Children under age of 13 years infected with coronavirus in Mirpur
MIRPUR: Three children between the ages of 10 to 13 years have been infected with the coronavirus in Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), confirmed by the district health officer on Monday.
So far, 27 people have been confirmed with the COVID-19 in Mirpur and 18 in Bhimber, said the DHO and added that...
Walk-in COVID vaccination facility for citizens over 70 years
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the third wave of coronavirus, the federal government has decided to provide a walk-in COVID vaccination facility to the citizens over 70 years, ARY News reported, citing sources.
The facility will be available for citizens across the country from March 16. Sources privy to the development said that Pakistani...
The new symptom of coronavirus
Spanish medical experts have discovered that spots, blisters and swelling on the tongue can also be caused by Covid 19. They collectively call these symptoms the ‘COVID tongue’. To determine the apparent symptoms of coronavirus, they examined 666 patients with COV 19 with an average age of about 58 years, including 42% of men and 58% of...
India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners, traders
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will propose a law banning cryptocurrencies, fining anyone trading in the country or even holding such digital assets, a senior government official told Reuters in a potential blow to millions of investors piling into the red-hot asset class.
The bill, one of the world’s strictest policies against cryptocurrencies, would...
15-year-old Pakistani prodigy develops ‘advanced’ version of WhatsApp
Amid widespread concern regarding WhatsApp's new privacy policy, 15-year-old Pakistani app developer Nabeel Haider has a solution: an alternative instant messaging app that he claims works even better.
Haider hails from Karachi and has a keen interest in app development.
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque, who met...
China’s Xiaomi soars as US judge lifts it from backlist
HONG KONG (AFP) - Shares in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi surged more than 10 percent in Hong Kong on Monday after a US judge removed it from a blacklist that barred American companies from investing in it.
The firm’s stock price has been hammered since mid-January when Donald Trump, in his last days in...
TikTok stops working in Pakistan as PTA blocks app
TikTok has reportedly stopped working in the country after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed service providers to block it.
The development comes after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) ruled earlier in the day to block the video-sharing platform.
The video-sharing platform will remain blocked in the country till it complies with the government's...
Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines.
The social media company said in a...
WhatsApp reportedly testing option to change voice messages’ playback speed
WhatsApp is reportedly testing an option to change the playback speed of voice messages, according to WABetaInfo, a website that independently tracks and announces news about the instant messaging service for iOS, Android, and Windows.
"Screenshots will be published here on @WABetaInfo when available in a future beta build," they added.
Lahore to host remaining PSL 2021 matches before June: report
LAHORE: With the majority of the franchises agreeing to play in Lahore, the city has been chosen as the venue for the remainder of the fixtures of Pakistan Super League (PSL), The News reported Wednesday quoting an unnamed PCB official.
In a virtual meeting of the franchise owners and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials with...









