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data-id="1861480" class="story__title text-4 sm:text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pt-1 pb-1 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861480/sbp-receives-1bn-imf-tranche-as-pakistan-wins-more-financing-assurances-from-china-uae-saudi" class="story__link ">SBP receives $1bn IMF tranche as Pakistan wins more financing assurances from China, UAE, Saudi</a></h2>  <figure class="media media--focus w-1/4 float-left mb-0 mr-4"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="SBP receives $1bn IMF tranche as Pakistan wins more financing assurances from China, UAE, Saudi" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861480/sbp-receives-1bn-imf-tranche-as-pakistan-wins-more-financing-assurances-from-china-uae-saudi" target="_self"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2024/09/271345515d8ebf3.png?r=191254" alt="SBP receives $1bn IMF tranche as Pakistan wins more financing assurances from China, UAE, Saudi" title="SBP receives $1bn IMF tranche as Pakistan wins more financing assurances from China, UAE, Saudi"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt leading-5 text-3.25 font-georgia mb-1">Funds will be reflected in bank reserves on Oct 3; IMF managing director terms meeting with PM Shehbaz "productive". </div> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-400 font-arial block "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T19:12:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:12pm</span></span></span> </article><article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-1 border-b border-gray-200 pb-3" data-id="1861467" id="1861467" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861467" class="story__title text-4 sm:text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight 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wave of violence enters 8th day"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt leading-5 text-3.25 font-georgia mb-1">Hospital official says death toll at 46, 96 injured; CM says serious efforts being made to maintain law and order. </div> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-400 font-arial block "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T15:20:29+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">03:20pm</span></span></span> </article><article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-1 border-b border-gray-200 pb-3" data-id="1861520" id="1861520" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861520" class="story__title text-4 sm:text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pt-1 pb-1 "><a 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text-2.5 text-gray-400 font-arial block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T18:39:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:39pm</span></span></span> </article><article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-1 border-b border-gray-200 pb-3" data-id="1861493" id="1861493" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861493" class="story__title text-4 sm:text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pt-1 pb-1 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861493/afghan-embassy-in-uk-shutters-after-taliban-cuts-ties" class="story__link ">Afghan embassy in UK shutters after Taliban cuts ties</a></h2>  <figure class="media media--focus w-1/4 float-left mb-0 mr-4" data-focus-x="37.5%" data-focus-y="54.87%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="Afghan embassy in UK 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861236/after-pm-offices-announcement-imf-board-confirms-7bn-loan-agreement" class="story__link ">After PM Office’s announcement, IMF board confirms $7bn loan agreement</a></h2> <div class="mx-auto w-1/4 border-b-2 border-gray-200 my-2 sm:my-4"></div>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia sm:hidden md:block mb-2 ">Acknowledges Pakistan “has taken key steps to restoring economic stability”, warns that "structural challenges remain formidable”. </div> <div class="flex justify-center font-arial text-2.5 text-gray-400 mb-1 sm:mb-0">  <span id="business" dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex align-middle"><a title="Business" href="/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/business" class=" "><span>Business </span></a></span> <span class="mr-1">,</span> <span class="story__time "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" 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powerless"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861400" class="story__title text-3.75 sm:text-3.5 text-center font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight py-1 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861400/power-of-the-powerless" class="story__link ">Power of the powerless </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 sm:text-2.75 text-center font-merriweather tracking-wide mb-1">Pakistanis want a deal based on a new national agenda and a charter of governance that reflects public sentiments. </div> <div dir="auto" class=" text-center "><span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 text-center uppercase block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/933/tariq-khosa">Tariq Khosa</a></span> </div></article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-1 pb-1 border-b border-gray-200" data-id="1861399" id="1861399" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--left media--focus w-1/4 float-left mb-0 mr-1.25"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="‘Nasty, brutish, and short’" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861399/nasty-brutish-and-short" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/09/66f624a8b3eb4.jpg" alt="‘Nasty, brutish, and short’" title="‘Nasty, brutish, and short’"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861399" class="story__title text-3.75 sm:text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight py-1 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861399/nasty-brutish-and-short" class="story__link ">‘Nasty, brutish, and 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192786/british-actor-maggie-smith-passes-away-at-89" class="story__link ">British actor Maggie Smith passes away at age 89</a></h2> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T18:39:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:39pm</span></span></span> </article>  </div> <div class="w-full sm:w-7/12 sm:pl-4 sm:ml-1"> <div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-x-3 gap-y-2 sm:gap-x-6.5 sm:gap-y-2">  <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1861519" id="1861519" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="‘What in the hummus?’: Israeli-Palestinian pop group as1one irks internet with debut song ‘All Eyes On Us’" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192780/what-in-the-hummus-israeli-palestinian-pop-group-as1one-irks-internet-with-debut-song-all-eyes-on-us" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2024/09/27181959cc46603.png?r=182011" alt="‘What in the hummus?’: Israeli-Palestinian pop group as1one irks internet with debut song ‘All Eyes On Us’" title="‘What in the hummus?’: Israeli-Palestinian pop group as1one irks internet with debut song ‘All Eyes On Us’"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861519" class="story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pb-0 pt-1 sm:pb-2 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192780/what-in-the-hummus-israeli-palestinian-pop-group-as1one-irks-internet-with-debut-song-all-eyes-on-us" class="story__link ">‘What in the hummus?’: Israeli-Palestinian pop group as1one irks internet with debut song ‘All Eyes On Us’</a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">The pop group comprises four Israeli and two Palestinian members. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/10901/asfa-sultan">Asfa Sultan</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span 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she has?" title="What is prosopagnosia, the condition Ushna Shah just revealed she has?"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861517" class="story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pb-0 pt-1 sm:pb-2 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192784/what-is-prosopagnosia-the-condition-ushna-shah-just-revealed-she-has" class="story__link ">What is prosopagnosia, the condition Ushna Shah just revealed she has?</a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">"What was once a joke has evolved into a frustrating experience over the years, and I am sure I am not alone," the actor wrote on Instagram. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T17:58:37+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">05:58pm</span></span></span> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex-col mb-4 border-t-3 border-black"> <div class="w-full py-2"> <a href="/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/prism"> <img alt="Prism" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/01/5c2dc2b865767.png" width="120"/> </a> </div> <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row"> <div class="w-full sm:w-5/12 pr-0 sm:pr-1.5">  <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-2 border-b border-gray-200 sm:border-none text-center" data-id="1861247" id="1861247" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="Fall in Hunza — where nature paints with gold" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861247/fall-in-hunza-where-nature-paints-with-gold" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/09/27111730d03e25d.jpg?r=111828" alt="Fall in Hunza — where nature paints with gold" title="Fall in Hunza — where nature paints with gold"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861247" class="story__title text-4 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pt-1 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861247/fall-in-hunza-where-nature-paints-with-gold" 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class="story__link ">Under the veil: What’s behind Kabul’s incremental approach to stricter laws</a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">After the sudden shift to Sharia law under the first Taliban regime was met with Western backlash, Afghanistan’s rulers are now moving gradually to tighten their hold. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/10463/ihsanullah-tipu-mehsud">Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-25T10:22:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">25 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">10:22am</span></span></span> </article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1858930" id="1858930" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="Karachi’s holey roads" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1858930/karachis-holey-roads" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2024/09/222008117685e6c.gif?r=200826" alt="Karachi’s holey roads" title="Karachi’s holey roads"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1858930" class="story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pb-0 pt-1 sm:pb-2 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1858930/karachis-holey-roads" class="story__link ">Karachi’s holey roads</a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">Why do Karachi's roads cave in each time it pours? The answer lies somewhere between negligence and indifference. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/10192/hawwa-fazal">Hawwa Fazal</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-24T12:15:09+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">24 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">12:15pm</span></span></span> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex-col mb-4 border-t-3 border-black"> <div class="w-full py-2"> <a href="/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/tech" class="text-red-custom font-arial align-middle text-2.75"> TECH <span class="border-l-4 border-t-4 border-b-4 border-red-custom border-t-transparent border-b-transparent inline-flex 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<div class="w-full sm:w-7/12 sm:pl-4 sm:ml-1"> <div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-x-3 gap-y-2 sm:gap-x-6.5 sm:gap-y-2">  <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1861454" id="1861454" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="Musk hits out at Britain after summit snub" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861454/musk-hits-out-at-britain-after-summit-snub" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2024/09/271020029fb9321.jpg?r=102138" alt="Musk hits out at Britain after summit snub" title="Musk hits out at Britain after summit snub"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861454" class="story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pb-0 pt-1 sm:pb-2 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1861454/musk-hits-out-at-britain-after-summit-snub" class="story__link ">Musk hits out at Britain after summit snub </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">Says UK releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/422/reuters">Reuters</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T10:21:38+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">10:21am</span></span></span> </article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1861465" id="1861465" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="South Korea to criminalise watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192777/south-korea-to-criminalise-watching-or-possessing-sexually-explicit-deepfakes" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8Vw8AAmEBb87E6jIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2024/09/2711304906f0a72.png?r=113144" alt="South Korea to criminalise watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes" title="South Korea to criminalise watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1861465" class="story__title text-3.5 font-bold font-playfair-display leading-tight pb-0 pt-1 sm:pb-2 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://images.dawn.com/news/1192777/south-korea-to-criminalise-watching-or-possessing-sexually-explicit-deepfakes" class="story__link ">South Korea to criminalise watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes</a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3 font-georgia hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">Anyone purchasing, saving or watching such material could face up to 3 years in jail or be fined up to $22,600, according to the bill. </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/422/reuters">Reuters</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-27T11:34:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">27 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">11:34am</span></span></span> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex-col mb-4 border-t-3 border-black"> <div class="w-full py-2"> <a href="/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/magazines/eos"> <img alt="Eos" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/03/58d0cce7374e1.png" width="60"/> </a> </div> <div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row"> <div class="w-full sm:w-5/12 pr-0 sm:pr-1.5">  <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-2 border-b border-gray-200 sm:border-none text-center" data-id="1860364" id="1860364" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="AS THE OLD IS DYING, A NEW 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font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/10602/hamayoun-baber">Hamayoun Baber</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-22T07:25:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">22 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:25am</span></span></span> </article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1860358" id="1860358" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/news/1860358/football-glory-days-pass-me-by" target="_self"><picture><img class="lazyload" 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hidden sm:block leading-normal tracking-wide ">The legendary Pakistani comedian, the late Umar Sharif, continues to impress generations of comics and lovers </div> <span dir="auto" class="story__byline text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927172148/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1734/pyt">PYT</a></span> <span class="story__time text-2.5 text-gray-500 font-arial hidden sm:inline-block "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2024-09-22T07:25:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">22 Sep, 2024</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:25am</span></span></span> </article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box leading-tigh" data-id="1860188" id="1860188" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <figure class="media media--fill sm:w-full w-full mb-0 mr-2"> <div class="media__item "><a title="CINEMASCOPE: WINGING IT" 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