In order to reach out to more users and grow follower bases, Twitter is testing a subscription plan that automatically promotes tweets. This will particularly help the struggling companies/ small businesses to increase their advertising revenue. The plan is called “private beta program” and is available for $99 a month.[Read More…]
Pakistan Muslim League (PM-L) senior leader and former petroleum minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will run the PML-N government as interim prime minister of Pakistan until Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz is elected as member of parliament, Pakistan media reported. “Abbasi would serve as the chief executive of Pakistan for 45 days.[Read More…]
A Pakistani photographer, Rida Shah has highlighted the ‘darker side’ of forced marriage in a new photo series, aimed at educating people to eradicate the social evil. Shah is a self-taught concept based photo-manipulation artist from Islamabad. She has unveiled the ‘darker truth of society’ through her work. “In this[Read More…]
Amid increasing incidents of lynching and killing in the name of cow protection, a UN report reveals that India is the world’s third largest exporter of beef accounting for 16% of the global exports. A report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation has[Read More…]
After Nawaz Sharif quit office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, speculations are on to as to who will be his successor. “He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so he has ceased to be holding the office of Prime Minister,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the courtroom[Read More…]
After Pakistan Supreme Court disqualified, Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister, Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan on Friday has said that “if the judiciary wants, the powerful can be held accountable. The PTI chief was addressing the media after the ground-breaking verdict. He also said that today the foundation of[Read More…]
Soon after the Pakistan Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, who was named in the Panama Papers investigation, has been disqualified from holding office, Indians on Twitter started questioning when the bigwig here named in the panama paper case will get convicted. Besides, #panamapaper is also trending after[Read More…]
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday ruled out that Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, who was named in the Panama Papers investigation, has been disqualified from holding office. He quit the office as the prime minister of the country. The apex court has also ordered a case against the prime minister[Read More…]
Amidst dramatic confusion, Jeff Bezos’s coveted title of being the richest man in the world was quite short-lived as Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed the top position once again on Thursday. Jeff Bezos’s coveted title of being the richest man in the world was quite short-lived as Microsoft founder Bill Gates[Read More…]
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been an active user on Twitter and helps people tweeting about any problems under her jurisdiction on international affairs. On Thursday, a Pakistani woman, Hijaab Asif, praised Swaraj after the latter directed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue Asif a visa for[Read More…]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he will not allow any transgender people to join the military, saying that it is not easy to bear the “tremendous medical costs and disruption” they cause. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with[Read More…]
The United State is becoming an increasingly Muslim-unfriendly country, a survey released by the Pew Research Center revealed. The survey presented that nearly three-quarters of Muslims interviewed said that there was “a lot of discrimination against Muslims in the US.” Nearly two-thirds of them also said they were unsatisfied about[Read More…]
Tesla Motors CEO and billionaire business icon, Elon Musk on Tuesday said Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg’s knowledge of artificial intelligence (Al) is limited. “I’ve talked to Mark (Zuckerberg) about this. His understanding of the subject is limited,” Musk said on micro-blogging site Twitter where he is extremely active and often[Read More…]
Microsoft has confirmed on Tuesday that it will continue to offer its graphic program paint. Earlier in the week, it was announced that Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed in new windows 10 update. Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of[Read More…]
Microsoft has finally decided to kill off its legendary Paint program after more than three decades. The software giant announced it will drop support for the popular drawing app in its upcoming Windows 10 update. Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn (or Fall in the US) Creators Update, will bring[Read More…]
A latest data compiled by the US State Department has pointed out that India has witnessed the third highest number of terrorist attacks in 2016. The country has witnessed terror attack even more than Pakistan, which has slipped to the fourth spot. While Iraq, with 2,965 terrorist attacks ranked first[Read More…]
While emojis are taking over communication, archaeologists have discovered what may be the world’s oldest emoji – a smiley face painted on a 3,700-year-old piece of pottery. According to Hindustan Times reports, In Turkey, near the Syrian border, during an excavation at an ancient city archaeologists found the ancient pitcher[Read More…]
Actor, director, writer – Kent Moran – who is best known for his work in the film ‘Listen to Your Heart’ and ‘The Challenger,’ has many feats in his bucket, but he still thinks he has a long way to go. Always inclined towards creativity, Moran has been acting since[Read More…]
Akie Abe, the first lady of Japan and wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has spoken English many times in public, fluently, with only the slightest accent. However, last week at the G20 summit in Germany, when the opera performance ended, Trump says she was seated next to him for dinner[Read More…]
World Emoji Day was celebrated on 17 July. On the occasion, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, posted a graphic on Facebook, depicting the largest number of emojis used worldwide and the countries where they are mostly used. Countries like USA, UK, France, Indonesia and Thailand were depicted in the graphic, but[Read More…]
The popular taxi app in Pakistan has launched a unique plan under which, it is offering passengers the chance to share ride with a marriage matchmaker. Careem, an Uber-like taxi hailing app, popular in Muslim countries, will have ‘Rishta Aunty’ accompanying passengers during their ride. ‘Rishta aunties,’ as marriage matchmakers,[Read More…]
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had shut down the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. The reason is working with international partners to knock offline the site accused of allowing a global trade in drugs, firearms, computer hacking tools and other illicit goods. The authorities said that this law[Read More…]
Malaysia has banned popular track ‘Despacito‘ from state radio and TV channels just after the runaway hit became the most streamed song of all time. Officials at state-owned broadcaster RTM stopped playing the song after receiving complaints from the public about the lyrics “not being suitable.” “The song was filled[Read More…]
The United States has congratulated president-elect Ram Nath Kovind on his electoral victory. It also said it looks forward to working with him on regional and international issues. Kovind, a low-key lawyer-turned-politician, was chosen as India’s 14th President on Thursday. He is the first BJP member and the second Dalit[Read More…]
Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide by hanging himself. The famed singer was found dead in Los Angeles, on Thursday. He was 41. Chester’s body was found before 9 am in the morning. The case is being probed as a suicide but no confirmations have been made[Read More…]