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June 2024 recorded as hottest globally, beating 2023 high
PARIS: Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said on Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. “This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large and continuing shift in our climate,” said the service director, Carlo Buontempo.
IMF conditions: Govt planning to tax agriculture income, says Zardari
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for adopting a holistic approach and prudent financial policies to put the country on the path to development. He said different sectors of the economy, especially the agricultural sector, needed to be developed along modern lines. The government is planning to tax agricultural income as per the International Monetary Fund conditions, however, the provincial governments would be leading the initiative to tax large landholding farmers in accordance with their profitability and expenditures. The president gave these remarks while addressing the Professor Waris Mir…
Daily Metro Times-9 July 2024
Hurricane Beryl hammers Texas coast with flooding, winds
seriously.,” says Houston mayor By AFP July 09, 2024 HOUSTON: Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, killing at least two people and causing millions to lose power amid dangerous winds and flooding, as some coastal areas remained under evacuation orders. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl hit the town of Matagorda as a Category 1 hurricane, and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm in the hours following impact. Farther inland, rain and wind lashed Houston, home to 2.3 million people, as…
PM seeks cabinet nod for relief to protected power consumers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to announce relief for electricity consumers, which would positively impact more than 50 percent of the domestic consumers with a hope that it will allay public anger after an upward revision of the power tariff. The Prime Minister has issued orders to seek approval of a summary from the cabinet on an emergency basis. The government will provide a subsidy of about Rs50 billion under the decision, which would be for three months, from July to September. The News has learnt that the…
Daily Metro Times-8 July 2024
Malala deplores Israel’s attack on Gaza school, reiterates ceasefire call
Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, while deploring Israel’s attack on another school in Gaza, has once again reiterated called for a ceasefire in the beleaguered territory. Taking to social media platform X, Malala said: “I’m devastated to see yet another Israeli strike on a school in Gaza. We cannot become numb to violations of international humanitarian law and look away from the loss of innocent lives. I reiterate the urgent call for a lasting ceasefire.” The Nobel laureate’s comments come after, as per Palestinian officials, around 16 people lost their…
Fire erupts at Pakistan Stock Exchange’s building in Karachi
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi caight fire as a blaze broke out at its fourth floor on Monday. Officials have said that five fire tenders, one snorkel, and a browser are being used in the operation to tackle the blaze which was caused by a short circuit. Fire brigade officials have said that the blaze will soon be doused as its intensity is low. While the trading was suspended at the PSX, the building has now been reopened for the public after being evacuated earlier. “It is…
In a counterattack, man kills snake after biting it back twice
In an unusual incident, a man in India killed a snake which had bitten him by biting the reptile back twice. According to Hindustan Times, a railway employee Santosh Lohar was bitten by a snake. The man proceeded to bite the snake back thinking it would reverse the venom’s effect. The snake died after being bitten by Santosh while he was taken to a hospital where he survived after proper medical treatment. He was discharged the next day. Santosh, 35, was a part of team laying railway tracks in a thickly-forested part…