The Oscars For Influential Women
PARIS: Oscars For Influential Women were presented at a prestigious ceremony, held here at the sumptuous setting of the Salons Hoches, put together by the talented Sarah Dossevi, CEO and…
Pakistan conducts successful flight test of Fatah-II
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has, on Wednesday (27th Dec, 2023) conducted successful flight test of Fatah-II, equipped with state of the art avionics, sophisticated navigation system and unique flight trajectory. https://twitter.com/i/status/1739960833650868248 The…
Lufthansa orders 40 Boeing, 40 Airbus planes
Lufthansa said Tuesday (19th of Dec, 2023) it had ordered 40 planes from Boeing and 40 from Airbus for around $9 billion, as the German airline giant modernizes its fleet.…
New-generation supercomputer unveiled in China
ISLAMABAD: A new-generation domestically developed supercomputing system was unveiled in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. The system, called Tianhe Xingyi, is expected to meet rising demand in the fields of high-performance…
Google, no more the king of search engines?
Málaga (Spain): Google's position as king of the search engines is under threat like never before, but the firm's global policy chief told the Media this week it still had…
Indian workers trapped in tunnel for 17 days rescued
Indian rescuers have safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, a minister said on Tuesday. “I…
Indian army digs by hand to free trapped workers
SILKYARA TUNNEL (India): Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday (27th of Nov, 2023) to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days,…
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket successfully completes hot-fire test
PARIS: The European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket has successfully completed a dress rehearsal, test-firing its engine in preparation for a maiden voyage scheduled for 2024. The final results of…
Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode
STARBASE (USA): SpaceX on Saturday made progress in the second test launch of its mammoth Starship rocket, with the booster separating from the spaceship, but both then exploding shortly after…
Meta, TikTok challenge incoming EU digital market law
BRUSSELS: Tech giants Meta and TikTok are contesting the scope of an EU law that from March will set new rules on competition in the digital marketplace. The European Commission…
Dubai Air Show: Emirates orders 110 aircraft
DUBAI: Emirates on Thursday (16th of Nov, 2023) announced an order for 15 long-haul Airbus A350-900s, bringing to 110 the number of additional aircraft the company has ordered at this…
The growing cyber threat to global shipping
KARACHI: The cyberattack that paralyses several major Australian ports was a sharp reminder of what governments and experts say is a growing threat to shipping, the lifeblood of the global…
JF-17 Thunder at Dubai Air Show 2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force is poised for resounding participation at the prestigious Dubai Air Show 2023, featuring its highly advanced JF-17 Thunder Block 3 fighter jet alongside the versatile Super…
Europe’s Euclid space telescope releases first images
DARMSTADT (Germany): The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released on Tuesday (7th of November, 2023), showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even…
World’s first summit on AI safety
BLETCHLEY PARK (UK): Countries including the UK, United States and China on Wednesday agreed the "need for international action" as political and tech leaders gathered for the world's first summit…
European Medical Drone signs Purchase Agreement with Dufour Aerospace
STOCKHOLM/ZURICH: European Medical Drone, the Swedish drone operator focusing on connecting hospitals by means of drone transportation, and Dufour Aerospace, the Swiss eVTOL innovator, Monday (30th of Oct, 2023) signed…
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Amazon profit surges to $9.9B
SAN FRANCISCO: Online retail colossus Amazon on Thursday reported profit of $9.9 billion in the recently ended quarter on growing sales and more efficient deliveries. Sales reached $143.1 billion in…
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China builds 3.19M 5G base stations
ISLAMABAD: China had built 3.19 million 5G base stations by the end of September (2023) in its push to propel the digital and intelligent transformation of the real economy, showed…
China builds world’s largest optical fiber, mobile comm network
BEIJING: China has now built the world's largest and technologically advanced optical fiber and mobile communications network, Industry and Information Technology Minister Jin Zhuanglong said Friday (20th of Oct, 2023).…
PAF’s Indus Shield-2023 in Full Swing
ISLAMABAD: PAF's 14 nation air exercise, Indus Shield 2023, is in full swing at an operational air base of PAF. The top-notch exercise stands out as one of the mega…
NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body…
Namira Salim, 1st Pakistani female to enter space
ORANGE COUNTY: Namira Salim became the first Pakistani (UAE resident) to enter space by means of Galactic 04 spaceflight in the morning of Friday (6th of October, 2023) as a…
Nobel Physics Prize 2023 given to 3 scientists
STOCKHOLM: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier. Prize amount of 11 million…
DART Aerospace receives new certification
MONTREAL: DART Aerospace has received a new TCCA STC certification for the external cargo Heli-Utility-Basket specifically tailored for the Bell 505 aircraft. The Bell 505 Heli-Utility-Basket is the latest in…