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After 30 years of development, engineer presents flying car that turns into a ‘plane’ in less than 2 minutes, uses a 280 hp engine, has already logged over 170 flight hours, and is coming to market

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Khushamdid (Welcome) is a beautiful track sung by Shehzad Roy and Natasha Baig in celebration of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s expected arrival in Northern Pakistan.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-IumylLcRk

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Dukoma, performed by Irfan Sheen and Ambreen Shakoor, is a ...

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Shared values, shared progress: AKDN and France in partnership with Africa

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With hearts filled with love, excitement, and deep devotion, we proudly present our new Ismaili geet “Maula Pakistan Aana.” This beautiful Pakistan Visit Special geet expresses the heartfelt prayers and joyful anticipation of the Jamat as they eagerly await this blessed and historic occasion.

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Ya Ali Madad! ✨🌍
​The devotion of a Murid for their Imam is the purest love in the world. As the worldwide Ismaili Jamat celebrates the glorious era of our 50th Hazir Imam, Shah Rahim Aga Khan V, 'Ismaili Essence 786' presents our most soulful ...

Mind As A Garden: Quote of the day by Sister Shivani: "Your mind is like a garden, whatever you plant in it will grow" - The Times of India

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Americans Haven’t Found a Satisfying Alternative to Religion
Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith?

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Korean proverb of the day: “One can build a mountain by collecting specks of dust” — how small efforts gradually create big results | - The Times of India

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Quote of the day by Aristotle: “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” | - The Times of India

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World's longest bridge takes 40 minutes to drive across and cost $15billion to build

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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All.

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This is a song to Celebrate all the African women and the women of the world, this is an African Mother's Day song.

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This ginan by Sayyid Imam Shah expresses the joy of receiving a message from the Imam and the deep longing it awakens within the soul. Even as the heart overflows with happiness, there is an intense desire to be physically close to the Beloved.

It expresses a spiritual feeling—the pull between ...

Scientists warn that a capital city with millions of inhabitants could run out of water by 2030, while entire megacities enter an invisible crisis by draining ancient aquifers faster than nature can replenish them, pushing populations towards dry taps, depleted wells, and urban water collapse ...

Weather conditions at the Hajj going to be increasingly dangerous in the decades ahead: Study

Around 2050, the risks of extreme heat exposure are projected to intensify again, making future pilgrimages even more vulnerable to dangerous conditions

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Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Inspiring quote on perspective, gratitude, positivity, and why seeing miracle in everyday life is important by the theoretical ...

Trump Administration Targets 12 Immigrants to Revoke Citizenship

The targeted Americans are accused misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.

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Join us from the Ismaili Centre London for ‘ The Den Pitch Night ’, where aspiring entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of industry leaders and experts. Watch live as finalists from young innovators to adult entrepreneurs are assessed by the panel, and a winner is selected to ...

Meet ‘Gabi,’ the Robot That Just Became a Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea. It’s the Latest Robot to Take Up Religious Practice
The humanoid promised to obey humans, save energy and treat other robots peacefully. South Korean Buddhist leaders recently have started to embrace artificial ...

Quote of the day by psychologist Carl Jung: 'Loneliness doesn't come from having no people around one, but...' Thoughts on emotional isolation from famous psychoanalyst

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Quote of the day: Carl Jung's insights on loneliness remain relevant today. He believed true isolation comes from not ...

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas

Canada and the U.S. are far from alone — most wealthy Western countries have seen fertility rates decline

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In Loving Memory of Rai Dr. Abu Aly Alibhai Aziz Missionary

(August 21, 1919 – May 4, 2008) 🌹💖

Rai Dr. Abu Aly Alibhai Aziz Missionary, lovingly remembered across the global Ismaili Jamat as Missionary Abu Aly, devoted his entire life to the service of faith, knowledge, and humanity ...

How A.I. Is Transforming China’s Entertainment Industry
By Vivian Wang and Jiawei Wang

Until recently, making a hit microdrama — the soapy, short-form, made-for-mobile shows that have become wildly popular in China — meant hiring actors, renting sets and spending weeks filming and editing.

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What to Know About the Growing Saudi Arabia-U.A.E. Rift

Officials say competition between the countries is healthy. But tensions are mounting over energy quotas, regional conflicts and their different visions for the Middle East.

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French proverb of the day: “Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it” — why time, patience, and experience shape real understanding

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How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.

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