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The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs, 167 million years ago, has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like traits. So was it an early ancestor of snakes or perhaps just an evolutionary oddball? Whatever the answer, it was a formidable little beast. Researchers said this creature, named Breugnathair elgolensis, possessed teeth that were sharply curved and hook-like, as in snakes. And the way its teeth were implanted into its jaws and the inward-leaning angle of them relative to the jaws were also snake-like. But its body and head proportions were more lizard-like, including its well-developed limbs. Breugnathair, which would have been around 12 inches (30 cm) long including its tail, lived in an environment similar to a mangrove swamp with tropical conditions during the Jurassic Period — much warmer than today’s Scotland. Breugnathair may have preyed on insects, small mammals, amphibians and other lizards. This represents one of the oldest relat...

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The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) on Monday announced the launch of a nationwide anti-polio campaign from October 13 to 19, aiming to immunise 45 million children under the age of five against the crippling disease. On September 29, two new poliovirus cases were confirmed in Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, taking the nationwide tally to 29 for this year and the total number of cases in the province to nine, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “During the week-long campaign, more than 45 million children under the age of five will be administered oral polio vaccine (OPV) to protect them from the crippling disease,” the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported, citing the NEOC. It said an additional dose of Vitamin A will also be given to children during the campaign to help strengthen their immune systems. “More than 400,000 trained polio workers will take part in the campaign across the country to ensure every eligible child receives the vaccine,” it added. As per provin...

The political rift between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) widened on Monday as PPP lawmakers staged a walkout from the National Assembly, following an earlier protest in the Senate.

The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has announced that the national anti-polio campaign will be conducted across the country from October 13 to 19.

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