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No milk or water

The supply chain troubles caused by Brexit and the pandemic have been so bad for Satyan Patel that the shelves at his convenience store in central London are seriously lacking…

Crumbling healthcare

Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, proposed in the 1970s that eating large doses of vitamin C can cure the common cold. His hypothesis was not based on any…

The case for exams 2021

Last Monday, the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference announced its decision to conduct local school examinations for grades 9 to 12 after June 20, with higher priority given to transitioning grades…

Bitcoin and the environment

The year 2009 was declared by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the then second warmest year on record. The same year, the world’s first bitcoin was…

No direction down

We have a poor understanding of people who are the true heroes and heroines of our country. While cricket is a national passion, and one cricketer after the other has…

Defining challenges

PAKISTAN is faced with a number of severe challenges that have been left unaddressed for far too long. The impact of these development challenges started becoming visible in linear increments…

Are we really ready to open schools? – Part I

Given the difficulty posed by the ongoing Covid-19 situation and the variation of its impact across the globe, several countries are at different stages regarding how and when they plan…