PATNA:Police in Bihar’s Gaya are looking for a Chinese woman suspected to be a spy and had also been illegally residing in various parts of the country, including Bodh Gaya. Confirming the development, Gaya SSP Harpreet Kaur said: “We have been receiving inputs about a Chinese woman living in Bodh Gaya but there are no […]
LONDON:British consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 30 years last month, fueled by soaring costs for household energy and motor fuels the latest grim figures as inflation surges around the world. Inflation in the United Kingdom accelerated to 7% in the 12 months through March, the highest annual rate since March 1992, the […]
SAN FRANCISCO:Tech giant Microsoft has alerted users about the latest malware campaigns and cyber threats and informed them that China-based state-sponsored threat actor group Hafnium is stirring the pot once again. According to Windows Central, this time, the alert is for Tarrask, a “defense evasion malware” that uses Windows Task Scheduler to hide a device’s […]
ISLAMABAD:The Saudi Arabian embassy in Islamabad issued a security alert for its citizens, advising them to remain “careful and limit their movement”. Meanwhile, Australia updated its travel advisory for Pakistan today. The security updates come a day after the US embassy stopped its staff from visiting Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel due to fears of an attack. […]
WASHINGTON:Jackson, capital city of the US state of Mississippi, is struggling to return pressure to its water system. “We are producing significant amounts of water and pushing that into the system but the pressure is not increasing,” said a statement from the city authority. The issue has to be significant leaks in the system that […]
SAN FRANCISCO:The US government pressured Twitter to elevate certain Covid-19 information and suppress other content, while the platform suspended reputed medical professionals who disagreed with establishment views during the peak of the pandemic, new ‘Twitter Files’ have alleged. Independent journalist David Zweig released the new ‘Twitter Files’ on how the micro-blogging platform “rigged the Covid […]
NEW YORK:New York recorded at least 27 deaths from the ongoing winter storm as of Monday morning, bringing the total casualties in the US to over 50, according to multiple media reports. Erie County in the western part of New York State confirmed 25 deaths from the massive storm as of Monday morning, up from […]
ISLAMABAD:In its security alert, the embassy said that the US government has the information that “unknown individuals are possibly plotting to attack Americans at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad sometime during the holidays,”. The US Embassy of Islamabad issued a security alert on Sunday, warning its officials of a possible attack on the US citizens […]
NEW DELHI:Sania Mirza, daughter of a TV mechanic from Mirzapur, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and would be the country’s first Muslim girl and the state’s first female IAF pilot. Sania Mirza is a resident of Jasovar village under the Mirzapur Dehat Kotwali police station area. She […]
NEW DELHI:India’s official entry to the upcoming Oscars “Chhello Show”, acclaimed documentary feature “All That Breathes”, documentary short “The Elephant Whisperers”, and “Naatu Naatu” — the song from period action blockbuster “RRR” have made it to the 95th Academy Awards shortlist, the organisers said Thursday morning. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the […]