KARACHI: The IT ministry on Monday awarded a contract to Universal Service Fund (USF) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) for the installation of Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) in Nausheroferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Khairpur districts of Sindh. The USF has awarded a contract for the installation of OFC to the PTCL for providing smooth and uninterrupted Internet connectivity in Nausheroferoze, …

Have you ever wanted to schedule a message for a friend on a messaging app if yes you could now avail yourself of the facility on Telegram that has a feature that can help you do that. Scheduling messages on Telegram ensures your message goes out at a specific time so that it reaches the recipient even if you’re not …

LONDON: Financial firms may need to bolster their defences in the face of rocketing cyber attacks after employees began working from home, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Tuesday. The FSB, which coordinates financial rules for the G20 group of nations, said remote working since economies went into lockdown to fight COVID-19 opened up new possibilities for cyber attacks. …

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday added a warning to the fact sheet for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine saying that data suggests there is an increased risk of a rare neurological disorder in the six weeks after inoculation. In a letter to the company, the FDA classified the chances of getting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccination as …

The United States is reviewing the need for a third COVID-19 booster shot among residents who have already been vaccinated but needs to see more data to know if additional shots could raise people’s risk of serious side effects, a US health official said Tuesday. The U.S. government has not made a decision on whether to administer booster shots to …

LONDON: England manager Gareth Southgate says he will pause before any decision over his future but that he currently intends to stay in charge of the team. England lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalties on Sunday after the game ended 1-1 after extra time. Southgate is under contract until after next year’s World Cup in Qatar but …

BIRMINGHAM: Stand-in captain Ben Stokes said on Monday Saqib Mahmood’s dynamic impact with the ball for England against Pakistan will make the team’s established stars fear for their places when they return from coronavirus (Covid-19) isolation. Eoin Morgan’s first-choice one-day squad was forced to quarantine after a Covid-19 outbreak ahead of the series. That left pace bowler Mahmood as one …

LONDON: England football chiefs and police on Monday faced questions over the chaotic and violent scenes around Wembley Stadium for Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, with concerns it could affect the country’s 2030 World Cup bid. Police have launched an investigation to find the ticketless fans who stormed through security barriers and entered the stadium before the final, in which Italy …

KARACHI: With most bike assemblers looking towards China for collaboration in the local assembly of electric bikes (e-bikes), a Punjab-based assembler claims to have introduced an indigenous model in the market that is also cheaper on the wallet. “We have introduced the JE-70 e-bike with our indigenously developed technology. No foreign funding, no joint venture with the Chinese or any …