Current News: May 2019

Friday, May 31, 2019

Saudi Arabia says firm stand needed to deter Iran, Iraq demurs

Saudi Arabia's King Salman told an emergency Arab summit on Friday that decisive action was needed to stop Iranian "escalations" following attacks on Gulf oil assets, as U.S. officials said a military deployment had deterred Tehran. The right of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to defend their interests after the attacks on oil pumping stations in the kingdom and tankers off the UAE were supported in a Gulf Arab statement and a separate communique issued after the wider summit.

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Nissan's technology could pay in Renault-FCA deal -sources

BEIJING/TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) - Nissan's advanced technologies including platforms and electric powertrains could give it leverage in a merger involving Renault and Fiat Chrysler, thanks to a royalty system it has with the former, two people with knowledge of the matter said. A merged Renault-Fiat Chrysler could face an extra hurdle each time it uses technology developed by Nissan Motor Co or Mitsubishi Motors Corp, while the two Japanese automakers stand to gain a client in Fiat Chrysler (FCA) , one of the people said. Nissan's technology, particularly in electrification and emissions reduction, could give it some sway in the $35 billion potential tie-up between Renault and FCA, even as its stake in the newly formed company would be diluted.

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Trump Shakes Fox News Reporter’s Hand, Thanks Him for Asking Question He Likes

President Trump took a break during a Thursday morning press gaggle to personally acknowledge and thank a Fox News reporter for always treating him “fairly” and giving him a question he liked.Prior to departing for a quick trip to Colorado, the president stopped to speak with reporters on the White House lawn, using much of his time to rail against Robert Mueller’s public statement and to walk back his Twitter admission that Russia helped get him elected. At one point, however, Fox News White House correspondent Kevin Corke asked the president about China, which caused Trump to approach Corke to praise him.“Come here, I want to shake your hand,” the president exclaimed while reaching out his hand. “Come here. You treated me fairly. Thank you, thank you.”Other reporters, likely thinking Trump was done with Corke after the mutual admiration session, began shouting additional questions, prompting Trump to get in additional shots at the media while heaping more praise upon Corke.“I want to ask [sic] a real reporter’s question,” he blared. “We’ll answer a real reporter’s question, okay?”This is just the latest example of the president treating Fox News employees as though they are part of his team while shunning the rest of the “Fake News” media. In recent weeks, however, while the president has continued to trumpet Fox’s opinion hosts and commentators, he’s taken pointed shots at the network’s hard-news anchors, reporters, and analysts he feels aren’t sufficiently deferential to him. Corke, it would appear, does not fall into that category.The White House correspondent, meanwhile, has a history of uncritically amplifying and supporting commentary from alt-right conspiracy-theory zealots. Back in March 2017, he mass-deleted tweets promoting unverified far-right conspiracies (such as a claim that Hillary Clinton had bisexual trysts) after The Daily Beast spotted several of them. And earlier this year, the reporter excited the QAnon community with a since-deleted tweeted hyping up a photo of a coffee cup with the letter Q on it.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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William Barr: Obama DOJ officials did not commit treason 'as a legal matter'

Attorney General William Barr said he does not believe Obama-era Justice Department officials who oversaw the Russia investigation committed treason “as a legal matter.”

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Robert Mueller made clear: he couldn't have indicted Trump even if he wanted to

In his first comments since his report was released, Mueller underlined that responsibility for tackling presidential wrongdoing lies with Congress If Mueller’s parting words as special counsel had a familiar ring, it is because they echoed, often verbatim, statements that appear in his lengthy report.’ Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/APFor those who hoped that Robert Mueller’s first public comments since his report was released would do what it failed to – free us from a demagogue who has taken American democracy hostage – Wednesday must have come as a disappointment. If Mueller’s parting words as special counsel had a familiar ring, it is because they echoed, often verbatim, statements that appear in his lengthy report.And yet in his characteristically restrained manner Mueller did, I believe, seek to set the record straight on his report’s most contested conclusion:“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime.”In the minds of many, the report’s conditional form, “If we had had confidence …”, suggested that Mueller and his team had failed to reach closure on whether Donald Trump had, in fact, obstructed justice. The language bespoke ambivalence – some actions by the president supported a finding of obstruction, others did not. The evidence was not dispositive. Reasonable persons could reach different conclusions.This is precisely how the attorney general, William Barr, spun the report. Claiming to have carefully reviewed the full 448 pages of findings, Barr announced that the report did not make a case for obstruction. No matter that nothing in the Mueller report could possibly have led Barr to conclude otherwise. His memo of 8 June 2018, when Barr was essentially lobbying to replace Jeff Sessions as head of the justice department, makes clear that the would-be attorney general was not about to endorse Mueller’s findings. Indeed, that’s why he was chosen for the job.The memo, noted by the press but barely analyzed, makes for extraordinary reading. Over 18 single-spaced pages, Barr attacks Mueller’s “Obstruction” Theory – the scare quotes appear in the original – as “fatally flawed” and “legally unsupportable”, liable to do “lasting damage to the presidency”. For Barr, James Comey’s firing was legally irrelevant, as would have been the ordered firing of Mueller. Indeed, no firing decision by the president – even if designed to derail an investigation of his own alleged crimes – can possibly qualify as obstruction for the simple reason that the president’s powers over such matters are plenary.And so, when Barr concluded, in his four-page memo on 24 March, that the Mueller investigation failed to support a case for obstruction, he had not, as some have suggested, caved in to pressure from the White House. He was simply repeating a conclusion he had boldly framed 10 months before the ink had dried on special counsel’s report.Alas, the report, once Barr permitted its released, appeared not to directly challenge this highly tendentious spin. By framing his conclusions in a conditional – “If we had had confidence” – Mueller let stand the notion that the evidence pointed in different directions and that no definitive conclusion could be reached on the matter.On Wednesday, Mueller sought to correct matters – without actually saying anything new. In an age of hysterical megaphoning, Mueller’s muted messaging sounded almost quaint. So what did we hear? Nothing we hadn’t heard before – if we’ve been listening closely. But have we?Mueller reminded us that his report “did not make a determination” as to whether the president committed a crime, but not because the evidence wasn’t there. It was, and in abundance. The only reason Mueller did not seek indictment was because the special counsel’s office “is part of the Department of Justice, and by regulation, was bound by that department policy”. That policy holds that a president “cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office”. Indicting the president was therefore “not an option we could consider”.This stunning statement was all there in the report, but it bears repeating. The only thing standing between Trump and an indictment is his status as president. The special counsel’s refusal to take a position on the president’s criminality had nothing to do with the quality of his evidence or the soundness of his theory. It merely reflected a stubborn, if untested, constitutional barrier to prosecution. No wonder more than 400 former federal prosecutors have signed an open letter saying Trump would face “multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice” if he were a private citizen. Their conclusion follows directly from Mueller himself.Then there is Mueller’s parting statement: “The constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing.” However elliptical the formulation, the message resonated with three more Democratic presidential hopefuls, who on Wednesday announced their support of impeachment hearings against Trump.Whether it is politically wise for the Democrats to seek Trump’s removal is an open question. Such political calculations appear foreign to Mueller. But on Wednesday he repeated his clear belief that it is their responsibility to follow the process that the constitution dictates. * Lawrence Douglas is the James J Grosfeld professor of law, jurisprudence and social thought, at Amherst College, Massachusetts

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Anchors From Fox and Chinese State TV Hold Live Debate on Trade

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Trump would be 'in handcuffs' if not president, says Democrat Warren

Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that if Donald Trump were not protected by his presidential status, he would be "in handcuffs and indicted" for obstructing the investigation into Russia's 2016 election interference. The progressive US senator from Massachusetts, one of the leading Democrats for the party's 2020 nomination, was the first presidential candidate to speak out in favor of launching impeachment proceedings against Trump. Warren had called for an impeachment inquiry the day after the April 18 publication of special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report on Moscow's election interference.

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New Mexico town gets death threats after halting crowd-funded border wall

A New Mexico mayor on Thursday said he and his staff received multiple death threats after they briefly halted construction of a crowd-funded, private border wall by a group that then urged supporters to tell the city to "stop playing games," and alleged it was tied to drug cartels. The Florida-based group has raised $23 million via crowd-funding site GoFundMe.com to build private border walls to halt smuggling and a surge in undocumented migrants, after funding for President Donald Trump's promised wall was blocked. Perea described the tactics of We Build the Wall as a "cheap blow," and the American Civil Liberties Union accused it of pursuing a "white Nationalist" agenda.

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Escalating Iran crisis looks a lot like the path US took to Iraq war

The U.S. went to war in Iraq in 2003 based on flawed intelligence supported by hawkish policy makers. Is it doomed to repeat the error with Iran?

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Disney says it won't make any more films in Georgia if draconian abortion laws come into force in the US state

Disney's chief executive has warned Georgia that the company's film and TV productions are likely to abandon the state if its controversial abortion bill becomes law. Bob Iger said it would be "very difficult" for the entertainment giant to continue working in the state if the so-called "heartbeat bill", which outlaws terminations from as early as six weeks, comes into force. The Walt Disney Company has shot some of its biggest films in the US state, including Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame. Speaking to Reuters, Iger said: "If it becomes law, it'll be very difficult. "I think many people who work for us will not want to work there, and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard. "Right now we are watching it very carefully." Sen John Milkovich speaks outside the State Capitol in Louisiana where the House passed Milkovich's 'fetal heartbeat' bill Georgia has been dubbed the "Hollywood of the South" after it lured production companies with favourable tax laws. The state offers a tax credit that has lured many film and TV productions. The industry is responsible for more than 92,000 jobs in Georgia, according to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and some 455 productions were shot in Georgia in 2018, according to the state. However, its proposed abortion laws have caused fury across the industry, with leading stars lining up to condemn the bill. Netflix has also warned it could pull out of the state. Georgia's bill bans abortions in cases where a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks. It is due to come into effect on January 1 2020, although campaigners have already said they will fight it in the courts. It came as last night Louisiana on Wednesday also passed a bill banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, becoming the seventh state to do so. The bans are expected to be blocked in lower courts, but supporters plan to appeal such decisions until they reach the Supreme Court.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis meets with Netanyahu in Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, calling the embattled Israeli prime minister a "strong leader" on the governor's final day of a trade mission to Israel.

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US national spelling bee crowns eight co-champions after running out of challenging words

A superhuman group of adolescents broke the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, with eight contestants crowned co-champions after the competition said it was running out of challenging words.It was a stunning result, coming just after midnight, for the 92nd annual event, which has had six two-way ties but had never experienced such a logjam at the top.After the 17th round, Jacques Bailly, the event’s pronouncer, announced that any of the eight remaining contestants who made it through three more words would share in the prize.“We do have plenty of words remaining in our list, but we’ll soon run out of words that will challenge you,” Mr Bailly told the contestants at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre in National Harbour, Maryland.He added: “We’re throwing the dictionary at you. And so far, you are showing this dictionary who is boss.”None of the contestants faltered. They each got their own moment of triumph as they correctly spelled their words in the 20th round, then patiently sat back in their seats as the following contestants had their moments. They supported each other with high-fives and hugs, and each placed a hand on a single trophy.The champions were, along with the final words they spelled:Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, California: auslaut.Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Alabama: erysipelas.Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Maryland: bougainvillea.Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey: aiguillette.Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas: pendeloque.Abhijay Kodali, 12, of Flower Mound, Texas: palama.Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey: cernuous.Rohan Raja, 13, of Irving, Texas: odylic.The competition normally offers a $50,000 (£39,610) prize to the champion. Instead of splitting it eight ways, all eight contestants will receive $50,000 and their own trophies.There have been marathon spelling bees before — the 2017 event went 36 rounds, with two spellers battling it out after the 17th round — but the competition has never hosted such a large group of spellers who could not be defeated.The field is typically winnowed down to fewer than four by the 16th round.This year, the ninth-place finisher, 13-year-old Simone Kaplan of Davie, Florida, was thwarted in the 15th round.From that point on, the contestants correctly spelled 47 straight words.Already nervous, they started showing signs of fatigue as the competition stretched on past its expected window.At the beginning of the 17th round, Rishik had a question for Mr Bailly.“Out of curiosity, would you happen to know what time it is?” he asked. It was 11:18 pm.It was one of several moments of levity from a group of students who appeared largely unfazed by the pressure, with their parents in the audience often looking more unsettled.Rohan prompted laughter in the 17th round as he recoiled at his errant pronunciation of “Gaeltacht.”“Oh God,” he said, “I sound like I vomited.”The New York Times

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How the 2016 Debates Are Still Haunting Democrats

Democrats are trying to avoid the missteps of the 2016 primary debates — a goal that has proven elusive as more candidates have announced.

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Stone Was Like ‘Uncle Roger,’ Miller Testifies to Grand Jury

Prosecutors focused their examination on Miller’s relationship with Stone and Stone’s connection to WikiLeaks founder Assange, Miller’s attorney Paul Kamenar told reporters after the proceeding. Stone was indicted by the grand jury in January on charges of lying to Congress about communications with Assange, obstruction and witness tampering.

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Auto industry dented by latest Trump tariffs

President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico will affect myriad industries, but few are as exposed as automakers. Shares of several major automakers and auto suppliers dived five percent or more following Trump's announcement Thursday night that the United States would impose a five percent tariff on all Mexican imports on June 10, explicitly linking the trade action to a demand that Mexico crack down on illegal immigration. The White House intends to gradually raise the tariff level until it hits 25 percent on October 1, a levy that "could cripple the industry and cause major uncertainty," said a note from Deutsche Bank.

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Jussie Smollett: Possible deal was in the works a month before charges dropped, documents show

New documents on the Jussie Smollett case show that prosecutors told Chicago police detectives that a possible deal with the actor was in the works a month before charges against him were dropped.Smollett was charged in March with 16 counts alleging he lied to police when reporting he'd been the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in January. Police contend the black and openly gay actor allegedly staged the attack because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted publicity.Prosecutors dropped charges on 26 March without Smollett admitting guilt. Then Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed outrage over the prosecutors' decision. Smollett has maintained his innocence. The approximately 460 pages of new documents show that detectives investigating Smollett's allegations were told by Cook County prosecutors a deal with the Empire actor could include a $10,000 fine and community service. The detectives did not pass the information to superiors. "They didn't pass it on because they didn't know it (the case) was going to be handled the way it was," said Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. In the documents released on Thursday, detectives note the Chicago Police Department was informed by the Cook County State's Attorney's office on 28 February that they could no longer investigate the crime. Smollett was indicted on 7 March. The lead investigators in the case met with Assistant State's Attorney Risa Lanier, who informed detectives "that she felt the case would be settled with Smollett paying the city of Chicago $10,000 in restitution and doing community service". The detectives closed the case at that point because an arrest was made and the alleged offender was being prosecuted, according to Guglielmi.It was the attorneys for Smollett who announced charges alleging he lied to police about attack had been dropped. At the time, Johnson said he learned of the deal prosecutors made with Smollett when the deal was announced by lawyers, adding he didn't think justice was being served. However, he didn't directly criticise prosecutors."My job as a police officer is to investigate an incident, gather evidence, gather the facts and present them to the state's attorney," Johnson said. "That's what we did. I stand behind the detectives' investigation." The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association said the dismissal of the charges was "an affront to prosecutors across the state" as well as police, victims of hate crimes and the county as a whole.The city of Chicago is seeking $130,000 from Smollett to cover the costs of the investigation into his reported beating. The city claims about two dozen detectives and officers investigated the entertainer's report that he was attacked, resulting in a "substantial number of overtime hours."Additional reporting by agencies

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Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge is deciding whether to ensure Missouri's only abortion clinic can keep its license past Friday, the latest development in a decades-long push by abortion opponents to get states to enact strict rules on the procedure.

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Barr: Counter-intelligence Probe of Trump Campaign Crossed ‘Serious Red Line’

Attorney General William Barr said Friday that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign "crossed" a "serious red line" and should be "carefully looked at.""The use of foreign intelligence capabilities and counterintelligence capabilities against an American political campaign to me is unprecedented and it's a serious red line that's been crossed," Barr said in an interview with CBS.The attorney general is currently investigating the origins of the probe to determine whether the U.S. intelligence community's surveillance of the Trump campaign was warranted. He has expressed skepticism about the explanations for some of the investigative actions taken.During testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee last month, Barr stated that "spying did occur" on the Trump campaign, angering Democratic lawmakers."I guess it's become a dirty word somehow," Barr told CBS. "I think there is nothing wrong with spying. The question is always whether it is authorized by law.""There were counterintelligence activities undertaken against the Trump campaign, And I'm not saying there was not a basis for it, that it was legitimate, but I want to see what that basis was and make sure it was legitimate," he added.The New York Times reported that the FBI sent an undercover agent posing as a research assistant to ask former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos whether the campaign was working with Russia. Papadopoulos was told by a Maltese professor in early 2016 that Russia had damaging information on Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, but said he told the undercover agent he had “nothing to do with Russia.”"Republics have fallen because of Praetorian Guard mentality where government officials get very arrogant, they identify the national interest with their own political preferences, and they feel that anyone who has a different opinion, you know, is somehow an enemy of the state," Barr remarked. "That can easily translate into essentially supervening the will of the majority and getting your own way as a government official."FBI director Chris Wray said earlier this month that he had seen no evidence that the FBI illegally spied on the Trump campaign.

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Riyadh rallies allies against Tehran at Mecca summits

Gulf and Arab allies rallied around Saudi Arabia Friday as it ratcheted up tensions with regional rival Iran after a series of attacks, drawing accusations from Tehran of "sowing division". Tehran, which has strongly denied involvement in any of the attacks, expressed disappointment that Riyadh plans to level the same "baseless accusations" at a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) early on Saturday.

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Trump: I was 'not informed' about order to move John McCain warship during Japan trip

Trump's comments come after the White House reportedly requested that the USS John S. McCain be "out of sight" during Trump's visit to Japan.

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Police confirm missing Utah girl's body has been found

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A body found after a five-day search is that of a 5-year-old girl taken from her home and killed by her uncle, Utah police confirmed on Thursday.

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Showdown over Missouri abortion clinic postponed as governor weighs in

Gov. Mike Parson said court intervention in the fight over whether to renew the license of Missouri's lone abortion provider would be "reckless."

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Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2019 is Cleopatra.
Cleopatra (69–30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, though nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC). While her native language was Koine Greek, she was the first Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language. Cleopatra's legacy survives in numerous works of art. She has been a pop culture icon of Egyptomania since the Victorian era, appearing in burlesque satire, Hollywood films such as Cleopatra (1963), and commercial brands.

Philippines sends rotting exported waste back to Canada

Exported waste, intended for recycling, is being sent back to Canada by the Philippines.

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Adel al-Jubeir: 'Saudi Arabia does not want a war with Iran'

The kingdom is hosting two summits of Gulf and Arab leaders to discuss growing tensions in the region.

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Weighing little more than an apple at birth, Saybie is the smallest baby to ever survive

Saybie is believed to be the world's smallest infant to survive after weighing just 8.6 ounces or 245 grams at birth.

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“کون سا ٹوتھ پیسٹ”

ہم میں سے جن کا بچپن پی ٹی وی کے سا تھ گزرا ہےانکی یادداشت میں ڈنٹونک پاوڈر کا اشتہار لازمی نقش ہو گا۔غالباً یہ پاکستان کی تاریخ کا پہلا انیمیٹڈ اشتہار تھا اور اس نے ہر عمر کے لوگوں میں بے انتہا مقبولیت حاصل کی۔ وہ دور مسواک اور دانتوں کے منجن کا دور تھا۔ٹوتھ پیسٹ مارکیٹ میں دستیاب تو تھی مگر اسکے خریدار مارکیٹ میں خال خال ہی نظر آتے تھے۔ بڑی عمر کے مرد اپنے دانتوں کی صفائی کے لیےمسواک استعمال کرتے جبکہ خواتین میں مسواک کے علاوہ ملٹھی رنگ کی ایک چھال کا استعمال زیادہ مقبول تھا۔ غالباًاسے “داتن” کہا جاتا تھا۔اسکی خاص بات یہ تھی کہ استعمال کرنے والے کے ہونٹوں اور دانتوں پر اپنا رنگ چھوڑتی تھی۔ نوعمرلڑکوں اور بچوں میں ڈنٹونک اور ڈنٹونک کی طرح کے دوسرے پاوڈرزیادہ مقبول تھے۔ پھر جیسا کہ وقت کا اصول ہے کہ وہ ہر چیز پر سے گزر جاتاہے، شہروں میں بسنے والوں کے لیے مسواک، “داتن اور دانتوں کے پاوڈر طاق نسیاں ہوتے گئے۔آج ٹیکنالوجی کی جدت اور پیسٹ بنانے والی کمپنیوں کی کامیاب مارکیٹنگ کی بدولت” داتن” تو تقریباً متروک ہو چکا ہے۔ مسواک استعمال کرنے والے بھی دن بدن کم ہوتے جا رہے ہیں۔ جبکہ دانتوں کے پاوڈر بھی لوگوں کی پہلی ترجیح نہیں رہے۔آج ان سب کی جگہ ٹوتھ پیسٹ استعمال ہوتا ہے ۔ مڈل کلاس سےلے کر اپر کلاس تک’ آج دانتوں کے لیے “ٹوتھ پیسٹ” ہی سب کی پہلی ترجیح ہے۔

شروع شروع میں ہر کمپنی کا ایک ہی ٹوتھ پیسٹ مارکیٹ میں دستیاب تھا مگر وقت گزرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ ہر کمپنی نے مختلف اقسام کے ٹوتھ پیسٹ مارکیٹ میں متعارف کروانے شروع کر دیے۔کوئی دانتوں کی صفائی کے لیے تو کوئی حساس دانتوں کے لیے ۔ کوئی مسوڑوں کی سوجن کے لیے تو کوئی سموکرز کے دانتوں پر لگے بدنما دھبوں کو مٹانے کے لیے۔ غرض یہ کہ آپکو مارکیٹ سے ہر قسم کا ٹوتھ پیسٹ مل جائے گا۔ قدرتاً سوال پیدا ہوتا ہے کہ کیا مختلف اقسام کے ٹوتھ پیسٹ ایک ہی جیسے اجزاء پر مشتمل ہوتے ہیں؟ جیسا کہ اکثر لوگوں کا خیال ہے یا ان میں واقعتاً کوئی فرق ہوتا ہے؟۔ دراصل ہر ٹوتھ پیسٹ کے بنیادی اجزاء ایک سے ہی ہو تے ہیں مگر اسکے ساتھ ساتھ ہر ٹوتھ پیسٹ میں کچھ اضافی اجزاء بھی ڈالے جاتے ہیں جو ایک ٹوتھ پیسٹ کو دوسرے سے ممتاز کرتے ہیں۔ ان ہی اضافی اجزاء میں سے ایک ٹرکلوسان ہے جسے ایک طویل عرصے تک ماہرین منہ کی بیکٹیریل انفیکشنز اور مسوڑوں کی سوجن جیسی بیماریوں میں مفید سمجھتے رہے ہیں۔اس بارے میں جاننا بھی دلچسپی سے خالی نہیں کہ ٹرکلوسان صرف ٹوتھ پیسٹ ہی نہیں بلکہ اینٹی بیکٹیریل سوپ’باڈی واش’ کاسمیٹکس اور کچن کے برتن دھونے کے لیے استعمال ہونے والے صابن میں بھی بطور اینٹی بیکٹیریل یعنی جراثیم کش عامل کے طور پر استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

سن 2016 میں امریکہ کی فوڈ اینڈ ڈرگ ایڈمنسٹریشن ایجنسی نے صابن اور باڈی واش وغیرہ میں ٹرکلوسان کے استعمال کو ممنوع قرار دے دیا۔اسکی بنیادی وجہ وہ تحقیقاتی رپورٹس بنیں جن کے مطابق ٹرکلوسان پانی میں شامل ہو کر زرعی زمین کو آلودہ کر رہا تھا اور اسکی وجہ سے انسانی بیماریوں میں استعمال ہونے والی جراثیم کش ادویات اپنا اثر کھو رہی تھیں۔جون 2018 میں بین الاقوامی شہرت کے حامل جریدے “بلومبرگ” میں ایک مضمون شائع ہوا ۔ مضمون نگار نے ایک مشہور برانڈ کے ٹوتھ پیسٹ کو اس وجہ سے شدید تنقید کا نشانہ بنایا تھا کہ اس میں ابھی بھی ٹرکلوسان کا استعمال کیا جا رہا ہے جبکہ جانوروں پر ہونے والی تحقیق نے واضح کیا ہے کہ ٹرکلوسان کے استعمال سے جلد اور بڑی آنت کے کینسر ‘، ہارمونز میں عدم توازن اور دمہ جیسی بیماریاں ہو سکتی ہیں۔

یہ جاننے کے لیے کہ ٹرکلوسان والا پیسٹ استعمال کرنے کے کتنی دیر بعد تک ٹرکلوسان بطور جز ہمارے ٹوتھ برش کا حصہ بنا رہتا ہے’ ماحولیاتی سائنس اور ٹیکنالوجی کے جریدے میں شائع ہونے والی تحقیق یہ بتاتی ہے کہ اگر آپ ٹرکلوسان والا برش استعمال کرنا چھوڑ بھی دیں تو ٹرکلوسان کم از کم دو ہفتوں تک ہمارے برش کے ریشوں میں پایا جاتا ہے اور برش کرنے کے عمل کے ذریعے ہمارے مسوڑوں میں جذب ہو کر ہمارے جسم کا حصہ بنتا رہتا ہےاور بعد ازاں گو نا گوں بیماریوں کا سبب بنتا ہے۔

ٹرکلوسان کے ممکنہ نقصانات سے بچنے کے لیے امریکہ کی ریاست مینی سوٹا میں ان تمام اشیاء کے استعمال پر پابندی عائد ہے جن میں ٹرکلوسان بطور جز استعمال ہوتا ہے۔ نہیں معلوم کہ پاکستان کے ارباب اختیار ٹوتھ پیسٹ بنانے والی کمپنیوں کو اس بات کا پابند بنائیں گے کہ وہ ٹوتھ پیسٹ کی تیاری میں ٹرکلوسان کا استعمال ترک کر دیں اور متبادل اجزاء استعمال کریں؟ یا ہمیشہ کی طرح وہ اس وقت ہوش میں آئیں گے جب پانی سر سے اونچا ہو جائے گا؟ ایک بات طے ہے کہ اس معاملے میں خود ہمیں اپنی مدد آپ کے تحت ٹوتھ پیسٹ کی خریداری کے وقت اس بات کا خیال رکھنا پڑے گا کہ ٹوتھ پیسٹ مکمل طور پر ٹرکلوسان فری ہو تاکہ ہم اپنے آپکو اور اپنے چاہنے والوں کو ٹرکلوسان سے ہونے والے ممکنہ نقصانات سے بچا سکیں۔

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Baseball player distraught after child hit

A child is taken to hospital after she was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr at the Houston Astros' stadium, leaving the player in tears.

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Fukushima: How to move a mountain of radioactive soil

Eight years after the disaster at the Japanese nuclear power station, the clean-up is continuing.

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Tankers almost certainly damaged by Iranian naval mines, US says

National Security Adviser John Bolton blames Iran for attacks off the UAE, but provides no evidence.

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Russia 'probably' conducting banned nuclear tests, US official says

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Papua New Guinea chooses James Marape as new prime minister

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Octavia Spencer: Ditching the 'sassy black woman' for horror

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How damaging is the Huawei row for the US and China?

What do Washington's latest moves against Huawei mean for any US-China trade deal?

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Cartoon scavenger hunts brighten Portland

Wooden cutouts of famous cartoon characters and memes are popping up all over the city in Oregon.

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Burkina Faso's war against militant Islamists

Attacks on Christians by armed groups in Burkina Faso signals a worrying new shift, experts say.

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Trump Russia investigation: Charging Trump 'not an option', says Mueller

The US Special Counsel spoke publicly for the first time since publishing the results of the Russia inquiry

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Thousands pay respects to Niki Lauda

Formula 1 stars including Lewis Hamilton and other celebrities in Vienna as Lauda's body lay in state at St Stephen's Cathedral.

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The diggers guided by satellites and drones

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Wikipedia article of the day for May 30, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for May 30, 2019 is Scarlett Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) is an American actress and singer. Her performance in Lost in Translation (2003) won her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for this film and for playing a 17th-century housemaid in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), an estranged teenager in the drama A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), and a seductress in the psychological thriller Match Point (2005). Her albums Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) and Break Up (2009) charted on the Billboard 200. In 2010, Johansson debuted on Broadway in a revival of A View from the Bridge, which won her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. Later that year, she began portraying Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She voiced an intelligent computer operating system in the 2013 comedy-drama Her, played an alien in the 2013 science fiction film Under the Skin and a woman with psychokinetic abilities in the 2014 science fiction action film Lucy. She was the highest-grossing actress of 2016, and is also the highest-grossing actress of all time in North America in nominal dollar terms.

Dangerous tornado touches down in Kansas City; severe weather moves east into Missouri

A dangerous tornado touched down on the western edge of Kansas City, Kansas, forcing local residents to take shelter.

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Facebook removes accounts originating from Iran that targeted Princess Eugenie

Facebook accounts originating from Iran that targeted Princess Eugenie have been taken down by the social media giant. Some 51 accounts, 36 pages, seven groups and three Instagram accounts were producing "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" and have been removed. A photo of Princess Eugenie marrying Jack Brooksbank with homeless people edited into the image was used by one of the now defunct pages. It claimed that the princess "expects the taxpayer to subsidise her dream wedding, while food banks are over run", in an apparent attempt to stir up tensions among the British public. Around 21,000 people followed one or more of the pages involved, Facebook said. An example of 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour' that has been removed by the Facebook following a crackdown on accounts originating from Iran Credit: Facebook/PA Princess Eugenie has been on the receiving end of social media trolling in the past, including being targeted by users for a grammatical error in an Instagram post. In December 2016, her mother the Duchess of York pleaded with people to “stop bullying” her daughters, in a comment that was believed to be directed at those criticising their limited Royal duties. “Let's focus more on this and less on tittle-tattle gossip. Stop bullying the York family, please,” she said at a Teenage Cancer Trust event. Facebook yesterday said that the pages were removed because they were distributed with suspected malicious intent and that those behind the activity misled people about who they are and their intentions, sometimes representing themselves as journalists. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity, said: "We're constantly working to detect and stop this type of activity because we don't want our services to be used to manipulate people. "Policy, as is always the case with these takedowns, is we're removing these pages, groups and accounts based on their behaviour, not the content they posted. "Based on a tip shared by FireEye, a US cybersecurity firm, we conducted an internal investigation into suspected Iran-linked coordinated inauthentic behaviour and identified this activity. "We've shared our analysis with law enforcement, policymakers and industry partners." Last month it was reported that Iran carried out a number of cyber attacks on the Post Office and the UK's local government networks in the lead-up to Christmas.

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Boeing aims for first flight of 777X in late June -sources

SEATTLE/PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Boeing Co is looking to make the first test flight of its 777X twin-aisle jet as soon as late June, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, slightly later than the planemaker had planned, but still on track for putting the plane into airline service in 2020. Boeing hopes the new jet will extend its grip on the 'mini-jumbo' market, which it shares with rival Airbus SE's 365-seat A350-1000, and perhaps scoop up fresh orders following the demise of Airbus' A380 superjumbo. The test flight will likely be too late for Boeing to hit its previous target of flying the 777X to the Paris Air Show, which takes place June 17-23, where it had hoped to make a marketing splash in Airbus' backyard.

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Melania Trump's most fashionable looks in Japan

Melania Trump is known for her designer taste and statement-making fashion -- and her trip to Japan this weekend was no exception.

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Behold: Stunning renders show the iPhone 11 we wish Apple would make

Apple's new iPhone 11 lineup is set to debut just over than three months from now, but a fairly complete picture has already formed. We know that this year's iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Max, and iPhone 11R will look exactly like last year's iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR from the front, with the same all-screen design interrupted by the same large notch at the top of the display. We also know that the new iPhone 11 series will feature new rear cameras on the back of each handset. The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max will have triple-lens cameras in a large square camera bump, while the iPhone 11R (or whatever Apple ends up calling it) will feature the same square camera bump but with only a dual-lens camera, likely the same setup that can currently be found on the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max.Beyond the new cameras and a few other changes like frosted glass backs and a round mute switch, there isn't much excitement to speak of when it comes to Apple's iPhone designs in 2019. Meanwhile, Android vendors have moved past the iPhone X design they all copied last year and begun to develop some sleek new designs of their own. Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup features a beautiful all-screen design with hole-punch cameras instead of a notch, and phones like the OnePlus 7 Pro don't even break up the screen with a hole. Instead, they feature true-all screen designs and have a selfie camera that pops up out of the top edge of the phone when needed.Apple's iPhone 11 design is indeed a bit stale in comparison, which is likely why one graphic designer took all of the leaks and rumors we've seen so far and added his own unique spin to create an iPhone 11 with a much sleeker and more modern design.The image above shows the front of Apple's current-generation iPhone XS, which looks exactly like Apple's previous-generation iPhone X from 2017. It's a fine design, and we all know that people who use a smartphone with a notch don't even notice the notch anymore after a very short time. But it has been about two years since Apple first introduced this design, so there's no question that it's feeling a bit dusty at this point. That's especially true now since so many Android phone makers have released handsets with more modern looks.Graphic designer Muhsin M. Belaal Auckburaully, who goes by DBS Designing on YouTube, seems to agree that Apple's upcoming new iPhone 11 series is a bit dated. The overall look of the phone is still gorgeous, of course, so he took the iPhone 11's design and stuck a more modern display on the front, which includes a small hole at the top for Apple's front-facing cameras rather than a large notch. Here's how it came out:Now, there's no question that a display that extends farther to the edges of the front and a hole-punch screen with a tiny hole for the cameras is a bit improvement over Apple's actual iPhone 11 design. There's also no question that it could never happen. The TrueDepth camera system Apple uses for Face ID has more components than just two tiny lenses like the ones we see above, so it needs much more room.Around back, the graphic designer's iPhone 11 mockup looks exactly like the real thing, but he decided to add a fourth camera lens in the bottom-right corner of the square camera bump. We're not sure why, considering that there will be a rear-facing microphone there to capture audio for videos and Live Photos, but it doesn't really change the overall look of the phone.You can find more images of Auckburaully's iPhone 11 on his Behance page, and a video showcasing the design is embedded below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmtrmAKtu0

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Factbox: A United Kingdom divided over Brexit - Results of EU election

The Brexit Party came out on top and smaller pro-European Union parties also gained ground, while the Conservatives and Labour hemorrhaged votes to parties that took unequivocal positions for or against Brexit. WHO GETS ELECTED?

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Nigerian President Buhari sworn in for second term

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term in office on Wednesday, vowing once more to tackle crippling security threats and root out corruption in Africa's key economy. "I do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria," Buhari said, dressed in simple white robes and traditional embroidered cap. Buhari took the oath of office at what officials called a "low-key" ceremony.

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ملاو ٹ زدہ دودھ…. نعمت یا زحمت ؟

دودھ انسان کی پہلی خوراک بنتا ہے۔ جب بچہ پیدا ہوتا ہے تو ماں کا دودھ اسے وہ غذائیت دیتا ہے جو اس کی نشو ونُما کے لئے ضروری ہوتی ہے۔ بچہ جب تھوڑا بڑا ہوتا ہے تو بھینس، گائے اور بکری وغیرہ کا دودھ اسے بڑھاپے تک توانائی دیتا ہے۔ یہ سفید سیال غذائیت کا خزانہ ہے۔ ایک گلاس دودھ انسان کو پروٹین، چکنائی، کاربوہائڈریٹ، کیلشیم، میگنیشم اور قیمتی وٹا من فراہم کرتا ہے۔پاکستان اس وقت دنیا میں دودھ کی پیداوار کے لحاظ سے چوتھا بڑا ملک ہے۔ دودھ کی پیداوار سے ملکی جی ڈی پی میں 11فیصد حصہ شامل کیا جارہا ہے، جبکہ پاکستان کی دودھ میں پیداواری صلاحیت تقریباً 54 بلین لیٹرسالانہ ہے۔ پاکستان میں صرف دودھ ہی نہیں بلکہ اس سے تیار شدہ اشیاء کا استعمال بھی بہت حد تک کیا جاتا ہے جیسے کہ کریم، کھویا، دہی، لسی، پنیر، گھی، ربڑی، مکھن اور دیگر اشیا۔

لیکن ذرا ٹھریے! لازمی نہیں کہ جو دودھ آپ اور میں استعمال کررہے ہیں وہ خالص بھی ہو۔ افسوس کہ انسان کے لالچ نے اس آفاقی نعمت کو بھی تنازعات اور اسکینڈلوں کا نشانہ بنا دیا۔اگر بات دودھ میں صرف پانی کی ملاوٹ کی حد تک ہوتی تو بھی قابلِِ قبول تھی، لیکن دورِ جدید میں دودھ کی مقدار کو بڑھانے کے لیے ملاوٹ مافیا نے ایسے ایسے طریقے اختیار کررکھے ہیں کہ عقل دنگ رہ جاتی ہے ۔ جعلی دودھ کے لیبارٹری ٹیسٹ سے معلوم ہوا ہے کہ گوالے اور جعلساز دودھ میں گھٹیا قسم کے پکانے کے تیل، سنگھاڑوں کا سفوف، آلودہ پانی،فارملین(ایک کیمیکل جس کا ایک قطرہ چار لیٹر دودھ کو 48 گھنٹے تک محفوظ رکھتا ہے،ڈاکٹر اس کیمیکل کو لاشیں سڑنے سے بچانے کیلئے استعمال کرتے ہیں)، میلامائین (ایک کیمیکل جو اشیاء کو چمکدار بنانے میں کام آتا ہے)، پنسلین، بال صفاء پاوڈر، شیمپو، ہائیڈروجن پر آکسائیڈ، ڈیٹرجنٹ، کاغذ، گلوکوز، شکر، خشک دودھ، مالٹوڈیکسٹرین پاوڈر، زنیٹامائیسین، آراوٹ اور بورک ایسڈ وغیرہ شامل کرتے ہیں۔

اس کے علاوہ بہت سے گوالے جانوروں کو آکسیٹوسین(Oxytocin) ہارمون کا ٹیکہ لگاتے ہیں جو دودھ کی پیداوار میں ’’50 فیصد‘‘ تک اضافہ کر سکتا ہے۔ ایسے دودھ کے استعمال سے بہت سی بیماریاں ہوسکتی ہیں، مثلاً سر درد، متلی، قے، ڈائریا،آنکھوں کی بینائی متاثر ہونا، معدہ، گردے اور دل کے مسائل، کینسر، حتیٰ کہ موت بھی واقع ہوسکتی ہے۔ جو دودھ آپ اپنی غذائی ضروریات کو پورا کرنے کے لیے استعمال کررہے ہیں وہ آپ کے لیے جان لیوا ثابت ہوسکتا ہے۔

اس مہلک عمل کی روک تھام کے لیے پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کی جانب سے صوبے بھر میں ملاوٹ مافیا کے خلاف آپریشن جاری ہے۔ ٹیلی ویژن اور اخبارات میں آنے والی رپورٹس کے مطابق گزشتہ ایک سال میں متعدد کاروایاں کی گئیں اور لاکھوں لیٹر ملاوٹ شدہ دودھ تلف کیا گیا ساتھ ہی مالکان کو بھاری جرمانے بھی کیے گئے۔ وزیراعظم عمران خان اور وزیراعلیٰ سردار عثمان بزدار کے حالیہ احکامات کی تائید کرتے ہوئے پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کی جانب سے خالص دودھ کی فراہمی کو یقینی بنانے کے لیے مزید اقدامات کیے جا رہے ہیں اور چند سالوں تک پنجاب بھر میں کھلے دودھ کی فروخت کو مکمل طور پر بند کیا جائے گا اور عوام تک محفوظ اور پاسچرایٔزڈ دودھ پہنچایا جائے گا جو ہر طرح کی ملاوٹ سے پاک ہوگا۔ ڈی جی پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کیپٹن(ر) محمدعثمان یونس، جو کہ رات کے پچھلے پہر بھی ملاوٹ مافیا کے خلاف ہونے والی کاروائیوں کی خود نگرانی کرتے ہوئے دکھائی دیتے ہیں، اس اقدام کے لیے کوشاں ہیں اور اپنے تمام تر وسائل اس مہم کی کامیابی کے لیے وقف کر رہے ہیں۔

پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کے لائحہ عمل کے تحت آنے والے چند سالوں میں کھلا دودھ بیچنے پر پابندی عائد ہوجائے گی، یعنی یہی کھلا دودھ پاسچرائزیشن کے عمل سے گزرنے کے بعد پلاسٹک کی تھیلیوں یا شیشے کی بوتلوں میں محفوظ کرکے صارفین تک پہنچایا جائے گا ۔ پیکیجنگ پر پتہ درج ہونے سے نہ صرف ملاوٹ مافیا کا راستہ روکا جا سکے گا بلکہ عوام تک دودھ جیسی نعمت کوپھر سے خالص حالت میں پہنچایا جائے گا ۔

پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی ترکی کی طرز پر دودھ کو محفوظ بنانے کا نظام لانے کا ارادہ رکھتی ہے۔ ایک رپورٹ کے مطابق ترکی نے جب دودھ کو پاسچرائزیشن کے عمل سے گزارنے کے بعد محفوظ طریقے سے لوگوں کو پہنچاناشروع کیا تو جہاں ایک طرف ترکی کی معیشت مضبوط ہوئی وہیں ڈیری انڈسٹری کی برآمدات میں 90 فیصد اضافہ ہوا اور اس انڈسٹری سے حاصل ہونے والے ٹیکس کی آمدنی میں بھی 300 فیصد اضافہ ہوا۔

پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کی جانب سے بھرپور عوامی آگاہی مہم کا آغاز کردیا گیا ہے جس کے تحت لوگوں میں بلخصوص پاسچرائزیشن کے عمل اور اس کے فوائد کے حوالے سے تفصیلی آگاہی فراہم کی جائےگی تاکہ پابندی سے قبل عوام اور ڈیری انڈسٹری سے وابستہ لوگ اس تبدیلی کو تسلیم کرنے اور اسے اپنے حق میں بہتر بنانے کے لئے ذہنی طور پر تیار ہوں۔ حکومت اور پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی کی جانب سے یہ ایک خوش آئند اقدام ہے جس سے پنجاب کی عوام تک خالص دودھ پہنچایا جا سکے گااور کئی بیماریوں کا بھی خاتمہ کیا جا سکے گا۔

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