WhatsApp is reportedly paving a way for its users to transfer their chat histories from iOS to Android, according to WABetaInfo and 9to5Google. The feature could fix what annoys the people most while switching from the platforms using the Facebook-owned messaging service, as it’s not officially possible to transfer a backup of your messages between iPhone and Android, but only …

BEIJING: An inhaled version of CanSino Biologics’ (CanSinoBIO) COVID-19 vaccine triggered immune responses without serious side effects, an early-stage clinical trial showed. The two-dose candidate requires lower dosages than the injected version and could help CanSinoBIO boost its production capacity, the company’s chief executive said in April. Two inhaled doses of the Ad5-nCoV vaccine, given 28 days apart, elicited similar …

TOKYO: The Netherlands and China posted world best times to win gold in the men’s and women’s quad sculls races as Olympic rowing roared back into action at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway on Wednesday. China clinched the women’s quad sculls in 6:05.13, more than six seconds ahead of silver medallists Poland and bronze winners Australia. On the men’s side, the …

TOKYO: Fiji maintained their dominance of the Olympic Rugby Sevens on Wednesday with a comprehensive 27-12 gold medal win over New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium, retaining the title they won in Rio five years ago. Argentina claimed the bronze with a 17-12 victory over Britain, sparking wild scenes of celebration, and plenty of tears, at the final whistle. South …

TOKYO: Katie Ledecky got her first gold medal of these Olympics, while Simone Biles pulled out of another event she came into the Games favoured to win. Ledecky bounced back from losses in her first two events in Tokyo to win the inaugural 1,500m freestyle for women by more than four seconds on Wednesday. The victory came about after Ledecky …

Champion Simone Biles will not defend her Olympic title. The American gymnastics superstar withdrew from Thursday’s all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being. USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Wednesday that the 24-year-old is opting to not compete. The decision comes a day after Biles removed herself from the team final following one rotation because she felt she …

WHY do we subject ourselves every four years to international humiliation, expose our disregard for competitive sports, and reveal an unconscionable neglect of our sportspersons? Sending 10 Pakistanis out of a population of 138 million adults to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo was not a joke: it was a farce. The 10 comprised seven men and three women, competing …

ISLAMABAD: Bank lending to private sector has declined from 24.1 per cent of GDP in 1995 to 17.9pc in 2019, that has undermined private sector economic growth in Pakistan. A report compiled by PRIME Institute, an Islamabad-based think tank, highlights that while decline in commercial lending to the private sector has had its impact on private sector economic growth, it …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday anticipated a surge in economic activities despite the uncertain pandemic situation but warned that transition to higher growth could build pressure on external accounts. “In the transition towards a higher potential growth level, pressure can be built on external accounts,” the economic adviser’s wing of the finance ministry said in its Monthly Economic …