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November 09, 2024

Pakistan Int. Airlines may finally have a buyer

Al-Nihang, an overseas Pakistgroup has offered to acquire Pakistan International Airlines for the cost of PKR 100 billion amid a set of terms and conditions, Ary News reported. The bid for privatisation by Al-Nihaang comes days after both the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan's Punjab state governments had offered to acquire the airlines. According to Ary News, the group wrote an offer letter to Pakistan's Ministers of Privatisation, Aviation and Defence amongst other authorities and outlined its proposal to acquire complete ownership of the PIA.The key points of Al-Nihang's offer are described below. As per Ary News, Al-Nihang Group said that it will acquire the full shareholding of PIA in accordance with the terms outlined in the tender proposal, assuming comprehensive ownership.Al Nihang

November 09, 2024

Haryana batsman slams record 426

Haryana cricketer Yashvardhan Dalal has set a new batting record, smashing a quadruple century against Mumbai in the Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy.During the match on Saturday, he achieved this feat by hitting an unbeaten 426 runs against Mumbai.Dalal’s innings included 58 boundaries, with 46 fours and 12 sixes. This score surpassed the previous tournament record of 312 runs set by Uttar Pradesh’s Sameer Rizvi.Haryana elected to bat and promoted opener Dalal, who scored 4 against Madhya Pradesh and 23 & 67 in the Jharkhand match, to the top of the order. Dalal and Arsh Ranga formed a colossal 410-run opening stand. Ranga was eventually dismissed for 151, caught off Atharva Bhosale on the final ball of the 98th over, while Dalal had already reached 243.Despite a few wickets falling, Dala

November 09, 2024

How Trump made gains in heavily Hispanic areas

From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election Day other than backing Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris for president. Trump, the president-elect, made inroads in heavily Puerto Rican areas of eastern Pennsylvania where the vice president spent the last full day of her campaign. Trump turned South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, a decadeslong Democratic stronghold populated both by newer immigrants and Tejanos who trace their roots in the state for several generations. He also improved his standing with Hispanic voters along Florida's Interstate 4 corridor linking the Tampa Bay area - home to people of Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Colombian and Puerto Rican origin - with Orlando, where Puerto Ricans make up

November 09, 2024

Elon Musk joined Trump's call with Zelenskyy

WASHINGTON: When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his presidential election victory, Tesla CEO and Trump supporter Elon Musk joined the call, according to media reports on Friday. During the 25-minute call on Wednesday, the day after the election, Trump told Zelenskyy he would support Ukraine, without providing details, and Musk said he would continue supplying Starlink satellites, Axios reported, citing unidentified sources. Musk owns SpaceX, which provides Starlink satellite communication services that are vital for Ukraine's defense effort, but his statements have sometimes angered Kyiv since Russia invaded its neighbor in 2022.Zelenskyy was telling Trump how important the satellites had been for internet service during the war when Trum

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