Yearly Archives: 2025
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The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday notified negative fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of 76 paise per unit for ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) and 49 paise for consumers of K-Electric in January’s bills. The refunds were approved for Discos’ consumers for November and KE’s users in October. The KE had proposed a 27-paisa […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday dismissed a suggestion by US President-elect Donald Trump that he might use “economic force” to make Canada the 51st US state. “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” he said in a post on X. “Workers and communities in […]
Panic has gripped three villages in Maharashtra due to a bizarre occurrence – men, women and children are experiencing sudden loss of hair and are going bald. Around 30 to 40 people in these villages in Buldhana district have reported significant hairfall, with authorities swinging into action to probe the issue. What is even more […]
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJan 7, 2025, 10:08 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. DURHAM, N.C. — Cooper Flagg said he hadn’t seen enough angles yet to give his monster second-half dunk against Pitt an official grade, but the Duke freshman guessed it was about […]
Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJan 7, 2025, 06:45 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Auburn’s Johni Broome and Duke’s Cooper Flagg anchor the Wooden Award midseason top-25 list released Tuesday. Broome (18.6 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 2.7 BPG), who has led Auburn to a 13-1 record, […]
A new strain of norovirus now makes up a majority of outbreaks nationwide, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new strain’s emergence, found spreading throughout the country and on cruise ships, offers a possible explanation for the past month’s steep wave of infections from the stomach bug. Scientists call […]
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Experts at a public-private dialogue stressed the need for resilient internet infrastructure to achieve Pakistan’s ambitious IT export targets, highlighting modern technology and alternative connectivity options as key enablers. The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) hosted its 69th Study Group on Information Technology and Telecommunication under the theme ‘Preserving the Lifeline of Our […]
Following the U.S. surgeon general’s new advisory warning of alcohol’s link to multiple cancers, a Florida neurosurgeon said, “It’s about time.” Dr. Brett Osborn, who also runs a longevity practice, applauded the new guidance, stating that alcohol is a toxin. “We’ve known this for eons — this is nothing new,” Osborn told Fox News Digital […]
President Biden acknowledged in a new interview released on Wednesday that he might not have had the vitality to serve another four years in office, even as he insisted that he could have won re-election had he stayed in the race. Mr. Biden, 82, who abandoned his bid for a second term in July under […]