What’s More Dangerous than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress.
Women who face long-term heat exposure in workplaces and homes are finding it takes a heavy toll on their health and income.
Month: November 2025
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
Officials have yet to grasp the magnitude of heat-related deaths, let alone effectively deal with the problem, public health experts and scientists say.
Barrick Mining considers splitting into two entities
[ Pakistan has already chalked out a $1.9 billion funding plan to execute the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project. Total project funding has been estimated at $4.297 billion. Photo: File TORONTO: The board of Canada’s Barrick Mining has raised the possibility of splitting the company into two separate entities, one focused on North … Read more
SAG Awards Changes Its Name to the Actor Awards
The annual awards, started three decades ago by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA, has begun to reach a global audience through livestreaming on Netflix.
Alcaraz secures ATP Finals showdown with ‘favourite’ Sinner
TURIN: Carlos Alcaraz said Saturday that Jannik Sinner is the favourite to retain his ATP Finals title at home after the new world number one set up a blockbuster finale with his Italian rival in the prestigious season-ending tournament. Alcaraz cruised past Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-4 in Turin to set up the title match with … Read more
Pakistan backs UNSC draft on Yemen sanctions
Body adopts resolution extending 2014 sanctions regime against strife-torn country Pakistani delegate Gul Qaiser Sarwani. Photo: Radio Pakistan UNITED NATIONS: With Pakistan supporting, the UN Security Council renews its 2014 sanctions regime against strife-torn Yemen for another twelve months, until 14 November 2026. The 15-member Council did so by adopting a United Kingdom-sponsored draft resolution … Read more
Trump cuts tariffs as inflation fears mount
[ Rolls back duties on more than 200 products including beef, coffee and other foods US President Donald Trump looks on while speaking to members of the media as he flies from Florida to Joint Base Andrews en route to Washington, aboard Air Force One, US, October 19, 2025.PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump … Read more
Exports stagnant despite rupee fall
[ Export stagnant. Design: Ibrahim Yahya LAHORE: For years, Pakistan has relied on traditional levers like currency depreciation and energy subsidies to stimulate exports. Yet despite multiple rounds of rupee devaluation, the country’s export earnings have largely stagnated. According to an empirical analysis by the Lahore School of Economics (LSE), it is not price adjustments … Read more
Back to the brink
PUBLISHED November 16, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s decision to restart US nuclear weapons testing, after a three-decade hiatus, has left allies anxious, adversaries alert and arms-control experts warning that even a hint of renewed testing could unravel a decades-old global taboo. Announced via a Truth Social post, Trump claimed he had instructed the rechristened … Read more
When art weighs 10 tonnes
David Shrigley’s ‘money for old rope’ turns a saying into a £1 million installation LONDON: British artist David Shrigley has piled tonnes of discarded rope into a London gallery and put a £1 million price tag on it, in a playful take on the phrase “money for old rope”. The Turner Prize-nominated artist’s work, which … Read more
