for not working actively in the entertainment industry.

    The veteran writer stated that, “I have stepped back [from writing] because what is happening on the television in the recent times, there is no place for me. Now that the rating has occupied a decisive place, the directors or producers have been left behind in every respect. The marketing department decides which actors are needed and which are not”.

    The industry veteran believes current television content is influenced by Indian soap operas, “When Indian dramas paved their way to the Pakistani screens, we thought that they would learn something from our dramas, but on the contrary, our writers started learning from them. It was then that our drama industry began its demise.” 

  • Man hacks airline’s website after he lost his baggage

    Nandan Kumar, a software engineer, hacked the website of an India airline — IndiGo — to search for his baggage after it was exchanged with some other passenger. He also tried to reach out to the airline’s customer service but they did not assist him properly.

    Nandan Kumar was travelling on a domestic flight from Patna to Banglore on March 27 when his baggage was exchanged with another passenger’s luggage.

    When his wife unpacked the luggage, he realised that his baggage was exchanged with another passenger.

    Kumar also narrated the full incident on Twitter in which he revealed that IndiGo’s customer service refused to give personal details of another passenger due to privacy concerns.

    According to Kumar, he was assured that they would contact him when they reach the other person. However, he did not receive any feedback from them.

    On March 28, he decided to resolve the issue by himself in order to get the contact details of that passenger by using his Passenger Name Record written on his bag’s tag. However, his attempt did not succeed. After several failed attempts, Nandan Kumar decided to hack IndiGo’s website and successfully got the contact details of that person.

    He contacted him and decided to meet at a certain location and there they exchanged their bags. He was also surprised by the whole incident. Later, Kumar also advised IndiGo to improve their security on the website to prevent hacking.

  • Female doctor commits suicide over accusation of pregnant woman’s death

    A female doctor committed suicide after she was accused of killing a pregnant woman during delivery complications in Rajasthan, India. The family of the pregnant woman, who died on Tuesday, accused Dr Archna Sharma of her death.

    According to reports, the family protested in front of a private hospital and demanded to file a case against the doctor. Police registered a case against Dr Sharma on their complaint.

    Police say Dr Archna Sharma was tense over the case. When she returned home, she committed suicide by hanging herself. The doctor wrote a suicide note as well before taking her life.

    “I made no mistake, the patient died of a complication during childbirth,” wrote Dr Sharma.

    She also wrote that innocent doctors should not be harassed by the authorities. She also hoped that her death will prove her innocence.

  • Indian court grants bail to two men who made apps to auction Muslim women

    Indian court grants bail to two men who made apps to auction Muslim women

    An Indian court in Delhi granted bail to the creators of ‘Sulli Deals’, Omkareshwar Thakur and ‘Bulli Bai’, Niraj Bishnoi, on humanitarian grounds on Monday. Both applications, Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai were created to humiliate and mock Muslim girls by uploading their photos and putting them up “for sale” on the applications.

    According to the court, the accused were released as they committed the offence for the first time and it is not appropriate for their well-being to imprison them for a longer time.

    However, the court also imposed strict conditions on both of them, so that they are not able to threaten victims and tamper with evidence.

    Under the conditions, the accused are not allowed to contact or influence any victim. The accused will be responsible for always keeping their mobile phones turned on and providing locations to police. They also cannot travel abroad and have to appear before the court on every date. They must not commit a similar crime during the duration of their bail.

    Earlier this year, Delhi Police arrested Omkareshwar Thakur and Niraj Bishnoi.

    The two application developers uploaded more than 100 photos of Muslim women for sale without their consent. The Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, was also included in the auction list uploaded by ‘Bulli Bai’. In both applications, there was no actual sale but the sole purpose was to defame Muslim women.

  • Love gone wrong: Pakistani woman married to Indian returns after spending four years in Jail

    Love gone wrong: Pakistani woman married to Indian returns after spending four years in Jail

    A Pakistani woman who spent four years in an Indian prison, after living there without a visa, has returned to the country with the help of Pakistani authorities, reports Arab News. Indian authorities handed over Sumaira and her daughter to Pakistani authorities at Wagah border.

    As per media reports, Sameera Abdul Rahman was born in Karachi. She met an Indian man in Qatar and married him by going against her family. Her husband brought her to India without a visa in 2016. Later, both of them were sent to jail.

    In 2017, Rahman gave birth to a daughter in prison. Rahman was released from jail and placed in a detention centre after paying a million-rupee fine to the Indian government.

    Read more- Pakistan rescues woman in love gone wrong, saves wife left in Indian jail by husband

    In a message, she sent through her lawyer to BBC, Rahman had earlier said, “I have been punished by law for the mistake I made, but my sorrows and pains are not diminishing. The family had already separated, but now the husband in India has also turned away. At the moment, my only recourse is my country, Pakistan.”

    In 2018, the Pakistani High Commission was given consular access to Sumaira Rehman. Later, the Interior Ministry in Islamabad received a letter from the Pakistani High Commission confirming Sumaira Rehman’s nationality.