Health
October 02, 2024
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Benefit trend: Employers opt to give workers an allowance for health coverage

Dave Lantz is no stranger to emergency department or doctor bills. With three kids in their teens and early 20s, “when someone gets sick or breaks an arm, all of a sudden you have thousand-dollar medical bills,” Lantz said. The family’s health plan that he used to get as the assistant director of physical plant […]

Science & Environment
October 02, 2024
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Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

MRC/Nature As beautiful as it is complex, the fly’s brain has more than 130,000 wires with 50 million intricate connections They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates – all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead. Now for the first time scientists researching the brain […]

Politics
October 02, 2024
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Vinesh Phogat and the Julana dangal

It is about 7.30 am in Khera Bakhta village in Haryana’s Julana Assembly constituency and Vinesh Phogat, wearing a blue-beige striped night suit, white slippers, and several bead bracelets, is standing in a dingy room at the entrance to her in-laws’ house discussing the day’s programme with her assistant. A security officer in a dark […]

Entertainment
October 02, 2024
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Sahib Pashazade duo brings haunting strings, dreamy rhythms to World Culture Festival

Azerbaijan’s acclaimed musical duo, Sahib Pashazade and Kamran Karimov. — Provided by the reporter  With their haunting strings and dreamy rhythmic beats, Azerbaijan’s acclaimed musical duo, Sahib Pashazade and Kamran Karimov, transported Karachi’s music enthusiasts into surreal realms of enchantment at the ongoing 35-day World Culture Festival. The glorious event, held in media partnership with […]

Business
October 02, 2024
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Forex reserves surge to 2-month import cover, confirms SBP governor

Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have surged to cover two months’ worth of imports after the arrival of the first tranche from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 37-month loan deal under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmed said on Wednesday. In much-needed support for the country’s fiscally-challenged […]

Science & Environment
October 02, 2024
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Beware of fraudsters posing as government officials trying to steal your cash

Impersonation scams are often used by scammers to steal your hard-earned money, and their latest trick involves posing as government officials. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning that scammers are trying to impersonate its officials and ask people to wire money, send cash, use cryptocurrency or purchase gift cards. […]