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Solar-powered electric car that ‘never needs charging’ goes on sale; sells out in 24 hours
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Aptera motors, an American electric vehicles’ Startup has just launched a $26,000 solar-powered electric vehicle that supposedly never needs charging. The Paradigm and the Paradigm+,…
#YouTubeDOWN- Google services go down throughout the world
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Update: [17:35 pm (PKT)]: The YouTube app and Google Drive are working again although they seem to be slow which may be due to large traffic…
Studies suggest the next pandemic could originate in Southeast Asia
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The coronavirus ravaged the world shutting down industries all over. The world receives a global pandemic roughly once a century. With scientists rushing to find…
FBR introduces new tax corruption complaint facility for the public
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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new service on its website that allows members of the public to immediately file a complaint…
First digital currency trial in China concludes with over 20k transactions made
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China witnessed a flurry of digital currency activity over the weekend as citizens conducted roughly 20,000 transactions through e-commerce giant JD.com in a trial run…
Pakistan Post 2.0 – more than 1000 Digital Franchise Post Offices to be set up by December 30
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In a statement issued by the Ministry of Communication and Postal Services, the ministry has finalized the arrangements for the establishment of more than 1,000…
China bails out Pakistan yet again, agrees to help pay off Saudi debt
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China has reportedly swooped in to help Pakistan pay off a debt yet again, by agreeing to immediately provide $1.5 billion in financing to pay…
Cadastral land records to be digitized by Survey of Pakistan on orders of the PM Imran Khan
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The Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has instructed the Survey of Pakistan (SoP) to digitize all cadastral land records in Pakistan. Imran Khan…
Pakistan’s external public debt has grown by 6%, says new EAD report
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Pakistan’s total external public debt stood at $77.9 billion as of June 30, 2020, compared to $73.4 billion a year ago, according to a new…
Careem reduces its commission to 5% in support of the restaurant industry
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Careem, the Super App of the greater Middle East and Pakistan has announced to slash its restaurant commission fees to 5% with the second wave…
CIVIC HACKATHON 2020 CONCLUDES
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The online Civic Hackathon 2020, presented by Code for Pakistan, OPEN Islamabad, and Telenor Velocity, came to a close on Sunday. During the virtual Closing…
Pakistan aiming for 60% clean energy by 2030: PM Imran Khan tells UN summit
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday informed the United Nations’ climate change summit that Pakistan is targeting 60% clean energy by 2030 as part of…
US approves Pfizer vaccine, first immunizations to take place “in less than 24 hours”
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After slightly more than a year of COVID-19 having first announced itself to the world, we are starting to see developments in vaccine treatments, from…