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COVID-19 Positive Pakistani Spinner Bhatti cleared by ECB

Kashif Bhatti

Pakistan left-arm spinner Kashif Bhatti, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, is now cleared by English Cricket Board and allowed to join the team. According to the details, ECB said that a follow-up test taken of the same player returned negative result as it cleared him to rejoin the rest of the Pakistan squad. … Read more

Idris Elba says racist content shouldn’t be censored on television

Idris Elba

British actor Idris Elba came forth advocating for racially sensitive content to go uncensored for viewers, much like sexist content on television.

During an interview, the actor claimed a rating system warns viewers of racist perspectives shown in films and the uncensored content would allow viewers to know the truth.

“That’s why we have a rating system: We tell you that this particular content is rated U, PG, 15, 18. To mock the truth, you have to know the truth. But to censor racist themes within a show, to pull it — wait a second, I think viewers should know that people made shows like this,” he said.

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Balochistan Gov extends lockdown till July 30

Balochistan

The Government of Balochistan has extended the smart lockdown till July 30 in order to curb the spread of deadly coronavirus. According to the details, Spokesperson Balochistan Government Liaquat Shahwani, while addressing media, announced that smart lockdown in the province has been extended till July 30th. “New coronavirus cases in Balochistan have dropped by 50 … Read more

Usman Mukhtar trolled with funny memes after Sarah Khan’s engagement

Usman Mukhtar trolling

Pakistani showbiz actor Usman Mukhtar has become subject of online trolls after Sarah Khan’s engagement with Falak Shabbir.

Usman Mukhtar is being mocked because whenever any actress appears with him, she gets married.

Earlier, he worked with his friend Naimal Khawar in drama serial ‘Anaa’ who tied the knot with Hamza Ali Abbasi. And now, Sarah Khan said ‘YES’ to singer Falak Shabbir. And their wedding festivities are on the go.

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Heres Why People Are Trolling Usman Mukhtar After Sarah Khans Marriage 23

After all this, Usman Mukhtar is the target of trolls as they are calling him perfect ‘Rishta aunty’ and whenever someone appears with him they get lucky.

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India accepts Pakistan’s offer of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: IHC Directs To Contact India To Clear Up Misunderstanding

India on Thursday has accepted Islamabad’s offer of consular access to arrested spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. According to the details, A senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission will meet him soon. Earlier Additional Attorney-General Ahmed Irfan and the Foreign Office’s Director-General of South Asia and SAARC Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri conducted a press conference in Islamabad. … Read more

SC seeks report from Federal Government on Pakistan Steel Mills

Top Court

Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed while expressing anger over the management of Pakistan Steel Mill said that not all the employees can be fired, the plan made regarding the steel mill is just a disaster. According to the details, the Supreme Court on Thursday heard a case related to Pakistan Steel Mills. During the hearing, the … Read more

Four projects worth 289 billion rupees approved by ECNEC

Asad Umar

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved four projects worth 289 billion rupees. According to the details, Asad Umar in his tweets informed that projects approved by today’s meeting of Ecnec include Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway, Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar section of M8, Swat … Read more

Google redesigning Gmail to make it a productivity hub, aims to get ahead of Microsoft

Gmail tools

Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday its corporate Gmail customers would now be able to edit documents and other files without leaving the email service.

The announcement by Google was made at cloud unit’s annual customer and partner conference.

The tech giant has been trying for more than a decade to catch up with Microsoft’s Office, which dominates the global market for corporate email and document-editing tools.

Both companies have been adding video-calling features and other collaboration tools to attract new business from companies operating from home during the pandemic.

Google contends it has found an edge with potential customers by promoting Gmail as a single hub for workers to access text chats, video calls, and now documents. Microsoft has limited tie-ins between its email and chat tools, Outlook and Teams.

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Unceasing Rains flooded One third of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Unceasing Rains in Bangladesh has submerged the one-third part of the country with floodwaters forcing at least one million people to leave homes. According to the details. major rivers in the country with 64 districts flowing above the danger level mark, posing danger to human lives and livestock. Rushing waters from upstream India were cited … Read more

Happy Birthday Katrina Kaif – A star to reach the zenith of success all by herself

Katrina Kaif birthday

Bollywood’s charming actress Katrina Kaif celebrates her 37th birthday during the quarantine.

Katrina began her Bollywood journey back in 2003 and never looked back. Born as Katrina Turquotte, she changed her last name to Kaif and made her debut in Bollywood industry.

The stunning actress has been a part of over 35 films till now out of which many films have been successful. Katrina began her career as a model and despite being from a different cultural background, she managed to work hard and learn the tricks of the trade-in Bollywood with her commitment.

However, fans and friends from the industry have taken to social media to wish the actress with sweet posts.

#HappyBirthdayKatrinaKaif trends on Twitter as Katrina Kaif is showered with wishes by her fans.

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Aamir Liaquat Husain announces to resign as MNA

Aamir Liaquat Husain

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Amir Liaquat Hussain has decided to resign over his failure to solve issues of his constituency. He took to his twitter handle and confessed that he is a helpless MNA of Karachi who is unable to provide electricity to the people of the city. Amir Liaquat added that he cannot witness … Read more

Pakistan secures permanent membership of SCO Youth Council

Pakistan

Pakistan has secured a permanent membership Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Youth Council. According to the details, The SCO informed the Pakistani Foreign Office in this regard. Special Assistant to Prime Minister Usman Dar also released the video statement. He said Today, Pakistan has been made a permanent member of the SCO, it was made possible … Read more

Shehbaz’s interim bail in money laundering case extended till July 23

Shehbaz's interim bail in money laundering case extended till July 23

Lahore High Court (LHC) has extended interim bail of Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif in the money laundering case till July 23rd. According to the details, Shehbaz appeared before the court amid strict security. The court granted the plea to adjourn the case in the absence of Shahbaz Sharif’s lawyers. On June 1, the opposition leader … Read more

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly quarantined after elder brother contracts COVID-19

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

The Cricket Association of Bengal secretary and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother, Snehasish Ganguly has tested positive for Covid-19. The laboratory has recommended a “repeat sample” for confirmation.

Snehasish, a former Bengal first-class player, has been admitted to the hospital after his COVID-19 report came positive.

“He was suffering from fever for the last few days and his test report came positive today. He’s been admitted to Belle Vue Hospital,” a CAB official said.

“The reports arrived late in the evening. As per health protocols, even Sourav will have to be in-home quarantine for a stipulated period,” a source close to the BCCI President added.

Snehasish had shifted to their ancestral house, where Sourav is based, in Behala after his wife and in-laws at his Mominpur residence tested positive for the deadly virus.

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Karachi Power Crisis: Gap between supply and demand reaches 500 MW

Karachi

The power crisis in Karachi has intensified and the gap between supply and demand has reached 500 MW. Production of K Electric’s power plants is limited to 1800 MW. 300 MW of electricity is being supplied from private power plants and 700 MW from the national grid. The demand for electricity in Karachi is up … Read more

Umar dismisses false impression comparing COVID-19 cases with testing capicity

Asad Umar

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar dismissed the opinion that daily confirmed coronavirus cases have declined due to a reduction in the number of tests. He took to his Twitter on Thursday and wrote: Some saying cases are down only due to testing reduction. If positivity ratio was same as in mid june… 22% … Read more

Zoom unveils 27-inch touch screen for $599, will ship in August

Zoom touch screen

Zoom, making it more convenient for users during a pandemic, has announced a new touchscreen device designed to help with remote work. The appliance, called Zoom For Home, will cost $599 and will ship in August.

According to reports, Zoom set out to capitalize on its pandemic-powered popularity with a touchscreen display tuned to its video-conferencing platform.

“Zoom for Home” was touted as a combination of hardware and software designed for working remotely.

The 27-inch displays customized for collaborating online are priced at $599 and will take on Portal screens made by Facebook.

“After experiencing remote work ourselves for the past several months, it was clear that we needed to innovate a new category dedicated to remote workers,” chief executive Eric Yuan said.

Silicon Valley-based company collaborated with videoconferencing firm DTEN on the displays, which are to begin shipping in August.

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Turkish Military Plane crash kills 7

Turkish

Seven Turkish security officials died after their plane crashed into a mountain in the east of the country. According to details, Reconnaissance plane crashed into Mount Artos, a dormant volcano in the province of Van Communication with the aircraft – which was carrying two pilots and five “technical personnel” – had been lost at around … Read more

TikTok faces $155,000 fine for mishandling child data in South Korea

TikTok fined for mishandling child data

Popular video-sharing application, TikTok, has been under scrutiny for its subpar data handling methods and ties with the Chinese government. The application was recently banned in India and is currently undergoing a few trials in the US as well.

According to a recent report, TikTok developers are in deep waters in South Korea as well. The Korean Communications Commission (KCC) has fined the company for 186 million or $155,000 for mishandling of child data.

According to the details, KCC acts as the regulator and overwatches the country’s telecommunications and data related sectors just like Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

The fine follows reports of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, failing to protect users’ private data specifically youngsters in the region.

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Fish having human like teeth gets internet attention

Fish

Some think its fake, others are of the view a bizarre and hidden truth has been unearthed! A fish, bearing a human-like teeth jaw structure giving an unusual looking face, has aroused social media. This odd fish is going viral on social media, reportedly caught in Malaysia, it almost appears to have fake teeth placed … Read more

Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods, faced accusations of ethics breach

Ivanka Trump Goya Foods

U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to support Goya Foods after the food company became the target of a social media boycott campaign sparked by its CEO’s effusive praise for Donald Trump.

“If it’s Goya, it has to be good,” Ivanka Trump, tweeted the company’s slogan in English and then repeated it in Spanish.

U.S. presidential adviser’s tweet, in which she is seen holding a can of Goya’s black beans, garnered over 35,000 retweets and 62,000 likes in little over 4 hours.

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World will have different approach towards China amid the pandemic

Mike

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that China is not abiding by international law. According to the details, The US Secretary of State has criticized China and the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the WHO is leaning towards China. He said that US President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the WHO … Read more

Gigi Hadid gave first glimpse of her growing baby bump during Instagram live

Gigi Hadid exhausted after giving birth

Supermodel Gigi Hadid is pregnant with her first baby with boyfriend Zayn Malik. She opened up her pregnancy in detail for the first time and even flaunts her growing her baby bump.

Gigi Hadid during an Instagram live session, gave a glimpse of her baby bump the first time. The model addressed questions about why she kept the news concealed from the world as she promoted her new V Magazine Gigi Journal Part II issue.

“I’m so grateful for the positive comments and the questions and wanting just to know that we’re all good and safe and everything’s going great and I love you guys. I do appreciate those positive comments,” she said.

“Obviously I think a lot of people are confused why I’m not sharing more but like, I’m pregnant through a pandemic, like obviously my pregnancy is not the most important thing going on in the world,” she continued.

“That’s a reason that I felt that it’s not really something that I need to share apart from with my family and friends. Obviously a lot of people have lost lives due to coronavirus that was at the beginning of quarantine and still happening. And then we moved obviously into the reemergence of the BLM [Black Lives Matter] movement, and I thought that our presence on social media should be used for that.”

Gigi further added, “I have been taking a lot of pictures of my bump and sending it to friends and family and it’s been very cute and exciting and I’m trying to document it well because I’ve heard a lot of people say obviously make sure you don’t miss it.”

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Khabib all set to take on Justin Gaethje this year

Khabib

Muslim Russian Mixed Martial Artist Khabib Nurmagomedov is all set to fight Justin Gaethje in 2020 despite the recent death of his father. Dana White, UFC president revealed that Khabib vs Gaethje is due to take place on Fight Island on September 19 – and the highly-anticipated lightweight title clash is scheduled. He said: “I … Read more

Sindh issues code of conduct for collecting sacrificial skins, hides on Eid-ul-Adha

Eid ul Adha notification

For the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, The Sindh home department has issued a code of conduct for collection of sacrificial hides.

According to the notification issued, the organizations cannot collect the hides without getting prior permission from the commissioner or deputy commissioner concerned.

No one will be allowed to install camps for the collection of skins or hides. Use of loudspeakers, writing or chanting of slogans and announcement from mosques or offices will not be allowed, the notification stated.

However, those permitted transporting the collected hides shall carry the permission and ID Card during such activities.

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Oil slid to $43.66 a barrel, Asian markets failed to gain despite vaccine hopes

Oil

As Opec and Russia agreed to ease record supply curbs from August, Oil prices in the international market slid at $43.66 a barrel on Thursday. According to the details, Brent crude LCOc1 fell 13 cents, or 0.3%, at $43.66 a barrel, whereas US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 dropped 18 cents, or 0.4%, to … Read more

Today’s horoscope for 16th July 2020

Daily horoscope is one of those things that is really important to prevent a day’s hassles and challenges and to prevent other defeats. The daily horoscope does not predict anything but assists in deciding the day’s characteristics. Aries: You may feel an overwhelming need to withdraw as vivacious as you are. This might be due … Read more