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How a bunch of Indian startups have taken an early lead in chatbots

Edit The Times of India 05 Jun 2016
"A lot of people either don't know about bots or have very different expectations from them," says Sumedh Chaudhry, cofounder of Gurgaon-based media startup NewsBytes. Though getting a user activated on the bot is at least five times simpler than asking her to download the app, the issue is awareness, rues Chaudhry, who claims to have over 8,000 bot users ... It depends on the kind of exposure the baby has, says Chaudhry....

Bilawal not a child, but politically unaware: Nisar

Edit Dawn 04 Jun 2016
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday declined to comment on PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's tweet about what the latter called Nisar's "campaign to become prime minister", saying the PPP leader was "not a child but politically unaware"....

Kazmi jailed for 16 years in Haj graft case

Edit Dawn 04 Jun 2016
ISLAMABAD ... Former Haj director general Rao Shakeel was sentenced to 40 years in prison and fined Rs150.396m ... During the investigation, the PPP government posted FIA director Asghar to Gilgit-Baltistan but later repatriated him after then SC chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry ordered his immediate repatriation ... According to Azhar Chaudhry, special prosecutor in the Haj corruption case, the trial against Faiz is in the final stages....

How a bunch of Indian startups has taken an early lead in chatbots

Edit The Times of India 04 Jun 2016
"A lot of people either don't know about bots or have very different expectations from them," says Sumedh Chaudhry, cofounder of Gurgaon-based media startup NewsBytes. Though getting a user activated on the bot is at least five times simpler than asking her to download the app, the issue is awareness, rues Chaudhry, who claims to have over 8,000 bot users ... It depends on the kind of exposure the baby has, says Chaudhry....

‘Islamabad’s water resources not sufficient’

Edit Dawn 03 Jun 2016
During the question hour, the State Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry in a written reply informed the house that the available sources were being utilised but they are not sufficient to meet existing demands ... Dr Taroq Fazal Chaudhry added that “several” steps had been taken to augment water ......

Indian police say 19 killed during clashes with protesters

Edit The Miami Herald 03 Jun 2016
Chaudhry said Friday that the police had gone to a district in the town to retake land from illegal occupiers following a court order ... ....

Blasphemy allegation: Teacher sent to jail on judicial remand

Edit Dawn 03 Jun 2016
MUZAFFARGARH. A teacher of a government school was sent behind bars on judicial remand by a court on the allegation of committing blasphemy ... Four days later, their parents went to police and accused the teacher of blasphemy ... SHO Chaudhry Javed Akhtar said he got information that more than 150 people had besieged the school and were protesting against the teacher who was alleged to have committed blasphemy ... ....

AJK speaker received dual salaries, allowances for over 31 months

Edit Dawn 03 Jun 2016
MUZAFFARABAD. The speaker of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, Sardar Ghulam Sadiq, received dual salaries and allowances as an adviser and as a member of the assembly for over 31 months in his previous term, according to documents available with Dawn ... Experts term the act a criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation ... AJK Additional Advocate General Chaudhry Shoukat Aziz expressed similar views ... ....

Bilawal's tweet about Nisar 'his viewpoint', says Ghani

Edit Dawn 02 Jun 2016
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said his party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's tweet about interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's 'campaign to become prime minister is 'his viewpoint' ... Earlier in the day, PPP chairman Bilawal had tweeted that Chaudhry Nisar's campaign to become prime minister is not going well as planned and he is getting frustrated....

Commercial Weight Loss Programs: Evidence of Benefits for Diabetic Patients Still Too Scarce, Study Shows (Johns Hopkins Health System)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jun 2016
'A few of these programs may be a viable option for improving blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes and those at risk for the disease,' says study leader Zoobia Chaudhry, M.B.B.S., M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 'but we need more gold-standard studies to make that claim.'....

Summer cools off domestic demand for edible oil in may

Edit The Times of India 02 Jun 2016
KOLKATA . DELHI ... Another reason, Mallick said, was fewer weddings (oil consumption is high then) in May ... Siraj Chaudhry , chairman of Cargill India, says edible oil sales dip in May and June and recover by July ... Download it Now! ....

Senate extends work ambit of committee probing Mansour's death in US strike

Edit Dawn 02 Jun 2016
ISLAMABAD. Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Thursday extended the work ambit of the joint committee constituted last week to probe the US drone strike inside Pakistani territory — which had targeted Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour ... “A detailed inquiry has been initiated by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar about how Mulla Mansour managed to get a National Identity Card,” Aziz added ... DAWN_VIDEO - /1029551/DAWN-RM-1x1 ... ....

‘If water ratio falls, Pakistan will be a water scarce country’

Edit Dawn 02 Jun 2016
ISLAMABAD. At present, 1,100 cubic metres of water are available for each person in Pakistan. If this number decreases to 1,000 cubic metres, we will be included in the list of water scarce countries. We have been facing heat waves even in the north of the country, said Dr Chaudhry Inayatullah, a representative of Sungi, a non-government organisation, on Wednesday ... “Climate change is one of the bigger reasons for hunger and diseases ... ....
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