Redmi has teased its new G notebook which will be unveiled on September 22. It will have Ray tracing support, according to the official Weibo account. The successor to last year’s Redmi G featured a 16.1″ 1080p 144Hz screen with a 10th-gen Intel Core i5-10300H and up to Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti. This year’s Redmi … Read more
Emirates has confirmed the resumption of services to Saudi Arabia, with St. Petersburg following on October 8th. Flights between Dubai and St. Petersburg will be operated four times per week, with daily flights beginning on October 21st. All flights will be operated in a three-class format on the Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates flights EK 173 and … Read more
Breeze Airways has unveiled its new A220-300 livery while also stating that it has secured an agreement with Airbus to purchase 20 more of the planes. This previously unknown order for 20 A220-300s raises the entire order book to 80 A220-300s, the first of which will be delivered in the fourth quarter of this year. … Read more
To assist tourists, particularly those arriving from neighboring countries, the Sindh Culture and Tourism Department has erected a facilitation counter in the terminal building of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. Syed Sardar Ali Shah, Sindh Education and Culture Minister, and Syed Qasim Naveed, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Investment, jointly inaugurated the tourist … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the federal law ministry to explain the delay in notifying the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) rules of inquiry and investigation. The NAB prosecutor had presented a report about framing and approval of rules for inquiry and investigation for the accountability watchdog before a two-judge bench headed … Read more
Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the alleged incidents of forcible conversion of minority religious communities into Islam being reported from Sindh were bringing disgrace to Pakistan. In a statement, he said there was no room for forced conversions into Islam. While no age restrictions could be imposed on converting … Read more
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set to meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor for the christening of their daughter, Lilibet. The meeting between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the monarch will take place in private, with the latter ensuring that no officials are present. “Meeting the family is very different from a summit, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday urged the United Kingdom to “accept the new reality” and assist the Taliban with aid to avert an economic collapse. In an interview with the British publication The Independent, Foreign Minister Qureshi called on the UK and its western allies to assist the Taliban with supplies with … Read more
The long-awaited Infinix Zero X series is the company’s first premium series. It has just debuted in the global market. The series includes Zero X, Zero X Neo, and Zero X Pro, featuring periscope lenses. According to sources, the premium series is coming to Pakistan in the first half of October. Infinix Zero X Neo … Read more
A year has passed since Israel and the United Arab Emirates normalised ties in a US-brokered agreement, leading to a raft of deals ranging from tourism and aviation to cutting-edge technology. On September 15, 2020, the UAE became the first Gulf nation to establish formal relations with the Jewish state, and the third Arab country … Read more
Pakistan is monitoring the ability of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan to deliver on the commitments and promises to uphold human rights that they have made to the international community before extending recognition to it, Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan has said. “Whether the Taliban actually abide by those (commitments) is their call,” the Pakistani … Read more
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog fined Google nearly $180 million on Tuesday for abusing its dominance in the mobile operating systems and app markets, it said, the latest in a series of regulatory moves against tech giants around the world. The penalty came weeks after South Korea passed a law banning major app store operators such … Read more
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Tuesday that, when in power, the focus of PML-N, PPP remained on money laundering, fake accounts and corruption instead of taking steps to increase production of the country and improve the economy. Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin and … Read more
BEIJING: In a concerted effort to grapple with the worsening food losses and waster and ensure global food security, officials and experts from various countries, including Pakistan and international organisations gathered at the International Conference on Food Loss and Waster (ICFLW), held at the China’s eastern city of Jinan. In a video speech to the … Read more
DUBAI: Global airline capacity is expected to increase less than 15 per cent this year due to travel restrictions, strict lockdowns in some countries and slow progress on the global vaccination drive, Khaleej Times quoted industry reports and experts as saying. According to the UK-based global travel data provider OAG, global airlines’ capacity is unlikely to reach … Read more
CANBERRA: The Covid-19 lockdown in Australia’s capital city has been extended by a month as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections. Andrew Barr, chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), said on Tuesday that Canberra will remain in lockdown until October 15. Restrictions were due to end on Friday after … Read more
Kate Beckinsale, the renowned actress, has come forward to update her fans on her health, just days after she was rushed to the hospital with a back injury. The Serendipity star posted a photo of herself hooked up to an IV on Instagram to reassure her fans that she is fine. “Feeling a lot better. … Read more
Virat Kohli will continue his captaincy in all three formats of the game, a top BCCI official said on Tuesday, following reports that the batting great could be replaced as the limited-overs captain. Kohli has been performing well with the bat. This has led to the reports that the changes could be made after the … Read more
An Idaho man set a Guinness World Record by moving more than 114 fluid ounces of water between two containers with his hands. David Rush, who has broken more than 200 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said the record-keeping organization gave him specific rules about how large the openings on his containers could … Read more
A big snake shown on video slithering into a New York storm drain was rescued by a local reptile enthusiast with the support of a police officer. Witness Bridget Avonne Moschetti took a video of a huge, non-native snake sliding down a storm drain in Clarkstown’s Nanuet neighborhood on Sunday. The video caught the attention … Read more
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday announced to lift lockdown in 18 out of 24 districts with a high risk of delta variant of COVID-19 until September 30. However enhanced restrictions would still continue in the six districts- Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha, Gujrat and Bannu till September 22. Addressing a … Read more
A pair of exotic African servals have escaped from the barn where they were being held in Alabama. Lacey Harring, the owner of 256 Exotics, stated on Facebook that two servals (African cats that resemble miniature leopards) escaped from her Huntsville barn on Sunday night. According to Harring, the felines fled by excavating a tunnel … Read more
Jennifer Aniston, a Hollywood star, made the internet laugh after mishearing a host refer to her as a “hooker.” During a Zoom interview with UK’s This Morning, the 52-year-old F.R.I.E.N.D.S star misheard presenter Josie Gibson’s question about being a ‘hugger’ to being a ‘hooker.’ https://twitter.com/lewisa95/status/1437443988970160131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1437443988970160131%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenews.com.pk%2Flatest%2F892331-jennifer-aniston-leaves-fans-in-splits-after-major-interview-gaffe Gibson was talking to Aniston and Reese Witherspoon about social … Read more
DUBAI: Employers in the UAE plan to give their staff an average annual pay raise of 4 per cent in 2022, amid signs of strength in the labour market; following the turmoil of the global pandemic, Khaleej Times quoted a research by Willis Towers Watson. The rise is an improvement on the three per cent … Read more
Anoushey Ashraf, a Pakistani actress, spoke out against workplace violations of women’s rights. Anoushey has become a strong supporter of women’s rights. Anoushey understands how to stay politically correct thanks to her famous status and the authority she has. In an interview, Anoushey said, “We were also less vulnerable. However, women around us, who came … Read more
DUBAI: Licensed financial institutions (LFIs) in the UAE will have to comply with the new guidance of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) within one month on the transaction monitoring and sanctions screening to ensure anti-money laundering measures, Khaleej Times reported. The CBUAE said in a statement on Monday that the new stipulations aimed to promote … Read more
Israel’s Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, on the first visit to the North African country by a prime minister of the Jewish state in over a decade. Sisi was hosting Bennett in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss “efforts to revive the peace process” between the Israelis … Read more
KARACHI: Engro Enfrashare, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Engro Corporation, has entered into an Islamic syndicate arrangement amounting to Rs4.50 billion, led by Meezan Bank and Faysal Bank, a statement said on Tuesday. The proceeds raised through this Islamic syndication would be utilised to finance the development of tower sites for various mobile network operators (MNOs) … Read more
