SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spoken for the first time since a US news collective published a deluge of withering reports arguing the company prioritises its growth over people’s safety.In an earnings call, he assailed the reporting as an effort to cast the social network used by billions of people in an inaccurate […]
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Fans of cricket across the world rejoice at Pakistan’s tremendous victory in the PakVsIndia game. After the #MaukaMauka memes, the social media is now flooded with the post-match theme, trolling the Indians after Pakistan grabbed victory against India in the T20 World Cup match. The Asia Cup squads and groups, which include both India and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Port congestion and relating infrastructure constraints have put the shippers of strategically important supplies in a tough situation besides economic losses to the nation as the ministries of energy and maritime affairs like to run port operations to their preferences. This results in underutilisation of port infrastructure and an unnecessary wait for ships and […]
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ISLAMABAD: A day after successful negotiations between the government and banned outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), as many as 350 TLP activists have been released from various jails in Punjab, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad confirmed Sunday.The Punjab police had launched a province-wide crackdown against the banned outfit after the group had announced a long march […]
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New sci-fi thriller “Dune,” a classic that almost demanded big-screen treatment, topped the North American box office this weekend with a take estimated at $40.1 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.Yet that solid three-day showing for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the Frank Herbert opus came even as studio Warner Bros. released the film simultaneously […]
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SYDNEY: Researchers from a number of Australian universities have devised an online tool that is able to estimate an individual’s risks associated with COVID-19 and vaccinations.The tool, called CoRiCal (COVID Risk Calculator) and announced to the public on Monday, was developed through a collaboration between the non-profit Immunisation Coalition, and researchers from the University of […]
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1 Pakistan and india . . These exciting cricket matches between these two countries are attended by millions of fans from all around the world. In cricket history, there has never been a rivalry quite like the one that exists between India and Pakistan. Six significant white-ball cricket matches that have shaped this storied rivalry […]
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Pakistan has reported another 16 deaths and 567 infections from the coronavirus pandemic during the last 24 hours (Thursday), showed the figures released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday morning.As per the NCOC data, after the addition of 16 new deaths, the overall toll has now surged to 28,344 whereas the […]
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KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell 8.6% during the week ending on October 8, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On October 15, the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $17,492.2 million, down $1.65 billion compared with $19,138.4 million.Overall […]
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LONDON: When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would last. But 40 years on, the new wave group are still going strong, releasing their 15th studio album, “Future Past”, on Friday.”We would never have expected to be still making music together after all this time. We […]
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