Space Observatory Center is established in Islamabad

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry laid the foundation stone of Islamabad Space Observatory. He also announced buildings in Karachi, Peshawar, and Gwadar. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Space Observatory was held in Islamabad. Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry and Chairman Ruwit Hilal Committee Maulana Abdul Khabir attended the function. In his address, the …

Google to discontinue its mobile Shopping application

Google is discontinuing the mobile Shopping applications for iOS and Android and redirecting consumers to its online Shopping store, according to 9to5Google. On Friday, Xda Developers noticed that the word “sunset” had been applied to some strings of code in the Shopping app, implying that the applications were being phased out. According to a Google …

ECMCC, Pearson UK to provide quality skillset to students

Islamabad: Extreme Commerce MagnaCarta College (ECMCC) and Pearson UK have joined hands for the delivery of BTEC Higher Nationals (Level 4 and Level 5) qualifications in computing and business acceptable around the globe. Hammer Ali, Director ECMCC, and Syed Waqar Shah, Country Manager, Pearson Pakistan signed the MoU at a ceremony in Islamabad amid the …

WhatsApp to introduce desktop voice, video call features

WhatsApp revealed on Friday that the voice and video calls feature, which is currently only accessible on iOS and Android phones, will be available on the desktop edition of the app as well. “WhatsApp voice and video calls are now available for anyone on desktop,” WABetaInfo announced on Twitter. WhatsApp is sending out official status …

#Cancelboardexams2021 starts trending on Twitter

KARACHI: The health and education authorities in Pakistan have declined to cancel this year’s board exams as the country faces the third outbreak of the coronavirus. Last month, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood declared that board exams for grades nine through twelve would be held on time. The decision has angered students, who believe the …

LG is likely to shutdown its smartphone business

LG may be on the verge of abandoning its smartphone market. The speculation first surfaced in January, when it was reported that the group was considering selling, downsizing, or shuttering its cash-losing mobile division. According to The Korea Times, LG has made the decision to exit the smartphone market. LG allegedly attempted to sell its …

DW Starts Digital Streaming of ‘Poha’

Karachi: Pashto has more than 60 million native speakers around the world while 35 million people live in Pakistan and speak the language. Yet science and technology or knowledge related content has been missing for the native Pashto speaking population. POHA, Pashto Science Magazine, is the initiative of Deutsche Welle (DW), which will start streaming …

Peshawar High Court removes Ban On TikTok

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has lifted the ban on the popular video streaming application TikTok on Thursday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid, according to the details, to ensure that immoral content is not uploaded to the app issued orders to the concerned authorities to put a ban. PHC’s top judge questioned …

Careem introduces COVID19 Vaccination transport service

Karachi: Careem has recently released a new feature in its Super App to offer its users to arrange a ride to any Covid19 vaccination centre anywhere in Pakistan with just two taps. The new “Get vaccinated” option includes details from the official government source on the vaccines being offered in the country. Through the new …

Earth is save from being hit by Apophis asteroid, NASA

Earthlings will exhale a sigh of relief after Nasa, the US space agency, declared the world “protected” from a once-feared asteroid for at least the next 100 years. Since its discovery in 2004, Nasa designated Apophis as one of the most hazardous asteroids to Earth. Close calls were predicted in 2029 and 2036 but were …

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