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worst ever weather related disasters
in the city according to the officials.
Dr. Seemin Jamali, who heads the
emergency wing of Jinnah Hospital, the
city's largest medical facility, said, "this Treasury Department with the Bureau
is the worst I have seen. We have run
out of beds. The mortuary has run out
of space. Every day we see more
patients coming in." The hospital has
treated over 3,000 patients so far with
heat stroke symptoms.
Doctors said there has been no respite
and hundreds are turning up every day.
They have appealed for water bottles,
blocks of ice, bed sheets and towels for
patients as their supplies have run out.
A drive has also been started by
members of Karachi's civil society to
hand out frozen bottles of water at
public places to help people who may
be suffering from the extreme weather
conditions.
Officials had said that people have
suffered owing to frequent power
disruptions and also because of
dehydration while fasting at that time.
Local ulemas had come on TV channels
to advise people to look for signs of
heat stroke and if they suspect, then
they should break their fast. "This is
permitted in Islam given that a life is
at risk," said Dr. Arif Alvi, an MP from
Karachi.
USD 10 note soon to
feature woman after a
century
The US will put picture of a 'notable'
woman on an US $10 note for the first
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time in over a century, breaking the
norm that male political heroes are
only portrayed on the greenback. But
it would take another six year for the
10 dollar note to have a woman. The
of Engraving and Printing expects to
unveil the new US $10 note in 2020 on
the 100th anniversary of the passage of their bodies in complex postures. Yoga
the 19th Amendment, which gave
women the right to vote.
Invigilator drone to arrest
chinese exam cheats
Schools in central china have come up
with a latest and the smartest way to
catch any cheats during examinations
by deploying an invigilating drone
above the exam hall.
The new anti cheating technology will
be used in Luoyang city during a highly proposal and we are pleased to see the
intense two-day 'gaokao' university
entrance exams, which is given by
more than nine million teenagers
across the country every year.
World bends, stretches,
twists on first Yoga Day
Over a Tens of thousands people
participated in and around the world
accompanying their mats and
stretched, bent and twisted their
bodies in complex postures in a symbol
of universality of the ancient Indian
spiritual practice as they marked the
maiden International Day of Yoga.
In Australia people participated in
dozens of events to mark the day, with
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
appreciating Yoga's universal appeal.
"For thousands of years, yoga has
provided its followers with a guide to
bringing their minds, bodies and spirits
into balance," Abbott said.
Melbourne saw over 500 people
gather at the Springers Leisure Centre
to kick off the day with 'Surya
Namaskar' and bending and twisting
events were also held at Sydney's
popular Bondi beach and in the
Australian capital Canberra.
In the UK, the day began with the main
event at the bank of Thames and
hundreds gathered across cities to
celebrate the ancient Indian exercise.
British Prime Minister David Cameron
said in his message: "The UK is pleased
to support International Yoga Day. We
were one of 177 countries to vote in
favour of Prime Minister Modi's
enthusiasm with which it is being
embraced, both in UK and around the
world."
However, in Pakistan the celebrations
remained confined to the premises of
the Indian High Commission in
Islamabad, with the staff of the mission
along with other foreign diplomats in
the country performing 'asanas'.
In China, events were organised at
the prestigious Peking University and
Geely University where people
from different walks of life took part
in the exercises. In Hong Kong,
torrential rains lashing the city did not
dampen the enthusiasm of people, as
more than 2,000 Hong Kongers
gathered at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial
Park to know the benefits of yoga
for health and well-being and also