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By Sabina QAZI Baba island (Pakistan) (AFP) - Sur l'une des îles les plus densément peuplées du monde, au large du Pakistan, un groupe de femmes enceintes attend sous un soleil brûlant l'unique sage-femme qui vient de Karachi, la plus grande ville du pays, sur l'autre rive. Une fois par semaine, Neha Mankani, 38 ans, débarque avec son bateau ambulance sur Baba, une île de pêcheurs qui compte près de 7.000 habitants sur un cinquième de kilomètre carré. Avant qu'elle ne lance sa clinique sur l'île en 2015, puis, l'an dernier, son service de transport maritime gratuit, les femmes enceintes et leu...
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Pakistan is on the brink of securing a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout exceeding $6 billion, having fulfilled the lender’s stringent requirements in its latest annual budget. This announcement was made by Ali Pervaiz Malik, the Minister of State for Finance, Revenue, and Power, during an interview with Reuters. Historical context and IMF relationshipThis potential bailout marks a significant moment in Pakistan’s ongoing relationship with the IMF. The South Asian nation has frequently turned to the IMF for financial assistance, reflecting persisten...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of a group of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) supporters in Arangadi, Kasaragod district, Kerala, celebrating the opening ceremony of a new party office by wearing green jerseys with the name 'Arangadi' on them is being shared on social media with a false claim that they wore Pakistan cricket jerseys. BOOM reached out to IUML Kasaragod MLA N.A. Nellikkunnu, under whose constituency Arangadi falls, who rejected the claim that the green jerseys are Pakistani cricket jerseys, and clarified that they are IUML Arangadi jerseys. The viral video is being shared on X with t...
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By Archis Chowdhury An image of two bottles of the soft drink Rooh Afza is going viral on social media with the claim that its manufacturing company 'Hamdard' sells the product in India and Saudi Arabia with two different labels. Captions claim that the bottle sold in India has pictures of fruits, whereas bottles sold in Saudi Arabia and Dubai do not have pictures of fruits due to stricter advertising restrictions. BOOM's fact-check reveals that the viral claim is false. An executive of 'Hamdard' told BOOM that the company sells Rooh Afza bottles in India and other countries around the world u...
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By Rishabh Raj A viral video purporting to show India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru admitting in an interview that he never participated in India's fight for independence from the British, is altered and fake. BOOM found that the audio of the clip has been tampered with by replacing the word 'Jinnah' with the word 'I'. In the original video Nehru said Jinnah referring to Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah. In the viral clip, Nehru can be heard saying, "I was not involved in the fight for Independence at all. In fact, he opposed it. Muslim League was started in about 1911, ...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old controversial quote from April 2023 by former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, urging the Indian men's cricket team to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup is being shared with the misleading claim that it is a recent statement. In response to security concerns raised by the Indian side, he had then responded, "Death will come when it will come." The 2023 edition of the ODI tournament was co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka after India objected to visiting Pakistan due to security concerns. The next ACC Asia Cup in 2025 will be played in T20 format, with the UAE and Oman ...
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Tl;drLe manque de neige dans l’Himalaya menace l’approvisionnement en eau.Le débit de 12 grands bassins fluviaux est affecté.Les niveaux de neige de cette année sont particulièrement bas.Le bassin du Gange connaît une situation inhabituelle.Crise hydrique à l’horizon en raison du manque de neige dans l’HimalayaLes experts tirent la sonnette d’alarme face à une situation exceptionnelle : la baisse substantielle des chutes de neige sur le massif de l’Himalaya pourrait provoquer une pénurie d’eau pour des “millions de personnes”. En effet, la fonte des neiges de l’Himalaya est essentielle aux pop...
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Jammu (Inde) (AFP) - Les hommes armés qui ont attaqué dimanche soir un bus de pèlerins hindous au Cachemire sous administration indienne ont continué à tirer pendant plusieurs minutes même après la chute du véhicule dans un ravin, ont raconté mardi des survivants traumatisés de l'attaque, qui a fait neuf morts. "Des balles ont d'abord atteint un pneu du bus et il s'est écrasé contre un arbre. Ma tête s'est coincée sous le siège devant moi", a raconté Palit Gupta, une jeune fille faisant partie des 33 personnes blessées. "Mon papa m'a sortie alors que je pleurais et que je criais +sauvez-moi+",...
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An upset that reverberated around the cricket-watching world was made possible by America's most potent superpower: immigration. In case you haven't heard by now, the United States upset Pakistan at the T20 Cricket World Cup this past Thursday. The history of the two country's national cricket teams suggests that the win deserves a place in the annals of incredible American upsets on the international stage, alongside those pulled off by the 2018 Olympic curling team, the 1980 Olympic hockey team, and the 1950 World Cup soccer team#:~:text=On%2029%20June%201950%2C%20the,Horizonte%2C%20Minas%20...
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By Nisar ALI Skardu (Pakistan) (AFP) - Dans la maison d'Aniqa Bano, le frigo fait office de placard pour livres et ustensiles de cuisine. C'est désormais sa seule utilité dans cette région montagneuse du nord du Pakistan où les coupures d'électricité durent 18 heures par jour. Le Gilgit-Baltistan est un paradis pour touristes qui vagabondent entre cerisaies fleuries, lacs azurés et glaciers majestueux, à l'ombre de certains des plus hauts sommets de la planète. Mais le tourisme contribue à accentuer la crise énergétique dans laquelle est englué le cinquième pays le plus peuplé du monde, entre ...
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