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Bill Gates presents a roadmap for preventing another pandemic
"How To Prevent The Next Pandemic" (Penguin/Allen Lane), to be published on May 3, is a clear and hopeful plan of what countries, government leaders, and individuals must do to help prevent another pandemic. Grounded in his first-hand experience with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's response to Covid-19, the plan is ambitious and wide-ranging, outlining the innovations we need to save lives and to stop outbreaks early and equitably.
Pakistan Air Force to induct first batch of JF-17 block III fighter jets
JF-17 Thunder, an advanced, light-weight, all weather, multi-role fighter aircraft with air-to-air and air-to-surface combat capabilities, was developed as a joint venture between the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) in China. The aircraft will replace Pakistan's current aging fleet, the report said.
'Ghettoisation': Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi jumps into India's hijab row
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday waded into another controversy, by commenting on the hijab row in India's Karnataka state.He claimed that India is depriving Indian Muslim girls from getting education just because they want to attend their classes wearing their religious headgear.
New Zealand Convoy For Freedom 2022: Here's all you need to know
Numerous trucks, cars and other automobiles gathered around New Zealand’s Parliament in the country’s capital Wellington on 8th February to protest the government’s vaccine mandate. The protest has been christened as “Convoy For Freedom 2022” which mirrors the similar protests occurring in Canada presently against COVID19 restriction. It has attracted hundreds of protesters from across the country. “We are fighting for New Zealand's freedom,” read a Facebook page of Convoy 2022 NZ.
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to bring samples from Mars
The Colorado-based company will build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight rocket to launch rock, sediment, and atmospheric samples from the surface of the Red Planet.Mars Perseverance rover, which landed in February last year on the Red planet, in September collected rock samples.
Bedevilled Indo-Pak relations keep bilateral trade frozen
While both neighbouring countries refrain from changing their aggressive stance against each other; the soaring relations have had a major impact on bilateral trade, inflicting losses worth billions on traders, who see no positive sight of resumption any time in the near or the far-fetched future.
Indian leaders must stop marginalisation of Muslim women: Malala Yousafzai
Taking to Twitter, Malala talked about the hijab controversy raging in India's state Karnataka where Muslim students wearing the hijab are being barred from entering college premises. The activist spoke against the decision and urged the Indian leaders to stop the "marginalisation of Muslim women".
Namibia's president labels gender-based violence as taboo
Geingob, on Tuesday, said this while highlighting the Combating of Domestic Violence Amendment Bill, which made part of the 14 possible bills set to be passed on during the course of the year, Xinhua news agency reported. With a focus on the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill, Geingob said the passing of the bill is set to stamp out the highest cases of GBV that plague the country.
Another Chinese tech worker dies after excessive overtime sparks furore
The company denied that it overworked the employee, but said it would pay more attention to the health of its employees. The 25-year-old reportedly died in hospital soon after he was taken to hospital from his home on Saturday afternoon. The video platform Bilibili, where the man was employed as a content auditor, said company representatives went to the hospital to assist and then notified his family.
Omicron BA.2 subvariant likely to spread globally: WHO
According to Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's Covid-19 technical lead, the BA.2 subvariant, which is more contagious than the currently dominant BA.1 version, will likely become more common, CNBC reported. The WHO is monitoring BA.2 to see if the subvariant causes an increase of new infections in countries that saw a rapid increase and then a sharp decline in omicron cases, Van Kerkhove said.
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