ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum has issued the global information technology report for 2009 according to which Pakistan has been placed at the 98th position in the world.In Islamabad, the Competitiveness Support Fund has issued this report which is the eighth report from the World Economic Forum.Details of 134 countries have been mentioned in this report and Pakistan stands at the 98th among these countries.Earlier, Pakistan was ranked 89th among 127 countries and thus its ranking improved by nine places.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in
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