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Day: December 7, 2021

NGO awards triple-A climate rating to just 14 firms

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climate

PARIS – Only 14 companies are making top-grade efforts on the climate, the organisation that scores environmental efforts by companies for investors said Tuesday. The NGO Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) said only 14 out of nearly 12,000 firms that it scores received A marks in all the three areas of climate change, forests and water … Read more

Katrina-Vicky’s wedding: No Ranbir Kapoor songs to play at the wedding

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Katrina

The wedding of Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal is planned to take place in two days, and the festivities are due to begin today. The couple, who have been dating for quite some time, will tie the knot on December 9 in a lavish wedding in Jaipur. Surprisingly, the couple’s sangeet ceremony will take place … Read more

Now hide your images in a Google Locked Folder

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Now hide your images in a Google Locked Folder

Google added the ability for Pixel users to “lock away” images in a vault to keep them safe from prying eyes during the summer. The feature is already available for non-Pixel handsets, though iPhone users will have to wait. The feature is called Locked Folder, and everything you put in it is protected by the … Read more

Hiba Bukhari opens up about her marriage news

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Hiba Bukhari opens up about her marriage news

Hiba Bukhari and Arez Ahmed are in the headlines these days for their marriage news. The two were recently invited to ‘Time Out with Ahsan Khan’, during which Arez confirmed that he will be tying the knot very soon. 

However, he left the internet frenzy with his confusing statements regarding the secret bride. After that, Ahsan asked Arez, who is your favorite actress? In response, he stated that Hiba is, as he has worked with her the most. And his video goes viral on the internet.

 

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A new BTS video of Hiba is making the rounds on social media. In the video, Ahsan Khan kept teasing her over wedding rumors, to which the Tarap star replied, “There is nothing like that and asked the viewers to not listen to Ahsan,” then she turned the camera away.

It seems like Hiba appears to be holding off on revealing her wedding plans, for the time being, preferring to keep things private.

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Sajid adds life to rain-hit Bangladesh Test with six wickets

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Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Off-spinner Sajid Khan’s maiden five-wicket haul for Pakistan brought some life back to the rain-hit second Test in Dhaka on Tuesday. Sajid’s 6-35 held Bangladesh to 76 before bad light forced early stumps on the first day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on 23 alongside Taijul Islam (0) at stumps, … Read more

FBR raises sales tax rates on high-speed diesel, kerosene

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KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday notified an increase in the sales tax on high-speed diesel (HSD) and kerosene. The FBR also increased the sales tax on light diesel oil. However, the rate of sales tax has been brought down to zero per cent on petrol. The revenue body issued SRO 1579 … Read more

Chinese researchers develop new membrane for uranium extraction from seawater

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Chinese researchers develop new membrane for uranium extraction from seawater

BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — A team of Chinese researchers has recently developed a bioinspired film with extremely small pores to extract uranium from seawater more effectively. There are more than 4 billion tonnes of uranium in seawater, about 1,000 times as much as uranium deposits on land. But the current processes for uranium extraction … Read more

Logistics Managers’ Index in U.S. continues rising in November

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Global shipping

LOS ANGELES — The Logistics Managers’ Index for November came in at 73.4, up by 0.8 from October’s index score, showing the extended run of logistics expansion throughout the year. The monthly index, designed to measure key supply chain data from 100 upper-level industry managers in the country, was released in a report by Colorado … Read more

How Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas met? know here

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Priyanka Chopra

Nick Jonas initially met Priyanka Chopra at the Met Gala in 2017, where they both wore Ralph Lauren on the red carpet, and the two began dating after a few months. In 2018, Nick even accompanied Priyanka to a few of her family gatherings and celebrations. Nick had reportedly dated singers Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, … Read more

Bulls continue to dominate PSX; KSE-100 Index gains 572.72 points

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KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks closed on a positive note on Tuesday, as investors cheered the news flow regarding opposition delaying their protest campaign against inflation, dealers said. An analyst at Pearl Securities said the bulls remained heavy throughout the day. “The market was catapulted above the physiological barrier of 43,000 points in a lacklustre session. … Read more

Egypt court orders release of researcher Patrick Zaki: family

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Patrick Zaki

CAIRO: An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered the release of researcher Patrick Zaki who was detained in February last year when he arrived in Cairo from Italy, his family told AFP. “I’m jumping for joy!” his mother Hala Sobhi said. “We’re now on our way to the police station in Mansoura,” a city in Egypt’s Delta, … Read more

China to sustain smooth operation of small, medium airports

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BEIJING — China will make efforts to sustain the smooth operation of small and medium-sized civil airports, an integral part of public infrastructure, according to the civil aviation authorities. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will continuously implement support policies and give subsidies to those airports with an annual passenger throughput of less than … Read more

Intel says plans to take car tech unit Mobileye public

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Intel says plans to take car tech unit Mobileye public

NEW YORK, Dec 7, 2021 (AFP) – Semiconductor giant Intel said it plans to list shares in its car technology arm Mobileye publicly in the United States in mid-2022, a move reports said could value the subsidiary at over 50 billion dollars. In a statement published late Monday, Intel specified that it would remain the majority shareholder and … Read more

Vietnam reports 13,840 new COVID-19 cases, 1,337,523 in total

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corona

HANOI: Vietnam reported 13,840 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 13,835 locally transmitted and five imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 965 in Ho Chi Minh City, 898 in Can Tho city, and 869 in Tay Ninh province. The infections brought the country’s … Read more

Preity Zinta cuddle up with one of her twins as she shares first baby photo

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Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta has shown off one of her children for the first time. Preity and her spouse Gene Goodenough recently became parents to twins through surrogacy, son Jai and daughter Gia. Preity Zinta uploaded a picture of herself holding her daughter on Instagram on Tuesday. The newborn’s face couldn’t be seen, but he was wrapped … Read more

Mexico unveils 3.5 bln USD plan to bolster Pemex finances

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MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said Monday that it has decided to inject 3.5 billion U.S. dollars into state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to strengthen its financial health. The funding is intended to enable the company to buy back bonds and pay down the company’s foreign debt, the Ministry of Finance and Public … Read more

Australia’s Qantas gears up for soaring Christmas deliveries demand

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SYDNEY — Australia’s largest airline Qantas is boosting its fleet of freight planes to handle the boom in parcel deliveries this Christmas as well as the nation’s ever-rising increase in online shopping. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce announced on Tuesday that a new wide-bodied Airbus A321 has been added to the freight fleet that operates … Read more

SAR to PKR: Saudi Riyal rates in Pakistan today on, 7th December 2021

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SAR TO PKR

KARACHI: The average customer rates of buying and selling of Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) against Pakistani rupee (PKR) are Rs47.13 and Rs47.6 at 05:33 pm PST on, 7th December 2021. The SAR appreciates against the PKR when compared with the buying and selling of Rs46.98 and Rs47.45 on 6th December 2021. The exchange rate is … Read more

LHC satisfied with reduction in Lahore’s air pollution

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Lahore smog

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the reduction in air pollution in Lahore and directed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to ensure that vehicles’ without the m-tag do not ply on the Lahore-Islamabad motorway. As the hearing commenced, the court was informed that Air Quality Index (AQI) had gone down … Read more

Nepra approves Rs3.75/kWh hike in consumer tariff

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Nepra

KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed K-Electric Limited to collect an additional Rs3.75/kWh from the consumers under the fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for September 2021. The K-Electric will recover from the consumers in their monthly bills of December 2021. It said the increase in tariff will not be applicable to all … Read more

PM awards Malik Adnan certificate of appreciation for trying to protect Sri Lankan national

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday awarded Malik Adnan a certificate of appreciation in recognition of his bravery and efforts to protect his colleague Priyantha Diyawadana in Sialkot. Addressing the condolence reference for the Sri Lankan national Priyantha Diyawadana who was brutally lynched by a mob at a factory in Sialkot over alleged blasphemy, … Read more

Beijing warns US will ‘pay the price’ for Olympics diplomatic boycott

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Xi Jinping

BEIJING – China warned on Tuesday the United States would “pay the price” for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. The US move — which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending — comes after Washington spent months wrangling over what position to take on the Games, beginning in … Read more

WHO Europe says Covid vaccine mandates should be ‘last resort’

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WHO Europe says Covid vaccine mandates should be 'last resort'

COPENHAGEN, Dec 7, 2021 (AFP) – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe on Tuesday cautioned against making Covid vaccines mandatory while urging better protection of children among whom cases are high. Europe is battling a fierce surge in the pandemic, with the WHO registering 120,000 Covid-related deaths on the continent since November 23 when it … Read more

China’s central bank cuts relending rates for agriculture, small firms

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China’s central bank

BEIJING: China’s central bank on Tuesday announced that it has decided to lower relending rates for the agriculture sector and small enterprises by 0.25 percentage points starting from December 7. After the reduction, the interest rates of three-month reloans supporting the development of agriculture and small firms stood at 1.7 per cent, six-month at 1.9 … Read more

South African economy shrinks after riots, Covid measures

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Helping overcome COVID-19 vaccine shortage could rebuild U.S. standing: FT

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s economy shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter, as the country was hit by riots and tighter Covid restrictions, official statistics showed on Tuesday. After four consecutive quarters of growth, the economy of Africa’s most industrialised country contracted 1.5 per cent between July and September, compared with … Read more

Debt settlement negotiations nearing conclusion: Hascol

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Hascol

KARACHI: Hascol is nearing the conclusion of debt settlement negotiations to settle the debt it has defaulted on, an official of the Hascol Petroleum Limited Company said on Tuesday. Hascol arranged the annual general meeting on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing talks with its banker to settle its debt. Hascol and its sponsors Vitol Dubai … Read more

Netizen Blasts Humaima Malik for Posting Inappropriate Pictures with her Doctor

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Humaima Malik is an outstanding Pakistani actress and model. Humaima Malik has recently shared some pictures on her Instagram handle and seems like netizens are not happy with her. She is seen wearing a blue striped long gown with her beautiful hair open. Humaima Malik recently shared a picture of herself with her doctor and … Read more

German industrial production rebounds in October

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German

BERLIN: German industrial production rose in October after two months of declines, offering a glimpse of light after a series of gloomy economic indicators over raw material shortages that have fuelled rising prices. Germany’s industry produced 2.8 per cent more compared to a month ago, data published by the federal statistics office Destatis showed on Tuesday. … Read more

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