Indian cricket stalwart Hardik Pandya was served show-cause notice by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday after he was criticised for making sexist, misogynistic remarks on women during his appearance on chat show Koffee with Karan. Hardik, along with batsman KL Rahul, triggered a massive outpour online  for their problematic statements on women, prompting the …

Gul Panra has paid tribute to Pakistan’s music  icon Madman Noor Jehan by covering one of her  songs. Although  Gul Panra shot to prominence with her Pashto language  songs,  she  has covered the  Punjabi song quite effortlessly  as she showed her vocal gifts. She used her social media  accounts to share a video of the performance. The singer who famously …

A day after tweeting that she is about to commit suicide, American rapper Cupcakke,on Tuesday said “I’m “ok”. “I’ve been fighting with depression for the longest ..sorry that I did it public last night but I’m ok,”. I went to the hospital & im finally getting the help that I need to get through , be happy , & deliver …

NEW YORK: Amazon for the first time closed out Monday’s trading session as the world’s biggest publicly-traded company, overtaking Microsoft and other fellow tech behemoths. The online sales goliath assumed the top spot after notching a 3.4 percent gain to finish with a market capitalization of $796.8 billion, about $13.2 billion more than Microsoft. Led by Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, …

WhatsApp for Android is redesigning its section meant for sending audio files. The new redesigned audio files section is said to have the ability to add as many as 30 audio files at once, media reported. Presently, WhatsApp allows users to send only one audio file at a time. The new change is said to be a part of a …

KARACHI – January 8, 2019: Telenor Microfinance Bank, in partnership with Valyou of Malaysia, has introduced Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service, powered by industry-leading blockchain technology developed by Alipay, the online payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”). The blockchain remittance service is provided by Telenor’s Easypaisa and Valyou, a financial technology company that provides remittances …

Las Vegas: The same technology used in self-driving cars is being touted as a potential high-tech solution to the US border wall conundrum — with some added benefits. At least one startup at the Consumer Electronics show is showcasing how Lidar, a laser-based detection system widely used in autonomous vehicles, could be deployed along the US-Mexico border at a far …

KARACHI: Pakistan exported 125,000 tonnes of kinno from December 2018 till to date at the rate of $500 per tonne. The country fixed the export target at 350,000 tonnes for this season, which will conclude in March/April. All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Patron-in-Chief Waheed Ahmed on Tuesday stated that the kinno export target would …

KARACHI: Deposit growth of the banking system stalled in 2018 despite one of the largest interest hikes of 4.25 per cent in a single year. At 8pc, the rise in deposits was the slowest in a decade, according to a research note put out by Topline Securities. The State Bank of Pakistan reported deposits of scheduled banks grew by Rs992.11 …

ISLAMABAD: Amid a 24 per cent shortfall in cotton production this year, Finance Minister Asad Umar gave vent to his irritation over repeated presentation of half-baked ideas before the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet and returned issues of duty-free import of cotton and revival of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to relevant ministries. The ECC meeting had been called …