Antidepressant use per capita in Türkiye increased by 76 percent in 12 years. In the last 2 years, sales increased by 10 million boxes. Sales of 49 million 857 thousand boxes of antidepressants in 2019 increased to 54 million 625 thousand boxes in 2020 and 59 million 641 thousand boxes in 2021.

It follows the recent downgrade of the US government’s credit rating from AAA to AA+ by Fitch. The author says that there is no imminent danger of default, “but it should not be ignored.” The US debt has surpassed $32 trillion, and it is growing at an ever increasing rate.

The BBC reported that six Afghan Muslim men thought to be in their 30s died in the English Channel on the 13th of August, 2023. The French coast guard said the vessel got into difficulty in the sea near Calais in the early hours of Saturday. Officials said Fifty-nine people - many of them Afghans - were rescued by French and British coastguards.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir paid tribute to the nation’s founding fathers, emphasizing the significance of Independence Day and the spirit behind the creation of Pakistan “rooted in the ideology of the Two Nation Theory” and stressing that the country knew how to defend its hard-earned freedom. (Dawn)