WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Emoji Message Reactions: Here’s How To Use Them By: Web Desk on May 6, 2022After numerous beta leaks, Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp will finally start rolling out message reactions on the popular messaging platform. Mark Zuckerberg highlighted that at the beginning, there will be six WhatsApp reactions that users can pick from to react to messages. This will include the thumbs up emoji, heart emoji, […]
IT exports increased by 29.26% in nine months By: APP on May 6, 2022ISLAMABAD: The Information Technology (IT) exports have surged at the growth rate of 29.26 percent in nine months of the current financial year. “ICT export remittances, including Telecommunication, Computer and Information Services for the period July 2021 to March 2022 have surged to US$ 1.948 billion at a growth rate of 29.26 % in comparison […]
Sri Lankan leader faces May Day calls to step down By: AFP on May 2, 2022Sri Lanka’s fractious opposition showed rare unity Sunday, joining together to demand embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the country’s worst-ever economic crisis. Main opposition party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) staged a mass rally at Independence Square in the capital Colombo, where speaker after speaker called for the ouster of Rajapaksa and his powerful […]
Revenue collection surges by 28.6pc to Rs4.858t in 10 months By: APP on April 30, 2022The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected net revenues of Rs4,858b during the first ten months of the current fiscal year (July-April 2021-22), showing growth of 28.6 percent over the collection of Rs3,778b during the corresponding period of last year. According to provisions figures shared by the board here on Saturday, the collection during July-April […]
Australian researchers use robot to encourage vaccination By: APP on April 30, 2022 SYDNEY: Researchers from James Cook University (JCU) have released a study that saw a small, interactable robot taken to a Queensland hospital to help encourage the take up of vaccinations. The study, published in the Inquiry Health journal and released to the public on Friday, assed the results of just under one thousand people […]
Islamic State claims deadly bomb blasts on minibuses in Afghan city By: AFP/APP on April 29, 2022Kabul: The Islamic State group claimed two bomb blasts aboard minibusses that killed at least nine people Thursday in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif, a week after a deadly explosion at a mosque in the northern city. The number of violent public attacks across Afghanistan has fallen since the Taliban returned to power last August. A string of […]
PM Shahbaz, delegation hounded by people in Masjid e Nabawi By: Web Desk on April 29, 2022 A group of protesters, allegedly from the PTI, violated the sanctity of Madinah’s Masjid-e-Nabawi on Thursday by chanting anti-Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation slogans as they entered the mosque to pay their respects at the Roza-e-Rasool (PBUH). PM Shehbaz and his delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday at the invitation of […]
Prevailing heatwave to jeopardise public health, agriculture sector: Sherry By: APP on April 28, 2022ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said the Ministry had issued official heatwave alert to all provinces as abrupt temperature rise would also jeopardise public health and agriculture. In a statement issued here, the minister criticised the previous regime for not taking adequate measures despite prior warnings issued by various […]
Elon Musk bid to free tweets from oversight rejected By: AFP on April 28, 2022NEW YORK: Twitter’s new buyer Elon Musk still must have his tweets about his electric car company Tesla pre-approved after a US judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal to free him from oversight. Musk last month filed a motion to overturn Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) restrictions imposed following his 2018 tweet, in which he […]
Pakistan urges ‘quantum leap’ in financing for peacebuilding, as conflicts proliferate By: APP on April 28, 2022UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for a “quantum leap” in financing for peacebuilding, saying it was critical for promoting peace and stability in a world of proliferating conflicts. “Investing in peace is a moral imperative,” Ambassador Munir Akram told a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly spotlighting financing for peacebuilding on Wednesday. Pakistan, he […]