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Covid tally increases by 564 in capital
RDA seals 20 shops, seven restaurants; RTA impounds 170 public service vehicles
ISLAMABAD:
The federal capital continued to witness a surge in the number of coronavirus cases with 564 new patients on Thursday, a National Command…
MNAs to challenge two ordinances
President issued them to recover Rs1tr on account of taxes and power tariff hike
ISLAMABAD:
Legislators of the opposition parties on Wednesday hinted at challenging two ordinances in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which the president…
PIA passes IATA’s safety audit
Awaits Civil Aviation Authority’s audit by ICAO before resumption of flights to EU
KARACHI:
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) for the resumption of flights to the European…
Facebook launches public test of live Q&A product Hotline
Facebook hotline allows creators to speak and take live questions from an audience
Facebook started public testing of a new application dubbed Hotline on Wednesday, where creators can speak and take live questions from an audience.
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Telescope reveals thousands of star-forming galaxies in early…
Telescope has detected stars being born in tens of thousands of distant galaxies with unprecedented precision
PARIS:
The images capture drama billions of years ago in the early Universe -- glinting galaxies, glowing with stars that…
Twitter launches ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ emoji as…
BANGKOK:
Social media giant Twitter launched an emoji for the Milk Tea Alliance, a global online pro-democracy movement that has united anti-Beijing campaigners in Hong Kong and Taiwan with protesters in Thailand, Myanmar, and beyond.
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Japan’s Osaka cancels Olympic torch run, declares Covid-19…
Severe cases have filled about 70% of hospital beds in the region
TOKYO:
Japan’s western region of Osaka cancelled on Wednesday Olympic torch events scheduled across the prefecture, as record coronavirus infections prompted its…
New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India due to high…
The move comes after NZealand records 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border of which 17 were from India
New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about…
Philippines suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine for people under…
Temporary suspension does not mean that the vaccine is unsafe or ineffective
MANILA:
Philippine health authorities suspended on Thursday the use of AstraZeneca’s Cocid-19 vaccine for people below 60 years of age to investigate…
India’s record Covid-19 surge continues, vaccines run short
The spike, much faster than last year’s first wave, has caught the authorities by surprise
NEW DEHLI:
India reported a record 126,789 Covid-19 cases on Thursday as several states struggle to contain a second surge in infections,…