Pakistani activist for female education and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was mocked for calling a Lebanese-American media personality, Mia Khalifa her ‘bestie’. As per details, Malala Yousafzai had shared a video on Mothers Language Day on the official TikTok account of Malala Fund last week. The young activist debuted on the video-sharing app […]
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Touchdown: NASA rover ready to search for life on Mars
After seven months in space, NASA’s Perseverance rover overcame a tense landing phase with a series of perfectly executed maneuvers to gently float down to the Martian soil Thursday and embark on its mission to search for signs of past life. “Touchdown confirmed,” said operations lead Swati Mohan at 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), […]
Indian Air Ambulance Makes Emergency Landing at Islamabad Airport
An Indian air ambulance made an emergency landing late Sunday night at the Islamabad International Airport. According to the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, the flight had taken off from India and was heading towards Tajikistan. It had to make an emergency landing after the flight ran out of fuel. The ambulance stayed in the capital […]
NASA to fly helicopter on Mars for first time
More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it’s possible to replicate the feat on another world. Transported aboard the Mars 2020 spacecraft that arrives at the Red Planet on Thursday, the small Ingenuity helicopter will have several challenges to overcome – the biggest being the rarefied Martian […]
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits parts of Pakistan and India
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Tajikistan at 22:02 (Pakistan Standard Time) today. Strong tremors were felt across Pakistan and India for several seconds, prompting people to rush out of their homes. This is a developing story.
UAE, US and Chinese missions prepare to explore Mars
The Red Planet is about to get a little crowded. Three separate missions to Mars launched by the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will all reach their destination this month after taking flight within just 11 days of each other in 2020. The uncrewed missions promise to yield new insights for […]
Elon Musk tweets to endorse Dogecoin, making its value shoot up $2 billlion
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been promoting Reddit betting, tweeted his support for meme based cryptocurrency Dogecoin on Thursday, after which the currency went flying with a more than 50 per cent increase in its value. Musk wrote “Doge” followed by another tweet: “Dogecoin is the people’s crypto”. ur welcome pic.twitter.com/e2KF57KLxb — Elon Musk […]
Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account
Twitter has announced that it had permanently banned President Trump from the platform “due to the risk of further incitement for violence”. https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684877634838528 President Trump’s Twitter account has been permanently suspended after he incited his supporters to storm the Capitol. After the pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol, on Wednesday, Twitter warned him that “additional violations […]
Indian forces open fire at UN peace observers along LoC
Indian Army resorted to unprovoked fire and targeted an vehicle of the United Nations peace keeping force. According to the Inter-Service Public Sector (ISPR), Indian troops opened fire in Chirikot Sector of the Line of Control (LoC) and deliberately targeted a United Nations vehicle with two military observers. The UN officers were en route to interact […]
UK Court forces ARY to apologise to Pakistani citizen for declaring him an Indian agent
ARY News in the United Kingdom extended its apology to a Pakistani Sindhi educationist Dr Syed Alam Shah for labelling him an Indian agent. Notably, Dr Shah tool part in a protest against former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar’s on his visit to London in November 2018 to raise funds for the water dam […]