Pakistani experts have developed a system to tell the sweetness of fruits without opening them

Pakistani experts have developed a system to tell the sweetness of fruits without opening them

Experts from the National University of Science and Technology have developed a successful AI model to detect the sweetness of local oranges and citrus fruits without opening them. Photo: Courtesy of National University of Science and Technology Karachi: A team of Pakistani scientists has developed a method to detect the sweetness of citrus fruits such…

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Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group rights’ experts said. In their statement released by UN rights office OHCHR, they reported that according to the Viasna Human Rights Centre, 1,511…

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Weather experts predict ‘near normal’ season, with 5 to 9 potential hurricanes

Weather experts predict ‘near normal’ season, with 5 to 9 potential hurricanes

The US National Hurricane Center acts as WMO’s Regional Specialized Meteorological hub, based in Miami, Florida. There is a 40 per cent chance of a near-normal season, 30 per cent possibility of an “above-normal season”, and also 30 per cent of a below-normal season, according to forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center. The hurricane season…

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UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a statement that the executions on Friday of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi, were “profoundly concerning in view of the reported involvement of these individuals in the protests that commenced in Iran on 16 September 2022, and allegations of their having been convicted and sentenced through confessions obtained under torture.”…

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Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments

Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments

The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme Court in favour of punishments including stoning, flogging and burying people under a wall. Women most vulnerable The de facto deputy chief of the court,…

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Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts

Russia must provide ‘urgent and comprehensive’ care to opposition leader Navalny: Rights experts

Alice Edwards, who is officially known as the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, said she was “distressed by the deteriorating state of Mr. Navalny’s health and the apparent lack of satisfactory diagnosis and medical treatment”. ‘A form of torture’ In a statement also backed by six of her fellow…

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