Environmental campaigner Hemantha Withanage is adamant that the purchase of plastic-bottled water should be discouraged.Bottled water booming despite worries over waste. “Damage from plastics is irreversible,” the chair of Friends of the Earth International tells sources. “Once fragmented into microplastics, it pollutes all of the ecosystem including the oceans and the air we breathe, with […]
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British Gas owner Centrica sees profits soar as energy bills rise
British Gas owner Centrica has posted huge profits after energy prices soared last year. British Gas owner Centrica sees profits soar as energy bills rise. Centrica’s full-year profits hit £3.3bn for 2022, more than triple the £948m it made the year before. Energy firms have seen record earnings since oil and gas prices jumped following […]
Indian man murders partner; keeps her body in fridge
Indian man murders partner then kept her body in fridge. A man was detained in the Indian city of Dehli for reportedly killing his live-in partner and continuing to drive through the country’s capital with her body next to him for about 40 kilometres before stuffing her body in a refrigerator at his dhaba (restaurant) […]
Tax on wedding functions, air tickets proposed as Pakistan unveils ‘mini-budget’ to revive IMF deal
Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar on Wednesday tabled the Supplementary Finance Bill 2023, being dubbed as the mini-budget by public and opposition, to meet the preconditions placed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to receive ninth tranche of loan. The government has proposed taxes on several sectors in order to shrink the […]
Urvashi Rautela wishes Naseem Shah on his birthday
Urvashi Rautela wishes Naseem Shah on his birthday. Urvashi Rautela, who is a Bollywood actress posted a birthday wish for Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah. The bowler joined his Quetta Gladiators teammates in cutting cake to mark his 20th birthday today. On Naseem’s Instagram photo, in which the pacer wished Shadab Khan congrats on his nuptials, […]
WhatsApp calls out Telegram as it lacks encryption
WhatsApp calls out Telegram as it lacks encryption. The CEO of Meta, the company that owns WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg, asserted a few months ago that WhatsApp is more secure than iMessage. The CEO of WhatsApp at Meta, Will Cathcart, is now going up against Telegram. To hear its founder tell it, Telegram was founded precisely […]
Shoaib Malik compares himself to Shah Rukh Khan
Shoaib Malik compares himself to Shah Rukh Khan. Shoaib Malik of the Karachi Kings compared himself to tennis player Novak Djokovic and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan at the PSL post-match press conference yesterday night. After Malik’s heroics with the bat against Peshawar Zalmi, a journalist who made a subtle jab at his age by […]
Dubai launches food delivery robots
Dubai launches food delivery robots. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is collaborating with the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) and Talabat, a food delivery service, to introduce “Talabots,” or food delivery robots. They will initially be tested in the Cedre Villas technological park in Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO). Three of the robots will […]