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The 42nd session of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) will be held in Islamabad today (Thursday) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran…
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Heavy downpour accompanied by thunderstorms is likely to hit Karachi as fourth spell of monsoon expected to enter the city today (Thursday),…
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Coronavirus has claimed 711,220 lives worldwide so far and infected 18,977,637 people, while 12,166,746 patients have been recuperated.
The number…
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Lebanon's capital Beirut faced nightmare as the massive blast at city port death toll rose to 135.
While describing the…
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The number of corona cases in the country has climbed to 281,863 on Thursday after more infections were reported in different parts of the country.
According to the national database, 727 persons…
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Is US-China technology war heating with Huawei ban? Is it part of the larger geopolitical landscape pitting the US as the established superpower against China as the new rising power? Is the fight over Huawei 5G merely a symptom of it? How will it affect global…
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In a new book titled "RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations", Indian investigative journalist Yatish Yadav has essentially confirmed some of what India's neighbors have suspected for a long time. Yadav has added to the revelations contained in a earlier book titled "Mission R&AW" written by ex Indian spy RK Yadav.…
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Pakistani power sector is continuing its march toward cheap indigenous sources of electricity. Hydropower component has increased 22%, coal 57% and nuclear 8% while oil is down 54% and natural gas and LNG are down 32% and 15% respectively, according to Bloomberg. These…
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Intel has recently fired its Indian-American chief engineer Venkata Murthy Renduchintala, who also served as Group President of the Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group (TSCG), for failure to deliver 7 nanometer semiconductor technology on schedule, according to Reuters. …
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As the huge expenses of electricity have shifted the people’s minds towards the investment in solar panels. Solar panels are becoming the way to common in culture. Solar energy has become one of the sources of saving money. But there is a contrary point what if there is no solar energy or the weather is cloudy having no sun?
Is there any alternative to charging solar panels with no sunlight at all!
Oh yeah, there are some other means of charging solar panels but what are they?…
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Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in Lahore on a day-long visit in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to…
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The British Airways on Tuesday has decided to restore Pakistan flights from August after suspension owing to COVID-19 pandemic which claimed 5,865 lives so far in the country and…
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The number of corona cases in the country has climbed to 275,225 on Tuesday after more infections were reported in different parts of the…
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A pet cat has contracted coronavirus in England, the government said on Monday in the first confirmed case of an animal being infected with the virus…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair the federal cabinet meeting today (Tuesday) to review the coronavirus situation in the country.
According to sources,…
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Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who reached the United States last week to complete his medical examination, is in a stable condition, a statement…
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Pakistan has seen a rapid decline in its COVID19 test positivity rates over the last several weeks. The country has seen a fall in positivity rate from over 22% in June to below 10% now, and excluding Sindh, near 5% for the rest of the country. Neighboring India has positivity rate at 12.1% and rising. There has been significant decline in hospitalizations and fewer patients in critical…
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A boy lost his life while filming a video for popular video-sharing platform TikTok in Bahawalpur, on Saturday.
According to details, a boy went to the canal along with his friends, was fell into the Sadiqa canal as his…
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A 103-year-old man, resident of a village in the mountainous northern district of Chitral, has recovered from coronavirus, which claimed more than 5,700 precious lives and infected over 270,000 people so far in the country, to become one of the oldest survivors…
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The United States is the biggest export market for India. Among its top 5 trading partners, the US is also the only country with which India runs a trade surplus. This surplus is now at risk with the 50% tariff recently imposed by President Donald Trump on imports from India. Can Prime Minister Narendra make up for it by cozying up to China and Russia? Recent trade data shows he…
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Since the dawn of the 21st century, the US strategy has been to woo India and to build it up as a counterweight to rising China in the Indo-Pacific region. Most beltway analysts agree with this policy. However, the current Trump administration has taken significant actions, such as the imposition of 50% tariffs on India's exports to the US, that appear to defy this conventional wisdom widely shared in the West. Does President Trump have a grand strategy guiding these actions? George…
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