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Couple claims they found world’s biggest potato in world for Guinness records, but it turns out to be a gourd

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  • A couple entered their tuber in the Guinness World Records for the biggest potato in the world.
  • The tuber turned out to be a gourd.
  • They were disappointed but are committed to grow the largest potato.

A couple from New Zealand, who contested in the Guinness World Records for having dug the biggest potato in the world, has now confirmed that it was not a potato at all, Sky News reported.

Colin Craig-Brown and his wife Donna found this astonishing tuber last August while they were gardening on their farm near Hamilton in New Zealand.

They submitted multiple photos and went through a lot of paperwork to enter their discovery in the Guinness World Records. The scientific test results, however, turned out negative, crushing the couple’s hopes.

The email said: “Sadly, the specimen is not a potato and is in fact the tuber – a type of gourd. For this reason, we do unfortunately have to disqualify the application.”

The couple named the tuber ‘Dug’.

Dug become a celebrity after being found. The couple posted funny photos on Facebook. At 7.8kg, had Dug been a potato, it would beat previous records.

Even though the couple was disappointed, they say they are still very fond of Dug, despite the tuber not making the plate. It still lives in their freezer. They say they are still committed to growing the biggest potato in the world.

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Drive Against Price Hike: Punjab CM Directs Chief Secretary To Personally Monitor Drive

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Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of Punjab, has instructed the chief secretary to personally oversee the province’s campaign against price increases and hoarding.
In order to minimise hoarding, she chaired a conference in Lahore and requested that the Government Rate List be publicly displayed in every shop and that the supply and demand of essential commodities be closely monitored.
According to Maryam Nawaz, throughout Holy Ramadan, the supply and prices of fruits and vegetables will also be closely monitored, and price increases would face severe legal action.

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Unverified Polio Case Report: Health Minister Establishes Committee to Look Into Issue

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Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir visited Mandi Bahauddin to address concerns over a reported Polio Case involving 8-Year-Old Mah Noor from Malikwal.

The Minister attested to Mahnoor’s good health and regular gait. All children, including Mah Noor, have received vaccinations, the minister underlined.

A health committee has been established to look into the issue further, the minister told the public.

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KP condemns the Haqqania bombing and calls on the KP government to prosecute those responsible.

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The suicide attack at Darul Uloom Haqqania has been widely denounced by the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They claimed that when Security Forces take action against the Khawarij faction, they not only attack mosques and seminaries but also use them as safe havens.
The public has demanded that the state step up its efforts to combat the Khawarij, highlighting the fact that their violence still poses a serious threat to the general public, especially academics. They have stated their steadfast support for Security Forces in their fight against this danger.
They claim that the Khawarij assault schools, seminaries, and mosques in an effort to deny Pakistan’s youth an education and take advantage of women and children as human shields. While explosions in public places have killed innocent civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, they have also desecrated the sanctity of mosques and turned them into terrorist hotspots.
They have called on the government to punish those accountable for this catastrophe severely and to put in place strong safeguards against future occurrences of this kind.

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