Published by Global Voices Logo of a few Indian online news platforms/ portals. Screenshot from a YouTube video by Global Boundary. Fair use. On June 27, Indian journalist and co-founder of fact-checking website AltNews, Mohammed Zubair, was arrested by Indian police over…
Published by Al-Araby Australia’s emergency services ordered thousands of people in Sydney to evacuate on Monday as overflowing rivers swamped swathes of land and the city’s largest dam spilled torrents of water. On the third day of torrential rains on the east…
UAE-based financial technology start-up and digital banking app YAP has raised $41 million as it seeks to expand into new markets and enhance its technology offerings.The funding round was led by Saudi Arabia-based investment company Aljazira Capital. …
Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 55.29 percent during the fiscal year 2021-22, and reached $48.259 billion compared to $31.076 billion during the same period of 2020-21, revealed the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data released on Monday.Accord…
A few commercial banks have increased the per transaction fee from Rs. 18.50 to Rs. 23.44 for cash withdrawals at automated teller machines (ATMs) from banks other than the account’s host bank.Some banks have even started charging their customers for t…
The Punjab University has announced 7 holidays for the employees as well the students attending summer courses at all of its teaching departments, institutes, centers, schools, and constituent colleges on the occasion of Eid-ul-AzhaAccording to the off…
The China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has successfully completed a seven-day reliability test run of the 1,263 MW Thermal Power Plant Unit-1 in district Jhang, Punjab.A spokesperson for the corporation said that Gas Turbine 1’s (GT-1) comm…
A tourist reportedly lost his life after falling off the Hussaini Bridge in Gojal, Upper Hunza, today.The tourist had fallen off the suspension bridge and his body was recovered later by Rescue 1122.It added that the bridge has been sealed by the distr…
