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  • Australian teacher paralysed after Singapore Airline turbulence

    Australian teacher paralysed after Singapore Airline turbulence

    An Australian dance teacher on board the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight last month has suffered severe spine injuries, leading to paralysis.

    Kerry Jordan and her husband were returning from a holiday in the United Kingdom on May 21 when the plane experienced sudden turbulence.

    Jordan, 52 suffered a break in her spine at the C7-T1 segment, which joins the neck with the upper back.

    She also suffered a brain bleed, fractures of the two joining vertebrae at the top of the spine, and fractured ribs.

    Jordan returned to her seat and tried to put on the seatbelt when turbulence hit. The Singapore Airlines flight was heading from London to Singapore when the plane climbed and descended rapidly twice in 62 seconds over Myanmar.

    One passenger died while dozens were injured.

    Jordan, in her own words, descried the incident as “absolutely violent.”

    “Literally everything just started shaking so much… All I remember was being up in the air and everything was absolutely silent and then I was on the floor,” she added.

    Jordan, who faces months of rehabilitation, said she can move her arms but cannot use her hands.

    In May, Singapore Airlines apologized to the couple after Davis complained about the lack of information from the airline after the incident.

    Scientists blame climate change for increased air turbulence incidents.

    Air turbulence often occurs unexpectedly. It is caused by different factors, including atmospheric pressure, jet streams, air around mountains, cold or warm weather fronts, or thunderstorms. It can also occur when the sky is clear.

  • Special trains scheduled to run on Eid 

    Special trains scheduled to run on Eid 

    Pakistan Railways has scheduled special trains on Eid-ul-Azha to accommodate the large number of passengers traveling during the religious holiday.

    The department says the addition of a fourth special train for Eid has been adopted to meet the expected large number of passengers travelling from Karachi to Lahore.

    The carrier will operate four special trains for Eid-ul-Azha, the first of which will depart from Karachi on June 14. 

    The second special train is slated to leave Karachi on June 15 at 9 p.m., while the third will depart for Lahore in the afternoon. 

    The fourth special train will depart on the night of June 15. 

    Previously, on May 31, Pakistan Railways announced that it would run three special trains on Eid-ul-Azha. 

    The first train was set to depart Karachi at 6 p.m. on June 14 for Peshawar, while the second one would travel through Multan, Faisalabad, and Lalamusa.

    Another train was set to leave Quetta for Rawalpindi at 10 am. 

    The train route will be via Multan, Sahiwal, and Lahore. 

    The last Eid train will leave for Lahore on June 15 at 9 am.

    Karachi-Lahore Special route via Multan, Sahiwal has been notified.

  • Truck full of bakras robbed in Karachi

    Truck full of bakras robbed in Karachi

    Bakra Eid is around the corner which means sacrificial animals are nothing less than an asset.

    A truck full of goats was looted near Kamran Chowrangi in Gulistan Johar area of Karachi.

    According to the police, four men on a motorcycle escaped with a truck full of goats.

    The vehicle was carrying 30 goats. Two suspects forced the driver off the truck.

    A trader, Abdul Manan, said the goats were being transported from Hyderabad to Gulistan Johar.

    Police are investigating the incident and are in search of the culprits following the complaint from the merchant.

  • Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market

    Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market

    A fire ripped through pet shops next to Bangkok’s famed Chatuchak market early Tuesday, killing caged dogs, cats, birds and snakes, and damaging more than 100 stalls, police said.

    The fire is believed to have started in the ornamental fish zone in Srisomrat Market, adjacent to the bigger Chatuchak, around 4:00 am (2100 GMT), according to Tivakorn Prongseng, a police inspector investigating the case.

    The blaze spread to more than 100 stalls across about 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet), he told AFP.

    There were no reports of human casualties, but multiple caged animals were found dead at the market, which belongs to the State Railway of Thailand, he said.

    The fire was extinguished by 6:00 am, and the cause is being investigated, Tivakorn added.

    Local media reported that hundreds of pets had died in the fire, but Tivakorn said it was too early to say how many had perished.

    The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has set up a presence at the scene to gather information from affected shop owners.

    Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt visited the site and said people could help affected shop owners by offering to house surviving animals.

    Fires have previously damaged sections of the neighbouring, tightly packed Chatuchak market, which sells everything from antiques and electronics to dishwares and food.

    The market is a top tourist draw, but also a popular shopping destination for locals.

    Conservation groups have previously raised concerns about the sale of live animals in the area, with periodic raids on sellers netting endangered species.

  • Close all restaurants in National Park including Monal: SC

    Close all restaurants in National Park including Monal: SC

    The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the closure of all restaurants in the National Park of Islamabad, including Monal.

    In a case regarding the conservation of the National Park, Supreme Court ordered that all restaurants should be completely closed in three months. It was further instructed that the the affected restaurants should be prioritised if the lease is available elsewhere because commercial activities cannot be allowed in the National Park.

    On the other hand, Monal Restaurant voluntarily assured the court that it would move the restaurant in three months.

    Today’s hearing

    During the hearing of the case Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa instructed that if the restaurant does not move voluntarily, then the Court will order to seal it. The Monal restaurant’s lawyer asked for four months time but the chief justice limited it to three months.

    The Court also canceled all the leases given to the restaurants located in the National Park. Additionally, the Chief Justice remarked that commercial activities should be stopped in the National Park areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

    When the hearing of the case began, Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa expressed anger at the CDA for submitting a morphed report to the court. He remarked that the senior officers of the CDA will have to take English classes.

    While the CDA lawyer defended the report, including Sports Club Pak China Centre, the Chief Justice reprimanded him as he questioned their honesty because the court had asked them to submit a report about restaurants in the area. “CDA has also included the name of Arts Council, National Monument. Can we order the demolition of a National Monument and Sports Complex? Is this the honesty of CDA?” said the court.

    The Chief Justice asked if the Supreme Court’s building also falls in the National Park, to which the CDA lawyer replied that he would have to see the map to answer that question.

    The Chief Justice said that the world knows how many more restaurants there are with Monal.

    “If CDA has its own office in the National Park, then order the demolition of CDA’s office as well,” the court remarked.

  • Pre-monsoon rain on the way to Pakistan

    Pre-monsoon rain on the way to Pakistan

    The Meteorological Department has predicted the advent of pre-monsoon rains in the country.

    Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz has said that pre-monsoon rains will likely begin after June 19. He warned that more than normal rainfall is expected this year.

    As for the chances of rain on Eid, the chief metreologist said that there is no possibility of rain in the plains on the religious holiday.

    Today’s forecast

    Weather will remain hot and dry in most parts of the country today.

    On Monday, the highest temperature in the country was recorded in Bhakkar at 47 degrees Celsius.

    Sibbi 46, Mohanjo Daro, Gujranwala, Khairpur and Sukkur 45, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan recorded 43 degrees Celsius.

    Lahore, Faisalabad, and Peshawar recorded 42 C, Islamabad 41, Muzaffarabad 40, Karachi and Thatta 36, ​​Quetta 35, and Gilgit recorded 33 degrees Celsius.

    Karachi is likely to go up to 35 to 37 degrees Celsius.

    Humidity in the morning remains at 72 percent, and winds blow from the west and southwest.

  • Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study

    Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: study

    Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.

    Weather phenomena like El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole worsened the effects of these pollutants by intensifying their concentration in the air, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) said, unveiling the results of a study led by its researchers.

    The tiny particles called particulate matter 2.5, or “PM 2.5”, are harmful to human health when inhaled because they are small enough to enter the bloodstream. They come from vehicle and industrial emissions as well as natural sources like fires and dust storms.

    The fine particulate matter “was associated with approximately 135 million premature deaths globally” from 1980 to 2020, the university said in a statement on the study, published in the journal Environment International.

    It found that people were dying younger than the average life expectancy from diseases or conditions that could have been treated or prevented, including stroke, heart and lung disease, and cancer.

    Weather patterns increased the deaths by 14 percent, the study found.

    Asia had the “highest number of premature deaths attributable to PM 2.5 pollution” at more than 98 million people, mostly in China and India, the university said.

    Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Japan also had significant numbers of premature deaths, ranging from 2 to 5 million people, it added.

    The study is one of the most expansive to date on air quality and climate, using 40 years of data to give a big-picture view of the effects of particulate matter on health.

    “Our findings show that changes in climate patterns can make air pollution worse,” said Steve Yim, an associate professor at NTU’s Asian School of the Environment, who led the study.

    “When certain climate events happen, like El Nino, pollution levels can go up, which means more people might die prematurely because of PM 2.5 pollution,” Yim added.

    “This highlights the need to understand and account for these climate patterns when tackling air pollution to protect the health of the global population.”

    The Singapore researchers studied satellite data from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the levels of particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere.

    They analysed statistics on deaths from diseases linked to pollution from the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, an independent research centre.

    Information on weather patterns during the period was taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States.

    The study focused only on the effects of ordinary weather patterns on air pollution, Yim said, adding that the impact of climate change will be the subject of future studies.

    Researchers from universities in Hong Kong, Britain and China were also involved in the study.

    The World Health Organization has said the “combined effects of ambient air pollution and household air pollution” are associated with 6.7 million premature deaths worldwide every year.

  • Indonesian woman found inside belly of python

    Indonesian woman found inside belly of python

    A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday.

    The husband of 45-year-old Farida and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province discovered her on Friday inside the reticulated python, which measured around five metres (16 feet).

    The mother-of-four had gone missing Thursday night and failed to return home, forcing a search effort, village head Suardi Rosi told AFP.

    Her husband “found her belongings… which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly,” said Suardi.

    “They agreed to cut open the python’s stomach. As soon as they did, Farida’s head was immediately visible.”

    Farida was found fully clothed inside the snake.

    Such incidents are considered extremely rare but several people have died in Indonesia in recent years after being swallowed whole by pythons.

    Last year, residents in Southeast Sulawesi’s Tinanggea district killed an eight-metre python, which was found strangling and eating one of the farmers in a village.

    In 2018, a 54-year-old woman was found dead inside a seven-metre python in Southeast Sulawesi’s Muna town.

    And the year before, a farmer in West Sulawesi went missing before being found eaten alive by a four-metre python at a palm oil plantation.

  • World’s first AI pageant’s top ten contenders revealed

    World’s first AI pageant’s top ten contenders revealed

    A Miss AI beauty pageant will soon be held by Fanvue, a platform of AI-generated creators. This pageant is set to redefine the understanding of beauty and technology.

    The panel of judges will have two AI models and real-world influential personalities.

    Ten AI digital women have been selected as finalists for this competition.

    1500 AI-generated models were submitted for the contest, which was scrutinised. Ten participants from several countries were finalised for the competition.

    The winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize, mentorship from Imagine Education, and extensive PR support, solidifying their place as a trailblazer in the burgeoning field of AI-generated content.

    The following are the ten finalists selected for this competition.

    Zara Shatavari is India’s digital health advocate, mostly informing her followers on PCOS and depression.

    Kenza Layli is from Morocco, and she is a social media sensation.

    Olivia C is a virtual globetrotter from Portugal and is known for taking her followers on virtual journeys across the globe.

    Anne Kerdi is a French fashionista passionate about fashion, art, and culture.

    Aiyana Rainbow is from Greece and is a famous queer advocate.

    Lalina is from France and is known for eclectic interests.

    Seren Ay is named Turkey’s first AI brand ambassador who travels around the world digitally and advocates for sustainability and eco-friendly living.

    Asena Ilik is a Turkish cultural storyteller showcasing her rich heritage in a digital world.

    Eliza Khan is from Bangladesh and made it to the list for using her platform as a cultural ambassador.

    Last is Ailya Lou from Brazil, the only South American who made it to the list and she has a great taste in music and dancing.

  • More than 53,000 suspicious identity cards issued to foreigners

    More than 53,000 suspicious identity cards issued to foreigners

    More than 53,000 fake computerised national identity cards have been found during a crackdown against illegal aliens across the country.

    An investigation conducted by the Federal Ministry of Interior showed that 595 vehicles were registered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on suspected identity cards of illegal foreigners returning home from Pakistan.

    Cases have been prepared against 7,500 holders of fake identity cards and legal action has been directed against the suspects, including blocking of mobile phone SIM cards plus repatriating them after identifying their properties and businesses.

    Similarly, 349 undeclared properties and businesses in the name of foreigners also exist and are sent to the FBR for investigation.

    The Ministry of Interior has also decided to deport foreign illegal Tajik residents.

    The Ministry has also completed the investigation of 2,343 suspicious bank accounts in the name of Afghans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.