Leonardo DiCaprio is  amongst the few luminaries around the globe using his fame to shed light on the environmental and climatic issues that fall prey to negligence. In his latest Instagram post, the Titanic star is bringing to light the hazardous air pollution widespread in New Delhi by giving a shout out to the efforts of a group striving for lawmakers to …

Angelina Jolie filed for divorce against marriage with Brad Pitt on September 19, 2016. Fast forward-three years to this event, the American actress still holds a lot of resentment and anger towards Brad it seems. As per an entertainment publication, an authentic source told that Jolie wants ex-husband Brad Pitt to be held accountable for all the misery he caused …

Laal Kabootar has been making strides ever since its release and is continuing to do so even now! The film,which is also Pakistan’s submission for the Oscars, bagged yet another award at the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival 2019 for Best Feature Film. Filmmaker Kamal Khan, who made his directorial debut with the movie, accepted the award on the closing night …

The creators of Sesame Street have collaborated with the International Rescue Committee for a new show geared towards Syrian refugee children. Ahlan Simsim meaning ‘Welcome Sesame’ won’t focus on teaching numbers and letters like the U.S. based original but will place emphasis on emotions like fear, anger, loneliness, and caring. “We want every episode to identify an emotion, but then give really concrete …

SAN FRANCISCO: A US congressional committee on Monday asked for a briefing on a Google project to modernize healthcare while giving the internet titan access to millions of people’s medical data. Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to the chiefs of Google and its partner in the project, US health systems non-profit Ascension, requesting to be briefed by December …

Wall Street’s reaction so far to Walt Disney’s long-awaited streaming service suggests investors believe the competition may not be as crushing as expected for entertainment rival Netflix. Shares of Disney have surged eight percent since the launch of Disney+ a week ago, helped along by 10 million sign-ups for the service in its first day. But during the same period, …

ISLAMABAD: The non-performing loans (NPLs) of the banking sector increased by more than 23 per cent during FY19 mainly because of energy, with contributions from public sector and the sugar industry. Testifying before a parliamentary panel on Monday, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported that the stock of NPLs in banking increased to Rs768 billion by end June, rising …

KARACHI: The country posted $99 million current account surplus in October after a gap of more than four years indicative of the recovery from long-prevailing deficits but the four-month current account position still showed a deficit of $1.5 billion. The latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed the government has succeeded in bringing down the current …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday hailed the $99 million current account surplus posted in October — after a gap of more than four years — saying the country’s economy was finally heading in the right direction. “Pakistan economy finally heading in right direction as more of our economic reforms bear fruit: Pak’s current account turned into surplus in Oct 2019, for …

KARACHI: The foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of current fiscal year jumped by 238 per cent to $650 million from $192m during the same period last fiscal year, reported the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday. The government is struggling to increase foreign investment in the country but the size of inflows continues to remain …