May 20
Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks | World news | guardian.co.uk. Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts. The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures …
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May 15
Islamic surgery center proposed for Orland Park – In Other News – Crain’s Chicago Business. The proposal reflects how more businesses are looking to tap into the growing population of Arab-Americans and Muslims, offering products ranging from home mortgages to meat that satisfy religious standards. This comes at a time of passionate national …
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May 14
BBC News – Yo Yo Honey Singh: India court orders action against rapper. The rapper, 29, has been involved in a controversy over the lyrics of his song Main hoon balatkari (I am a rapist). In the past, the rapper has said he did not write the lyrics, he only sang them and accused his …
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May 10
It’s Morning in Islamabad – By Mosharraf Zaidi | Foreign Policy. Domestic tensions, and those with Afghanistan and India, probably won’t spin out of control, but still, life isn’t easy for Pakistani optimists. Despite it all — and this is Pakistan, so all is quite a lot — there are significant reasons to be …
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May 05
‘Speed Money’ Puts the Brakes on India’s Retail Growth – BoF – The Business of Fashion. India is the next great frontier for global retailers, a $500 billion market growing at 20 percent a year. For now, small shops dominate the sector. Giants from Wal-Mart Stores Inc to IKEA AB have struggled merely for …
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May 03
Pilots suspended for handing over control to air-hostesses for a 40-minute loo break – Mumbai Mirror. Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended …
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Apr 30
‘He’s been driving since he was five’: Father arrested after allowing nine-year-old son to drive Ferrari…with his seven-year-old brother in the passenger seat – Asia – World – The Independent. In the video, which has been viewed thousands of times, the boy is seen driving the luxury car outside their home near the port city …
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Apr 28
India’s Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English. India’s brash, song-and-dance-laden Bollywood film industry celebrates its 100th birthday, which began in 1913 with the first all-Indian feature film “Raja (King) Harishchandra”, a silent, black-and-white story of a virtuous king from Hindu mythology. The milestone is marked later this week with …
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Apr 28
A Punjabi Show Draws New Hockey Fans – NYTimes.com. Wearing a pinstriped suit with gold cuff links, a blue and white tie and a matching turban, Singh, a play-by-play announcer, called the end-to-end action in an animated stream of Punjabi, punctuated with English words like “linesman,” “icing” and “face-off.” Singh spoke at great volume …
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Apr 19
In a country better known for honor killings of women and low literacy rates for girls, Pakistan’s medical schools are a reflection of how women’s roles are evolving. Women now make up the vast majority of students studying medicine, a gradual change that’s come about after a quota favoring male admittance into medical school was …
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