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Kareena Kapoor tested negative for COVID-19

Kareena

Kareena Kapoor’s Omicron test report came negative. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), she attended a party with her friends earlier this month and tested positive for the coronavirus.

Apart from Kareena, Amrita Arora, Seema Khan, and Maheep Kapoor also tested positive for coronavirus.

Through Instgaram stories, the Good Newwz actress kept her fans updated from her quarantine days.

It is to be noted that Kareena Kapoor Khan was diagnosed with Corona this week, after that she quarantined herself.

After being diagnosed with Corona, all his family members and loved ones were tested for Corona, which turned out negative.

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Pakistan stocks witness lacklustre session amid profit-booking

PSX

KARACHI: Another lacklustre session was witnessed at the local bourse on Friday, wherein trading opened on a positive note and gained 200 points but eventually, due to the lack of positive triggers, the investors chose to book profit ahead of the rollover week. Ahsan Mehanti at Arif Habib Corporation said that the stocks closed lower, … Read more

Iran fires missiles during drills in warning to Israel

Iran fires missiles during drills in warning to Israel

TEHRAN, Dec 24, 2021 (AFP) – Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles Friday at the close of five days of military drills that generals said were a warning to arch-enemy Israel. “These exercises were designed to respond to threats made in recent days by the Zionist regime,” armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told … Read more

Chairperson BOL Media Group Ayesha Shaikh Extends Wishes to Libya on 70th Independence Day

BOL Chairperson Ayesha Shaikh felicitated the Libyan leadership on the country’s 70th Independence Day. “On the proud occasion of 70th Independence Day of Libya, I extend my warm wishes to President of the Presidency Council H E Mohammad Younes Menfi, the leadership and all the Libyans living throughout the world,” Ayesha said in a tweet. … Read more

Guardiola wary of Leicester despite Foxes’ slump

Pep Guardiola

LONDON: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes Leicester will pose a formidable challenge to his Premier League leaders despite a slump in form. Following two successive fifth-placed finishes, FA Cup-holders Leicester have won just six of their last 16 matches in English football’s top flight. Reigning champions City, meanwhile have won their last eight league … Read more

World set to ring in another pandemic Christmas

Christmas

SYDNEY, Dec 24, 2021 (AFP) – Omicron’s rise has heralded another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa’s arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions. Festive jokes about reindeer having “herd immunity” and millions isolating “Home Alone” may be wearing thin, but the emergence of the ultra-infectious Omicron variant means … Read more

Cisse hopes Senegal finally deliver elusive Cup of Nations

Aliou Cisse

DAKAR: Senegal coach Aliou Cisse named a squad on Friday he hopes will finally bring him an Africa Cup of Nations which has eluded him for over two decades. The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 — he missed a penalty in the shootout defeat to Cameroon — and then … Read more

Dupont and Marchand extend their stay at European champions Toulouse

Dupont and Marchand extend their stay at European champions Toulouse

On Friday, Antoine Dupont, the world best player of the year and fellow French international Julien Marchand extended their contracts with European and French champions, Toulouse. Dynamic scrum-half Dupont has extended his contract by a further four years till 2027. Marchand, who rotates as club captain with Dupont, has been given a contract extension until … Read more

Google, Lenovo join Consumer Electronics Show exodus

Google

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 24, 2021 (AFP) – Google, Lenovo and other big name tech firms on Thursday cancelled plans to attend next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, joining an exodus fueled by fear of Covid-19. The US internet giant and the China-based computer colossus became part of a growing list of companies opting not … Read more

Rangnick suggests scrapping League Cup to ease fixture congestion

Ralf Rangnick

LONDON: Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has suggested abolishing the League Cup in a bid to ease fixture congestion in English football. The schedule, traditionally at its busiest over the Christmas and New Year period, has come under severe strain from the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, with several Premier League … Read more

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. down: EIA

Russia gas

HOUSTON — Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,362 billion cubic feet in the week ending Dec. 17, a net decrease of 55 billion cubic feet from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday in a report. The total working gas storage decreased by 6.5 percent from this … Read more

Common man now make a home for themselves under house financing scheme: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that a common man can now be financially eligible to make a home for himself in an easy and affordable payment schedule under Mera Ghar Housing Finance Scheme. “This scheme will take the country on an upward trajectory,” said the premier while speaking in an official ceremony. … Read more

Forex reserves depletion vindicates opposition’s concerns on economy: Shehbaz Sharif

Shehbaz Sharif PML-N president

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President and National Assembly Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government’s falling back on global commercial banks to avoid depletion of foreign exchange reserves confirms the concerns of the opposition. In a statement, Shehbaz said the government policy of relying on foreign banks for dollars was … Read more

CJ Gulzar summons JCP meeting to discuss Justice Ayesha Malik’s elevation to SC

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has summoned the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting on January 6 to reconsider the promotion of Lahore High Court Justice Ayesha Malik to the apex court. The JCP meeting will be presided over by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed. According to Article 175-A of the constitution, the … Read more

Chinese banks log forex settlement surplus in November

BEIJING — China’s commercial banks saw a net forex settlement surplus of 160.9 billion yuan (about 25.26 billion U.S. dollars) in November, the country’s forex regulator said Friday. Forex purchases by banks reached around 1.51 trillion yuan, while sales stood at nearly 1.35 trillion yuan, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange shows. In … Read more

China-Laos Railway vital for economic recovery in 2022: Lao PM

VIENTIANE — The opening of the China-Laos Railway, Thanaleng Dry Port and Vientiane Logistics Park will create a solid foundation for economic recovery in 2022, the Lao prime minister has said. Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh told an open government meeting on Thursday that the government was working hard to address financial difficulties to prevent … Read more

Aamir Khan secretly married to famous Indian actress?

Aamir Khan secretly married to famous Indian actress?

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has secretly married famous Indian actress Fatima Sana. According to Indian media reports, the actor will marry Fatima Sana for the third time and will make the announcement following the release of his new film, Lal Singh Chadha. However, once again the edited photos of Aamir and Fatima have gone viral … Read more

Japan’s cabinet approves record budget of 940 bln USD for fiscal 2022

Japan

TOKYO — Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a 107.60 trillion yen (940 billion U.S. dollars) draft budget for fiscal 2022, marking a record high for the 10th year in a row, local media reported. By component, social security spending is the largest part, increasing 440 billion yen to a record 36.27 trillion yen and accounting … Read more

Burnley-Everton joins list of Premier League games postponed by Covid-19

Everton vs Burnley

LONDON: Burnley’s match at home to Everton on December 26 has become the latest Premier League fixture to be postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak, it was announced Friday. Covid-19 cases within the Everton camp had seen the Merseysiders request a postponement on Thursday. But that initial plea was rejected despite Everton manager Rafael Benitez … Read more

Morocco extended its flight restriction because of a virus

Morocco extended its flight restriction because of a virus

Morocco’s suspension of foreign passenger flights was extended till the end of January on Friday as the country tries to rein in surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus. “The suspension of all passenger flights to and from Morocco will be extended until January 31, 2022,” according to the National Office of Airports (ONDA). Rabat enforced … Read more

Nepra imposes Rs21 million fine on Gepco

Nepra

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has imposed a fine of Rs21 million on Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) on the charges of negligence, resulting in fatal incidents during the period from July 2019 to May 2021. Nepra upon receipt of reports of 13 deaths in different electrocution incidents during the abovementioned period, … Read more

Nora Fatehi challenged her fans to show some moves on ‘Dance Meri Rani’

Nora Fatehi challenged her fans to show some moves on ‘Dance Meri Rani’

Nora Fatehi throws a dance challenge to her millions of followers after her item number Dancing Meri Rani reached 35 million views on YouTube.

Turning to Instgaram, Nora challenged her fans to show some moves on Dance Meri Rani

Sharing her video, the belly dancer wrote, “Lets go! The dance challenge is officially on! The best videos will be posted on my main feed! Show me your moves. Tag me and #Dancewithnora #Dancemerirani.

Read more: Nora Fatehi raises the temperature in new mermaid bold photo-shoot

The Bollywood dance sensation further said, “P.s ive already started seeing some OUTSTANDING videos.”

Take a look:

 

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Nora’s hot Dance Meri Rani is released on December 21, sung by Guru Randhawa and Zahrah S Khan. It is directed by Bosco Leslie Martis, and the music is given by Tanishk Bagchi, and lyrics are penned by Rashmi Virag.

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Ericsson Pakistan, ministry discuss digitalisation, skill development

LAHORE: Ericsson Pakistan and the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications held a meeting on December 23, 2021 to discuss digitalisation, skill development and training for engineers in line with the vision of Digital Pakistan, a statement said. Ericsson Pakistan showed keen interest to deploy advanced networks, as well as scaling up the Near Shore … Read more

Today’s gold rates In Pakistan , 24th December 2021

gold rates In Pakistan

Karachi: Latest Gold Rate in Pakistan on December 24th, 2021 stands at Rs 117300 24k per tola. Karachi Is the main hub for Gold Rate, Every City Follows Karachi Sarafa Bazar Association For Gold Rate, Today Gold Rate for different Cities Including Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, And Multan, Etc. Gold Rate in Pakistan today 2021 Today 24k … Read more

Waqar Younis dances to ‘Dilli Wali Girlfriend’ at a recent wedding goes viral

Waqar Younis dances to "Dilli Wali Girlfriend' at a recent wedding

A dance video of former Pakistan cricket team coach Waqar Younis has become the center of attention on social media.

Following in the footsteps of former Pakistani cricketer Moin Khan, his colleague Waqar Younis was seen shaking a leg with his wife Dr Faryal at his brother-in-law’s wedding in Karachi.

On social media, a video of Waqar dancing on the dance floor to the iconic Bollywood dance number ‘Dilli Wali Girlfriend’ went viral.

Take a look:

Previously, a video of former Pakistan captain and ex-wicketkeeper Moin Khan grooving with actor Ali Ansari went viral on social media.

Moin Khan was seen dancing with Ali Ansari at his sister Mariam’s wedding in the video, while a group of people, including Ansari’s fiance, Saboor Aly, captured the two on her phone.

It should be noted that Mariam Ansari tied the knot with Moin Khan’s son, Owais Khan on Wednesday, December 22.

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Senegal railway opening overshadowed by compensation protest

Senegal railway opening overshadowed by compensation protest

DAKAR, Dec 24, 2021 (AFP) – After five years’ work and at a cost of more than a billion dollars, Senegal’s capital city next Monday will finally welcome a new commuter railway line. Politicians are lining up to extol the benefits of slashing journey times and decongesting Dakar once the gleaming TER regional express trains … Read more

Lack of quorum hinders govt’s move to initiate debate on Sialkot incident

ISLAMABAD: Failure to meet quorum requirement spoiled the federal government’s move to initiate debate on the Sialkot incident – raising questions over Pakistan’s seriousness in addressing rising religious extremism. The Advisor for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Babar Awan presented a resolution in the assembly to trigger debate on the Sialkot Incident of December 3, in which … Read more

‘We were uncomfortable being recorded’: Saboor Aly responds to her viral video

‘We were uncomfortable being recorded': Saboor Aly responds to her viral video

Pakistani actress Saboor Aly breaks the silence over her viral video, which was from her sister-in-law Mariam Ansari’s wedding. The actress is responding to her viral video on her Instagram story, which sparked rumours of a false heated argument with her fiance, Ali Ansari.

Saboor shares how she and Ali Ansari were getting uncomfortable because of people recording them without their consent at Mariam’s wedding, and she raises a good point!

The Parizaad actress wrote, “This serious discussion was actually about how me and Ali were uncomfortable of the people recording us without our consent, but we still had a lot of fun! Thanks for all the love and concern!

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