ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Japan in Pakistan has announced MEXT Teachers Training Scholarship 2024 for Pakistani teachers who have teaching experience of 5 years in primary or secondary school, public or private. As per the criteria, teachers aged 35 or less would be eligible to apply for the scholarship, said a news release issued by […]
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SUCHOU INDUSTRIAL ARK: China has handed over 160 electric buses to Pakistan at a ceremony held in Suzhou Industrial Park, China. According to a report of China Economic Net, the batch of these electric buses has the advantages of zero emissions, low operating costs, and low noise pollution, which will greatly improve the efficiency of […]
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SEOUL: North Korea’s military fired over 60 artillery rounds near Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday (6th Jan, 2024), Seoul’s military said, a day after both sides staged live-fire drills in the same area near their contested maritime border. “North Korean forces conducted artillery fire with over 60 rounds from the northwest area of Yeonpyeong Island today […]
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ISLAMABAD: Renowned wildlife and animal behaviour expert, Dr. Ijaz Ahmed, emphasized the imperative need to not just consider the well-being of animals as a moral obligation but as a fundamental right within our society. Speaking to Pakistan Television News on Saturday (6th Jan, 2024), Dr. Ahmed asserted that animals, like humans, experience pain and deserve […]
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LOS ANGELES: Organizers of the newly reformed Golden Globes hope that a “Barbenheimer” love-in can help to revitalize Hollywood’s famously fun-loving but scandal-dogged awards gala on Sunday. Kicking off prize-giving season from the usual swanky Beverly Hills ballroom at 5:00 pm (0100 GMT Monday), the Globes boast new owners and new voters – and have […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s navy said Friday that its commandos had boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region. Last month the force deployed several warships into the sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks, including a […]
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024) said that the government would take up the issue of a “ghost article”, published in the name of a jailed politician, with the foreign media outlet ‘The Economist’. “Today, we are writing to the Editor of The Economist […]
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SEOUL: North Korea fired an artillery barrage near two South Korean border islands Friday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, prompting a live-fire drill by the South’s military. Residents of the two islands were ordered to evacuate to shelters and ferries were suspended amid one of the most serious military escalations on the peninsula since Pyongyang fired […]
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TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi joined mourners in Kerman on Friday for the funerals of the 89 people killed in twin blasts claimed by the Islamic State group, state media said. Suicide bombings struck crowds in the southern city, where many had gathered on Wednesday to commemorate slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qasem Soleimani, […]
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SYDNEY: Josh Hazlewood claimed three wickets in an electrifying over to bowl Australia into a potential winning position over Pakistan in an absorbing third Test here on Friday (5th Dec, 2024). Paceman Hazlewood ripped through to reduce the tourists from 67 for four to go to the close on the third day at 68 for […]
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