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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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Guest Post by Dr. Wajiha Javed
Head of Public Health and Research
Getz Pharma, Pakistan.
Key Findings:
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Nishtar Medical University (NMU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, passed away due to complications related to COVID-19 on Wednesday.
who had been on ventilator…
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Percentage of people in Pakistan testing positive for coronavirus is going down along with declining deaths, according to data from multiple independent sources. The effective transmission rate Rt continues to be less than one, indicating that each infected person is infecting fewer than one person, according to data from London's Imperial College. However, this is no time to relax. Pakistanis need to continue to take all precautions, including wearing face masks, to ensure that COVID19…
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Over two-thirds of low caste Indian-Americans are discriminated against by upper caste Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, according to a report by Equality Labs, an organization of Dalits in America. Dalits also report hearing derogatory comments about Muslim job applicants at tech companies. These revelations have recently surfaced in a California state lawsuit against Silicon…
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A JIT (Joint Investigation Team) report recently released by Sindh government in Pakistan has revealed that the infamous Karachi gangster Uzair Baloch worked for Iranian intelligence. Apparently, Uzair Baloch was also in contact with Indian intelligence agents working in Iran, according to Indian media reports. Baloch's interrogation led to the discovery and arrest of Indian undercover agent Kulbhushan Jadhav in Balochistan shortly after Baloch's arrest. Kulbhushan …
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The top 1% of Indians own 40.1% of the nation's wealth, higher than the 37% global average. This makes India one of the world's most unequal countries, according to the World Inequality Report. By contrast, the top 1% own 24% of the country's wealth in Pakistan, and 23.9% in Bangladesh. Tiny groups of wealthy elites (top 1%) are using their money to buy mass media to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit. They are paying politicians for highly favorable laws and policies to further…
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Data Vault and Telenor Pakistan have launched the nation's first dedicated AI data center in Karachi. It is designed to support startups, researchers, and government agencies with high-performance computing and GPU-as-a-service offerings. It is equipped with more than 3,000 Nvidia's highest performance H100 and H200 GPUs for which the Trump Administration issued export licenses. These GPUs cost from $40,000 to $60,000 each, making the Nvidia chips the biggest chunk of the investment…
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