My journey as an english learner

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16/2020 : 1- Blast Near Quetta Press Club : Seven people along with two police man are dead and 21 are injured in an explosion. 2- PSL’s 2020 Opening Ceremony Will Feature 350 Artists : 350 artists will perform in the opening ceremony of PSL 2020 at Karachi National Stadium.  3-  14 people dead from toxic gas leakage in Keamari : 14 People dead from toxic gas leak in Karachi’s keamari  area remained unclear on Tuesday. 4- Chinese Doctors ‘Using Plasma Therapy’ On Coronavirus Patients:   Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma to treat those still battling the virus. 5- Israeli Aircraft Flies Over Sudan Airspace For First Time :  An Israel’s aircraft has flown through Sudanese airspace for the first time.

Kelly McGonigal is a psychologist who educates  us about willpower and its aspects in our lives. She said that Willpower have three main components namely Won’t , Will and Want power. She described won’t power as the ability to resist the temptations or desires and Will power is the ability to do something that is hard for you or is uncomfortable. Want power is the real skill that keep us motivated and dedicated to our long-term goals. Willpower is an ability to do or don’t do things according to our desires, temptations, distractions and ambitions which definitely have an impact on our future goals and career. After she studied a case from 1848 of Phinease cage tells us that self-control lives in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain. Self-control is a key to willpower, to live a healthy, happy and successful life you have to balance both good or bad sides of self-control. You can’t live completely stress free or distracted life this way you live a robotic life. She stated that stre...

Eric Schmidt is a CEO of Google for about 10 years from 2001 to 2011 and is currently working as an executive chairman of Alphabet Company which is Google’s parent company and is one of the biggest investors of Uber. Charlie Rose was an American journalist who took the interview of Eric Schmidt. Charlie Rose asked Eric some questions about his experiences as a CEO, his achievements and future revolutions, ideas for upcoming technologies and the risks he took for the success of his company. Eric Schmidt said in his interview that Alphabet encourages the moonshots and artificial intelligence which they believe provide benefits to both the company and the society.  Furthermore Eric Schmidt stated that his world is full of ideas that are not monetizable. He said that he is mostly working on science at the moment. He mentioned that there are two phenomenon which is going to be transformative in the next decade which includes   health, biology and knowledge .  Eric Sch...

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9/2020 1- Thai Soldier Kills 20 In Shooting Spree: A junior army officer identified as Sergeant-Major Jakrapanth Thomma kills 20 people in shooting spree. 2- Indian Kabaddi Team Arrives: The Indian Kabaddi team arrived here through Wagah Border to participate in the World kabaddi Cup. 3- Dog-bite Increase Amid Delayed Government Intervention: The Indus Hospital has been receiving 30 to 40 dog-bite cases daily from all over Karachi. 4- Slow Day On Cotton Market: Trading activity on cotton market remained slow and restricted on Saturday as both buyers and sellers remained on the sidelines. 5- Award-Winning Documentary Screened: A documentary following the Khyber Pakhtunkhaw Bomb Unit (BDU) was screened as part of a two day film festival in the capital on Saturday.

The debate presented  to us, chaired by Emily Maitlis presenter of The BBC Newsnight, was about the topic that “The world should recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital” and there were four speakers. Ehud Omert and Natasha Hausdorff were in the favour of the topic and against them were Jack straw and Ghada karmi. The decision of Donald Trump of recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and also to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem embarks an outrage among many states world wide. The Palestinian’s ambassador Dr. Husam Zomlot and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims that Trump’s move will declare a war on about 1.5 billion Muslims and could  plunge the world into a fire with no end in sight and this dispute is described as one of the most intractable issues in Israel - Palestine conflict. Other countries also warn them that the recognition of Jerusalem as a capital would be a mortal blow for the Israel- Palestine peace project. As yo...

In this talk presented to us , the speaker Martin Jacques comprehends his study on understanding the rise of China.  He displays a chart according to Goldman Sachs projections, by 2050 the Chinese economy will be the largest in the world . Its an illusion in the west or many people think this way that societal modernization in China means Westernization, but that will not be China’s path. In this talk the speaker offers three building blocks to understand how differently Chinese think. First is  “China isn’t really a nation state”. Modern China was born in 221 BC after the Qin emerged as winners among the Warring States. The Chinese sense of identity is based on the “ civilization state” . Holding this gigantic task, which is why unity is the most important political value for the Chinese. The West become fragmented after the abolishment of Roman Empire but China remained united with the values of its ancestors. Secondly, “ The Chinese have a very different conceptio...

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2/2020  1-  Bilal And Faheem Return For Rawalpindi Test Against BD: Off-spinner Bilal Asif  and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf recalled for the one-off test against Bangladesh. 2- Agreement Signed For Pro Boxing League In Pakistan : The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) and Pakistan Professional Boxing League (PPBL) have inked an agreement to start a professional boxing league in a country. 3- Mandatory To Show CNIC For Purchases Of Over Rs 50,000 : The federal board of revenue (FBR) on Saturday notified that it was mandatory for citizens to show computerized CNIC to buy a product of over Rs 50,000. 4- Millions Of Phones To Stop Running WhatsApp : Millions of Android and iPhone devices would no longer be able to run WhatsApp, the famous App owned by Facebook. 5- Maldives Return To Common wealth After 40 Months : Commonwealth nations on Saturday welcomed back the Maldives 40 months after it angrily quit the organ...

SUNDAY JANUARY 26/2020 1 - Climbers Trying To Summit K2 And K3 Peaks Enter Decisive Phase :        Two teams of winter climbers attempting to summit K2 and K3 peaks this year have entered a decisive phase. 2 - Bodies Of US Firefighters Retrieved From Australian Forest : Bodies of US Firefighters who died in a plane crash earlier while battling a fierce wildfire have been recovered. 3 - Victims Of  Coronavirus : Two people suspected of having contracted coronavirus have been admitted to Nishtar  Hospital in Multan. 4-  Sindh Government Finalises Rs1 Bn Plan To Fight Rabies, Stray dogs : The provincial government is finalizing an over Rs 1 billion programme that mainly focuses on vaccination of stray dogs. 5-  US Airline Fined For Discriminating Against Pakistan Couple : The US Department Of Transportation (DOT) has slapped a 50,000$ fine on an airline.