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Islamabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Pakistan is in its tipping point crisis where it should decide to remain a laggard with 40 per cent population living below the poverty line under elite capture and policy decisions driven by strong vested interests of military, political and business leaders or change course to take off for a brighter future, local media reported.This candid warning came from the World Bank ahead of the new election cycle for the upcoming government to make early choices while making it clear that international lenders and development partners could only advise with international experiences of successes and some…

Following the acquisition, Airkit.ai will become a subsidiary of Service Cloud and will be led by Adam Evans, Co-Founder and CTO of Airkit.ai.Adam was the Co-Founder and CTO of RelateIQ before it was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 and became a key component of Sales Cloud Einstein.“The future of customer engagement will be powered by a new set of AI-driven customer experiences,” Bill Patterson, EVP & General Manager of C360 Applications at Salesforce, said in a statement.Airkit.ai empowers Fortune 500 and fast-growing businesses to create flexible, omni-channel customer engagement apps and AI-powered customer service agents.The addition of Airkit.ai to Salesforce…

A senior official of Tamil Nadu forest department told IANS that they have already completed a joint inspection work with the Southern Railway officials regarding the elephant underpass.Sources in Southern Railway told IANS that an amount of Rs 7.49 crore has been allocated for the construction of the two rail underpasses. While one is completed and opened, the second one is likely to be completed soon.Elephants are facing difficulties while crossing the railway tracks in the forest lane and a couple of years ago three elephants died after being hit by a running Express train.Tamil Nadu forest department officials told…

“We’re playing pretty good cricket at the moment, we’re feeling pretty confident, and it’s great to get to a new ground and see some dry conditions. We’re at full strength, so we’ve got everyone we need to put in some good performances.”“We’re at the start of a new four-year cycle, so we have a long time to prepare for the next World Cup. It’ll be an exciting time as we’re looking down new avenues in our ODI cricket,” Tucker was quoted as saying by Cricket Ireland.He shot into limelight by making 71 not out off 48 balls and rescuing Ireland…

According to state health department sources, 3,803 fresh cases were registered till September 22 in the state capital, which stood at 2,790 on September 12.Overall, the figure has crossed 29,000 in the state. Besides Kolkata, the situation is also quite alarming in the adjacent North 24 Parganas district, the sources informed.The health department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has cancelled the leaves of all its staff for the next two months.They will also not be entitled to leave during the forthcoming festive seasons of Dugra Puja and Diwali, deputy mayor of KMC and Member-Mayor-in-Council (health) Atin Ghosh has confirmed.According to…

Hrithik took to Instagram, where he shared a string of photographs and mentioned that he is keeping away from sweets. In the images, he is seen with his parents, sister and Saba.Hrithik can be seen in a white T-shirt and pants paired with a jacket and a baseball cap. His father Rakesh Roshan chose to be in casuals. All the women, however, wore Indian wear for the celebration.He wrote: “Ganpati Bappa Morya. ‘Tis the season for our home and hearts to be filled with joy & modaks (Modaks for everyone else).”Speaking about his upcoming projects, Hrithik will be seen next…

A division bench of the High Court on Saturday pronounced orders on a batch of petitions by candidates who had appeared in the exam.The court directed the TSPSC to conduct the exams again.Over 2.32 lakh candidates had appeared in the exam conducted by TSPSC on June 11 for recruitment to 503 Group 1 posts.The petitioners had approached the court seeking cancellation of the exam due to loopholes in the conduct of the written test. They alleged that the authorities did not collect biometric details of the candidates. They also told the court that OMR sheets given to them did not…

FPI selling which started early this month continued in the week ended September 22. This month, in the 15 trading days, so far, FIIs were sellers in eleven days. As per NSDL data, in September through 22nd, FPIs sold equity for Rs 10164 crore. This figure includes bulk deals and investment through the primary market. In the cash market FII selling was Rs 18260 crores, so far this month, he said.Since valuations remain high even after the recent pull back and US bond yields are attractive ( the US 10-year bond yield is around 4.49 percent) FIIs are likely to…

India are ranked third in the FIH World Rankings while Uzbekistan are 66th therefore the Indians will be looking to score as many goals as possible in Sunday’s match as that will boost their goal difference in the final analysis.Along with the gold medal, the Asian Games winner will also bag a direct berth in the Paris Olympic Games next year. Winning the title and Olympic quota here means the teams will not have to go through a qualifying tournament to seal their berth.India, Japan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore and Uzbekistan are placed in Pool A. Korea, Malaysia, China, Oman, Thailand…

Requesting the Lt governor, Manoj Sinha to intervene in the matter so that the future of these youth is secured, Mehbooba Mufti said on her X post, “Thousands of youngsters in J&K associated with self help groups have been rendered unemployed ever since the scheme was abolished.“A fact finding committee formed in 2020 is yet to submit its findings. These bright skilled degree holders are being deprived of employment opportunities. Request @manojsinha_ ji to kindly intervene and resolve this issue”.It must be mentioned that self-help groups were formed in J&K to give gainful employment to educated youth as the avenues…