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Dawn February 23,2020 IT seems that, despite the seriousness with which Pakistan had committed itself to complying with FATF standards, the global financial watchdog is still not convinced of its progress and requires more action on some of the targets that it says have not been achieved. For now, then, Pakistan remains on the grey list. The taskforce has indicated that Pakistan will have to satisfactorily address all 27 points of the action plan by June, otherwise stricter action could be taken. For a while, there were government officials who were hopeful that Pakistan would be removed from the grey list, although some ministers did strike a cautious note, reminding people that the outcome of the February talks was not a foregone conclusion. It turns out that the optimists did not win the day. Certainly, the task before Pakistan has been gargantuan, and the fact that it has still met several FATF conditions should be appreciated. But the difficult part is clearly ...

The Wire Dated February 22,2020 New Delhi:  The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has laid to rest rumours about the quantity of gold discovered in Sonbhadra. It said that the new deposits of gold found in the eastern Uttar Pradesh district total approximately 160 kilograms – and not 3,500 tonnes as had been  reported  earlier. Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri had celebrated the initial reports, saying the discovery will “catalyze growth of this beautiful aspirational district”. Hardeep Singh Puri ✔ @HardeepSPuri India will now have the world's 2nd largest gold reserves. The massive Gold discovery in Sonebhadra will further catalyze growth of this beautiful aspirational district, bring positive change in the lives of the people & usher an era of transformation. http:// toi.in/Na82fZ/a24gj   3k-tonne gold reserve in UP’s Sonbhadra: GSI | India News - Times of India India News: Sonbha...

Finshots Dated: February 24,2020 The Story On Friday, a district mining officer from Sonbhadra claimed that state officials had discovered close to 3000 tonnes of gold reserves close by. A day later, however, the Geological Survey of India denied the claim made by the district mining officer and said there was only about 160 kgs worth of recoverable gold on the site. Now before we dig into this story, a confession. When I first heard the news of this discovery, I was extremely sceptical. Not because I happened to have deep insights on Sonbhadra’s mining reserves. But because 3,300 tonnes is a lot of gold. So with my spidey sense tingling, I wanted to see if there was any merit to the claim. The first order of business was to figure out the likelihood of such a fortuitous event ever materializing. And within seconds, I struck “ gold ”. A key piece of evidence came from a Mckinsey report on the gold mining industry. Here’s a snippet to drive home the point. The 1...

GREATGAMEINDIA February 21, 2020 As Wuhan’s Coronavirus poses an increasing global threat, more and more experts from various countries have also cast more attention to the source of the new crown virus (COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2). In this scientific investigation on the mysterious origin of Coronavirus we explore the sources of New Coronavirus from five major areas, including epidemiological investigation, virus gene comparison, cross-species infection research, key “intermediate hosts” and the findings on the Wuhan P4 lab , to provide readers with a deep and completely scientific perspective. Two months have elapsed since the outbreak of New Coronavirus in Wuhan, but the scientific community’s knowledge is still very limited on the mysterious “COVID-19” (also called SARS-CoV-2, formerly known as WHO-2019-nCoV by WHO, referred to as New Coronavirus in this report). Is the South China Seafood Market the source of the outbreak? What role does the closely watch...