The Islamabad city administration has extended an ongoing ban on all social gatherings and carrying, displaying and exhibiting firearms for another two more months, the media reported on Saturday. The announcement was made by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Hamza Shafqaat on Friday, reports Dawn news. The Pakistani capital has also banned the usage of cassette players […]
NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next lunar missions, including sending the first woman and next man to walk on the lunar surface in 2024. Vice President of the US Mike Pence introduced the members […]
The UK’s medical regulator has advised that anyone who has a history of significant allergic reactions to medicines, food or vaccines should not receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine currently in use in the country, according to media reports. Wednesday’s precautionary advice by the country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) came a day after two […]
As the US government went ahead with its plan to break up Facebook, the social network has hit back, saying that in addition to being “revisionist history, this is simply not how the antitrust laws are supposed to work”. Jennifer Newstead, Vice President and General Counsel at Facebook, said late on Wednesday that the company […]
More than 55,000 people have died due to the novel coronavirus in France since the onset of the pandemic in the country, one of the worst-hit in Europe, according to authorities. The country’s overall death toll currently stands at 55,155 after 175 of them were recorded in the past 24 hours, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
Negotiators from Britain and the European Union (EU) resumed their talks in Brussels in a “final throw of the dice” as they try to secure a post-Brexit trade deal before the Brexit transition period expires at the end of this month. British chief negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier met in a […]
According to Dubai Tourism, the city ensures travellers have a plethora of activities to indulge in By Siddhi Jain The year 2020 has changed travel in ways that were previously unthinkable. As international travel opens up slowly, Dubai is emerging as a safe destination with the safety and wellbeing of travellers at the top of […]
New Delhi The year just ending may be called by some as one of external disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic but for India, it will be known as a year of internal discovery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, affirming that “reforms and resolve, resilience and responsibility will power our journey in the coming […]
Hospitalisation of coronavirus infected patients in the US have reached an all-time high as the country is witnessing an ongoing resurgence of new confirmed cases, according to the the Covid Tracking Project. In its latest update on Monday, the project said that the all time high hospitalisation figure of 93,238 was reached on Sunday, surpassing […]
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday it would impose anti-dumping measures on wine imports from Australia. The domestic industry has been subject to substantial damages due to the dumping of those products, the Ministry said in a preliminary ruling posted on its website. Starting Saturday, importers of Australian wine will be required to pay […]