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Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The Pakistan federal cabinet has silently approved a critical security pact with the US, paving way to procurement of military hardware from Washington.According to informed government sources,the cabinet approved the signing of the Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CIS-MOA) between the two countrues through a circulation summary.However, Pakistan and the US are yet to make official statements on the development.The sources also confirmed that the circulation of summary on the CIS-MOA was witnessed in the meeting of the federal cabinet. However, the sources refrained from confirming if majority of the cabinet members gave approval…

Toronto, Aug 3 (IANS) Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow performed bhangra and danced to Bollywood beats as she joined crowds at North America’s biggest Indian festival at the Gerrard India Bazaar here.TheGerrard IndiaBazaar, which is the oldest and biggest Indian market in North America, drew a record crowd of over 300,000 people to its 21st annual festival.The Toronto mayor opened the festivities as the two-day event of food, Bollywood music, dance and fun attracted Indians, Pakistanis, whites, blacks and various other ethnic groups in Canada’s most diverse city.Stretched over seven blocks on Gerrard Street, the bazaar remained jam- packed as fun-seekers,…

Khartoum, Aug 3 (IANS) Hunger and displacement due to the ongoing war in Sudan are spiralling out of control, the UN humanitarians warned.More than 6 million people in Sudan, about 13 per cent of the population, are now one step away from famine, Xinhua news agency quoted the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as saying.According to the office, over 20 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity across Sudan due to the violent conflict, economic decline and mass displacement.More than 3,000 people have died and over 6,000 others injured in the bloody conflict, which…

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director, M. Srinivas on Wednesday called for debunking misconceptions surrounding organ donation, and stressed on the need to cultivate a positive attitude within society towards this crucial cause.  Srinivas made the appeal at a donor felicitation programme at ORBO, AIIMS here.He also shed light on the pressing issue of patients losing their lives annually due to the scarcity of organs and tissues for transplantation.Dean, AIIMS, Minu Bajpai, who was also present, congratulated the vital role of ORBO in facilitating seamless organ transplantation and expressed gratitude to the donors…

New York, Aug 2 (IANS) A team of US scientists have, in a major breakthrough, developed a novel cancer-stopping pill that can annihilate all solid tumours.The pill, named AOH1996, has shown to be effective in pre-clinical research treating cells derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian, cervical, skin, and lung cancers. Developed by a team at City of Hope in California, US, AOH1996 was named after Anna Olivia Healy, who was born in 1996 and died when she was just nine-years-old after being diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer neuroblastoma. According to Linda Malkas, Professor in City of Hope’s Department of…

Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) Former US President Donald Trump has received a setback in his comeback 2024 Presidential primaries with a Fulton Judge in Georgia, Robert C.I. McBurney pulling him up for using his legal counsel to derail election interference charges ahead of a possible indictment in the middle of August this year.  For Trump, who has emerged triumphant in his 2024 Republican run up to the primaries by upping the ante against potential rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in several debates, the Georgia indictment has come as a rude shock. The Fulton County Judge Robert C.I. McBurney appears to…

London, Aug 2 (IANS) Atogepant, a prescription medicine, is safe and effective to treat chronic migraine, which affects more than one billion individuals each year across the world, according to new trial results published in The Lancet.Migraine is defined as “an episodic headache associated with certain features, such as sensitivity to light, sound, or movement” or “a recurring syndrome of headache associated with other symptoms of neurologic dysfunction in varying admixtures”.It is the second leading cause of disability globally, and is one of the most common neurologic disorders, with a high prevalence and morbidity, especially among young adults and femalesThe…

Beijing, Aug 2 (IANS) Beijing has reported its heaviest rainfall over the past few days since record keeping began 140 years ago, authorities in the Chinese capital said.The capital city logged 744.8 mm of rain, the maximum amount of precipitation recorded during the rainstorm, between 8 p.m. on July 29 and 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Wangjiayuan reservoir in Changping district, the Beijing Meteorological Service said Wednesday.Beijing has experienced spells of torrential rains brought by typhoon Doksuri since the start of the weekend, which had caused 11 fatalities as of Tuesday morning.The city lifted the red alert for flood on…

Seoul, Aug 2 (IANS) The death toll from the heat wave in South Korea has increased to 23, more than tripling from last year, authorities said on Wednesday, as the government’s heat warning remained at the highest level of “serious”.A total of 21 people died of presumed heat-related illnesses between May 20 and the end of July, fire authorities said, while two additional deaths were reported Tuesday alone, reports Yonhap News Agency.The death toll represents more than a threefold jump from seven reported in the same period last year.A farmer in her 70s collapsed and died around noon the previous…

Tokyo, Aug 2 (IANS) An elderly man was killed in Japan as the powerful typhoon Khanun is rapidly approaching the southern island prefecture of Okinawa, leaving trails of destruction in its wake, local media reported on Wednesday.The 90-year-old man died in a hospital on Wednesday after he became trapped under his collapsed garage the previous night at his residence in Okinawa, with police suspecting that the collapse was caused by strong winds accompanying the typhoon, Xinhua news agency quoted local media reports as saying.The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a warning of potent winds and storm tides as the typhoon’s…