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PCB to appoint ex-Test cricketer as new fielding coach

PCB to appoint ex-Test cricketer as new fielding coachIslamabad, Nov 7: The PCB is set to appoint former Pakistan Test cricketer Ijaz Ahmed as the new fielding coach of the national team ahead of the home series against India.

Ijaz, who is working as the National Cricket Academy (NCA) fielding coach, would be elevated as the national fielding coach well before the important series against India starting in January 2009, The News quoted a well placed PCB source as saying.

Novel ‘beauty machine’ can change plain Jane’s into drop-dead stunners

Novel ‘beauty machine’ can change plain Jane’s into drop-dead stunnersWashington, November 7 : Tel Aviv University researchers have built a “beauty machine” that can turn a picture of an ordinary face into that of a cover model, just with the press of a button.

Though the output of the system is presently limited to digitised images, the researcher believe that the software may prove useful for guiding plastic surgeons and aid magazine cover editors.

They even foresee its use in digital cameras.

Pak govt to start distributing tents to the quake-hit in Balochistan from today

Pak govt to start distributing tents to the quake-hit in Balochistan from todayIslamabad, Nov 7: The Pakistan Government is learnt to be facing shortage of tents for the quake-hit people in Balochistan. But, it is going to start the distribution of whatever tents are available with it from today.

“The first consignment of 200 winterised tents has arrived from the United Kingdom and its distribution will start on Friday,” the Dawn quoted National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Farooq Ahmad Khan as saying last evening.

Australian stocks sink 2.3 per cent on Wall Street worries

Australian stocks sink 2.3 per cent on Wall Street worries

India to set up 6,000 model schools

India to set up 6,000 model schoolsThe Union Government will set up 6,000 Model Schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools). Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the scheme on Thursday.

The scheme aims to have at least one good quality secondary school in every block.

In the first phase of the scheme, 2,500 Model Schools will come up in the first phase of the scheme. Those will be established in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) with the help of respective state governments. State Govt. will provide land for the schools.

Hot-air balloon will shed more light on Saturn’s moon Titan

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