There is a quiet honesty that settles over a table when the plates are modest and the day has asked too much of your hands. We live in an age that worships abundance. Shelves groan under imported spices, restaurant menus read like encyclopedias of excess, and we spend a great deal of our lives trying...
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HIV Is Treatable. Stigma Can Be Deadly.
When sonia (not her real name), a 22-year-old transgender woman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, learned that she was living with HIV, she did not immediately seek treatment. It was not simply a question of whether medicines or healthcare services were available. She was afraid of what might happen if people around her discovered her HIV status....
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2 trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash floods
Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph...
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US House of Representatives passes bill to crack down on university boycotts of Israel
The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to block federal aid for universities that boycott Israel, the latest Republican-backed pro-Israel measure amid growing Democratic criticism of the Israeli government over the assault in Gaza. The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favour of the “Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act”, which would have to pass the...
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FO says Indian claims about Hindu temple in Narowal ‘false, politically motivated’
The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday rejected claims made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding a Hindu temple in Narowal as “false and politically motivated”, adding that the neighbouring country was “distorting facts and resorting to cheap gimmicks”. According to the government, the over-a-century-old temple in Siraj village had collapsed following torrential rains. A...
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US Pentagon issues clinical guidelines on troop testosterone screening to start immediately
The US Pentagon has issued detailed guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and reserve service members aged 30 and older, a follow-up to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July announcement. The guidance, which was issued on Wednesday and is effective immediately, establishes standardised screening and treatment pathways for men and women...
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Taliban govt claims Islam doesn’t allow protests
KABUL: The Taliban government defended on Wednesday its ban on protests that has drawn condemnation from rights groups, saying the order complies with Islamic law. Demonstrations in Afghanistan have been rare since the Taliban returned to power just over five years ago, but the government last month introduced a rule holding that “all types of protests are...
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Master plan violations lead to worsening of Islamabad flooding
ISLAMABAD: Besides the natural calamity, the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) negligence is also a major contributing factor to flash flooding in the capital, as the authority failed to properly implement the city’s landmark master plan. The planned city has been facing flash flooding for the last many years due to poor planning and weak writ....
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Security forces kill 15 terrorists trying to cross into Pakistan through Afghan border: ISPR
Security forces have killed 15 terrorists who were trying to infiltrate into Pakistan through its border with Afghanistan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists had tried to cross into Pakistan’s North Waziristan district on the night between August 31 and...
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Grief makes most men weep, Dashrath Manjhi moved a whole mountain
In the dry, sun-scorched expanse of Gehlaur village near Gaya, a towering ridge of solid quartzite, part of the rugged Rajgir Hills, stood like an unbreakable wall between life and death. While geologists call it a hill ridge, to the locals it was an imposing mountain of razor-sharp, ancient stone. For generations, this massive wall...