LONDON: Air traffic control technical issue (now resolved) had disrupted outbound flights from several UK airports Wednesday (30th July, 2025). According to Gatwick Airport, inbound flights were still landing during the disruption. British National Air Traffic Services (NATS) informed that an air traffic control centre (200,000 square miles of airspace) experienced a technical issue. After […]
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WHITE HOUSE: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (30th July, 2025) that from 1st of August US will impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from India that purchases weapons and oil from Russia. Taking to the Social Media Donald Trump stated: “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively […]
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MOSCOW: Following a 8.8 magnitude earthquake tsunami waves have lashed Japan, Russia and USA Wednesday (30th July, 2025). According to reports shallow earthquake damaged batiments and wounded number of citoyens in (far east) Russia, that has now lifted the warning. Coastal inhabitants of Hawaii have been ordered to get to high ground. It has now […]
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has kept the policy rate at 11% on Wednesday (30th July, 2025). SBP had kept the rate unchanged on 16th day of June too. It is pertinent to mention here that in June 2024 the policy rate was 22% which was slashed in seven intervals. Earlier, various trade & industry […]
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NEW DELHI: According to Directorate General of Civil Aviation report, Tata Group-owned Air India (that operates 34 Boeing 787s and 23 Boeing 777s), is facing warning notices for a number of SOPs’ violations. Air India has been warned for not adhering to the crew fatigue management SOPs, forging records, not replacing engine parts in time […]
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LONDON: According to PM Keir Starmer, UK will recognise Palestinian state if Israel fails to take substantial steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza and to reach ceasefire. While talking to journalists following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (29th July, 2025), Starmer maintained: “I have always said that we will recognise a Palestinian state […]
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UNITED NATIONS: Aid agencies, maintaining that Palestinian territory is on the brink of a full-scale famine, have asked donors to flood the Strip with food aid ASAP. Executive Director of WFP Cindy McCain, in a joint statement with UNICEF and FAO has stated: “We need to flood Gaza with large-scale food aid, immediately and without […]
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KARACHI: Senior State Department Official Elizabeth Horst visited Karachi 25-26 July to strengthen economic ties and explore opportunities for deeper trade and investment partnerships between the United States and Pakistan. During her visit, Ms. Horst and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah discussed mutual economic priorities in a meeting here at CM House.Their conversation focused […]
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KARACHI: Faisal Moiz Khan, President of the North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI), has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to announce a reduction of at least 2 to 3 percent in the policy interest rate during its upcoming Monetary Policy Committee meeting scheduled for 30th July. He emphasized that the policy rate […]
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MADRID: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has informed that Spanish military will airdrop 12 tons of food into Gaza this week. PM noted that stopping the starvation in Gaza was a moral, political and humanitarian imperative. He told that: “The government is already preparing a shipment of food for the Strip. But the only true solution […]
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