WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX have postponed their Crew-3 launch to the space station due to a large storm. The launch, originally planned for early Sunday, is now rescheduled for 1:10 a.m. Wednesday Easter Day Time, Nov. 3, due to a large storm system meandering across the Ohio Valley and through northeastern United States this … Read more
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzanian authorities on Saturday announced a one-month countrywide special operation aimed at recovering illegal arms owned by unauthorized individuals. George Simbachawene, the Minister for Home Affairs, announced the operation in the capital Dodona saying the operation will start on Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. “Those who will fail to surrender the … Read more
ADEN — A large explosion occurred near the international airport in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday evening, a security official told Xinhua. “A truck loaded with fuel exploded near the main entrance leading to Aden’s International Airport, causing a huge blast in the area,” the local security official told Xinhua. The local … Read more
The board of intermediate education Karachi has announced the new date for 1st year examination. According to the new schedule 1st-year, final examination will be commenced on August 23rd and the session will last on September 02nd, 2021. Earlier, the Karachi board postponed the 1st year exams because of the lockdown enforcement in the city due to Covid-19. … Read more
WhatsApp users can now relocate their chat history and documents from their iPhone to an Android device following the Android 12 release, said Google in a statement. According to Google different types of data were difficult to transfer from an iPhone to Android. Like WhatsApp chat history, documents and pictures on WhatsApp can be hard … Read more
Black Holes are the scariest thing universe has to offer. Black holes are the area in the space where gravitational force is subsequently stronger and nothing can escape from it. Black holes are frightening for basic three reasons: A black hole is left when a star dies and anything that falls into it would be … Read more
The music streaming service recently reported its quarterly performance of the current year. According to the reports, Spotify surpassed Wall Street estimates in the Q3 of 2021. The company was estimated at hitting 171.7 million new subscribers, while it actually gained 172 million in the third quarter. The number of paid subscriptions went up by … Read more
KABUL — Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan’s Taliban government Mullah Hassan Akhund met with visiting Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov on Saturday, according to the General Directorate for Administrative Affairs of the President Office. During the meeting the two sides discussed bilateral relations, humanitarian assistance, economic and transit cooperation and the international engagement with Afghanistan, … Read more
KARACHI: A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Jinnah Sindh Medical University’s (JSMU) Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and PharmEvo, DVAGO, National Institute of Child Health (NICH), and Ehad Healthcare on Saturday to bridge the gap between academia and professional practices, says a press release. The MoU was signed on the commemorative event of ‘2nd … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan’s export diversification has improved considerably during the last three years, which would help enhance exports, a senior official said on Saturday. Speaking at a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said that the market and product diversification … Read more
All over the world, actors who make their debut as youngsters hardly make it big as adults. Our very own Faysal Quraishi is an exception for he delivered memorable performances as a child actor in Mirza & Sons and Duar-e-Junoon in the 1980s and now rules the ratings both as an actor and a host. Besides that, he keeps himself busy … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A national conference on identification and actualisation of the national narrative of Pakistan was held under the auspices of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, a statement said. The conference was an attempt to initiate a dialogue between various stakeholders in identifying a narrative that reflects the cultural and sociological ethos of Pakistan. IPRI acting … Read more
KARACHI: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) country head in Pakistan Florence Rolle stressed the need for working together in a bid to develop agriculture and resolve problems of food security. “UNFAO has been working together with various institutions in Pakistan for the development of agriculture and to resolve problems related to agriculture and … Read more
Whatsapp will not support a few Android phones from November 1. Due to which, those users will lose all the chat and contacts if they don’t back up their chat history before the update. Whatsapp has suggested its users using older Android versions to switch to the supported versions at their earliest. The company; however, … Read more
JERUSALEM: Hackers believed to be linked to Iran have breached an Israeli internet hosting company, taking down several of its sites, local media reported. The cyberattack hit websites including of Israeli public transport companies Dan and Kavim, a children’s museum and public radio’s online blog, with none of the sites available to users by midday … Read more
HOHHOT: The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive started a trial run on Friday on a railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The hydrogen energy locomotive project was jointly launched by the Inner Mongolia subsidiary of the State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), CRRC Datong Company Limited, and … Read more
CAIRO — Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) launched on Saturday a new round of UN-sponsored talks in Egypt’s capital Cairo to discuss plans for the pullout of foreign forces. The two-day meeting was attended by UN special envoy for Libya Jan Kubis, and representatives from neighboring countries, Egypt’s official Ahram Online news website reported. … Read more
PARIS: As nearly 200 nations gather in Glasgow for the UN climate talks starting on Sunday all eyes are on Rome, where a G20 summit ending the same day will signal how committed the world’s major economies are to curbing global warming. Never has climate change figured so prominently on the G20 agenda, and never … Read more
After the United States put sanctions on the Chinese tech company, Huawei, the company announced a 38% plunge in its Quarter 3 revenue of 2021, in comparison with that of 2020. The smartphone company announced its revenue for the first three quarters, which is around CNY 455.8 billion. The revenue for the current year Q3 … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday congratulated the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving the tax collection of Rs1.840 trillion from July to October this year. In a tweet, the prime minister said the tax collection during the period was 37 per cent higher than the last year. “I want to congratulate [the] … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday turned down a proposal presented by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the Finance Ministry for increasing the petrol price by Rs11.53/litre. The prime minister took the decision, keeping in view the public interest and providing relief to them. Keeping in view the price hike in … Read more
Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali of Balochistan Awami Party was elected new speaker of the provincial assembly, reported Radio Pakistan on Saturday. The state media said that Jamali was elected unopposed after as no other candidate filed nomination papers against him. The office of speaker had fallen vacant after of Abdul Quddus Bizanjo resigned to contest … Read more
As the PTI-led government finds ways to break the deadlock, a 12-member committee was formed on Saturday to play as the negotiator between the government and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Religious Affairs Minister Noor ul Haq Qadri announced the formation of the committee in a news conference after attending PM Imran Khan’s meeting with … Read more
BEIJING: Gold consumption in the Chinese market continued to rebound in the first nine months of 2021, led by a stable recovery of the domestic economy, industry data showed. In the January-September period, China’s gold consumption totalled 813.59 tonnes, up 48.44 per cent on a year-on-year basis, the data released by the China Gold Association … Read more
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has recalled its ambassador from Beirut and has given the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the emirate, the foreign ministry said Saturday, quoted by state news agency KUNA. “Kuwait recalls Amb. in Beirut, asks Lebanese envoy to leave the country in 48 hours,” the ministry said in a brief statement carried … Read more
WASHINGTON: Facebook’s name change offers a convenient diversion as scandal plagues the platform, but the new handle is also key to the firm’ s costly effort to save itself from very real threats, experts said. Jokes and vitriol poured in after CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new corporate handle ‘Meta’, with critics blasting it as … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Friday said it was recalling its ambassador to Lebanon and giving Beirut’s envoy 48 hours to leave Riyadh, after “insulting” remarks made by a Lebanese minister on the Yemen war. Saudi Arabia ordered the “recall of the ambassador in Lebanon for consultations, and the departure of Lebanon’s ambassador to the kingdom … Read more
ROME: Britain said Saturday it has not ruled out invoking a Brexit dispute tool with the EU for the first time, after France threatened trade reprisals in a row over fishing rights. “No of course not, I don’t rule that out,” Boris Johnson told Sky News in Rome on the sidelines of a G20 summit, … Read more
