The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former pacer Azhar Mahmood as the head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team for the upcoming T20 International series against New Zealand. The series, set to take place from April 18th to April 27th, will feature matches held at two of Pakistan’s renowned cricket venues: Rawalpindi and … Read more
From 2024, the laws would have cut nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels, eliminated 90% of retailers allowed to sell tobacco, and created “smoke-free” generations of citizens by banning cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008. But with the measures now abandoned, Māori stand to lose the most, advocates say. Source link
Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts. Source link
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. | Photo Credit: AP Close on the heels of U.S., U.K., and Australia, New Zealand on October 26 criticised India’s demand for 41 Canadian diplomats to leave or face a revocation of diplomatic immunity. New Zealand, the … Read more
June 10, 2022 – A draft proposal in New Zealand aims to address methane emissions linked to global warming, one cow and sheep burp at a time. If the plan is adopted, the nation would become the first to charge farmers for the methane emissions emanating from their livestock. “There is no question that we … Read more
“This is all 100% theory and 0% substance,” Sunny Kaushal, chairman of the Dairy and Business Owners Group, a lobby group for local convenience stores, told New Zealand’s Stuff news site. “There’s going to be a crime wave. Gangs and criminals will fill the gap”. Source link
New Zealand has decided to include two anti-Covid-19 vaccines — Covishield, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in the list of eight recognised vaccines. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, India’s High Commissioner to New Zealand Muktesh Pardeshi wrote, “In a positive decision, NZ includes Covishield and Covaxin in the … Read more
The highly infectious Delta variant “does change the game”, the Covid response minister says. Source link
New Zealand voted to award Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern a second term in office on Saturday. Prime Minister Ardern’s liberal Labour Party won a historic mandate by securing 49 per cent of the vote in comparison to the 27 per cent bagged by its primary challenger, the conservative National Party. In fact, this is the … Read more