TECNO Mobiles’ upgraded series Spark 5 Pro is soon going to be launched in Pakistan. As per recent reports, the upcoming Spark 5 is going to be equipped with Five Cameras on the phone.
The device is expected to be available at the most affordable price designed to enhance your photography and videography experience. Its other highlighting features include 5000mAh long-lasting battery, 6.6 inches HD Display rigged with the world-class AI Technology setup.
Upcoming Spark 5 is the descendant of TECNO’s most-selling Spark series. The last addition in this series was Spark 4 launched in 2019. Its key selling point was also its durable battery, large screen, and upgraded gaming and photography features.
Spark series is specially designed to be used by the new generation of users due to its catchy apparel and interesting features. What makes Spark 5 unique is its quintet set of cameras which would provide the users with crisp, vibrant, and detailed pictures without the hassle of adjusting ..
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Visa Foundation Provides $200,000 Grant to Akhuwat for COVID-19 Relief
Visa Foundation has granted an amount of $200,000 to Akhuwat to support its COVID-19 Relief Program and provide meals and rations bags to the most affected families.
This grant is part of the Visa Foundation’s previously announced $210 million global commitment, with $10 million in COVID-19 relief focused on the emergency needs that was announced last week for organizations worldwide and another $200 million to address longer-term needs of the small and micro businesses over the next five years.
The Visa Foundation announced its approval of $8.8 million of its $10 million in COVID-19 relief grants last week for organizations supporting the frontline response to the global pandemic and providing critical services for vulnerable households such as public health and food relief.
In Pakistan, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic activity lockdown have placed an immense strain on local communities causing food insecurity and increasing poverty. The grant to Akhuwat ai..
“Chicken Neck” is Why India and China are on the Brink of War
By Ahmed Bilal Manzoor
In most cases, The Chicken’s Neck is the most neglected or less desired part for most of the people as they prefer the meatier parts. However, from the perspective of two major giants of Asia – the term is referred to as the Siliguri corridor (a.k.a The Chicken Neck) – a narrow passage to India’s eight northeastern states.
If you have a look at India’s map, it looks similar to a chicken with its head being in the northeast and the neck artery crossing through the Siliguri corridor. India’s northeastern states are connected with the mainland by this narrow strip, which is about 200km long and just 60km wide.
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The corridor is of utmost significance for trade, tourism, and the most important Defence. The corridor is just 17km wide at its narrowest and if an offensive is launched by China, it may lead to the isolation of critical military formations, supplies, and reinforcement cut-offs ..
Not Wearing a Face Mask in Pakistan Can Now Lead to Warnings, Fines or Jail
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country, the Federal government has decided to make facemasks compulsory for all citizens in crowded places as a part of measures taken to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza, announced the decree in a media briefing held over the weekend.
Everyone in a crowded public place, mosque, bazaar, shopping mall, and public transport must wear a facemask to limit the spread of Coronavirus.
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Dr. Mirza added that the general public must wear surgical or medical masks. Even a home-made cloth mask would suffice.
Dr. Mirza has requested citizens not to wear N-95 masks since it is a mask specially designed only for health care workers working in high risk and high contamination areas.
Islamabad In line with the announcement made by SAPM, Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Muhammed Hamza Shafqaat, has made weari..
Xiaomi Launches a Cheap All-in-One Wireless Portable Printer
Xiaomi’s latest arrival to its long list of appliances and gadgets is a handy all-in-one printer that starts at only $70.
The new Mi Inkjet all-in-one wireless printer features Xiaomi’s traditional minimalistic design and comes with three main modes of operation including copying, scanning, and printing. Although it is marketed as a wireless printer, it can also work in wired mode as well.
It has a small visual panel at the top that indicates settings, status, and also lets you know that drivers will be automatically installed onto the computer when first connected.
The printer’s maximum capacity with a full ink cartridge is 480 pages in black and white and 150 pages in full color. Xiaomi says that the ink used in this printer is high quality and has no odor. As for replacement cartridges, the standard black and white and color cartridges are priced at $9.6.
The other two modes, scanning, and copying, also have support for both black and white and color output. The scanned files c..
KP Reportedly Shuts Down Pink Bus Service
The Pink Bus Service started to facilitate women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has been shut down, media reports claimed.
The KP government had taken the initiative for commuters in Mardan and Abbottabad districts in 2018. The Japanese government donated 14 pink buses for the cause in early 2018 – seven buses for each district.
KP government had intentions to gradually expand this project to other cities of the province. However, the lack of interest from female commuters has forced the provincial government to shut down the project.
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According to sources, the private contractor of the project stopped operating the service earlier this year. The government issued re-tenders five times but no contractor agreed to operate the service due to lack of profit.
The last tender was issued on April 4 last year for Mardan and on May 1 for Abbottabad. The provincial government built 15 bus stops in Abbottabad and more than a dozen..
Facebook Algorithms Promote Extremists & Make You Addicted to Social Media: Report
Facebook has struggled to control extremist and violent content on its platform since its inception. The social network giant found itself involved in controversy time and time again following the unfortunate events in Myanmar, New Zealand, and many others.
A new report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that Facebook’s top executives were aware of the platform promoting extremist groups, but chose not to take any action against it. One of the company’s internal presentations from 2018 showed how Facebook’s algorithms aggravated extremist content in some cases.
One of the slides from the presentation said that these algorithms are capable of feeding Facebook users divisive content if left unchecked. It said:
Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness. If left unchecked, Facebook would feed users more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention & increase time on the platform.
In another statement, Facebook claimed that they had learned ..
Mitron, The App Going Viral in India is Actually Made in Pakistan
The words can be devastating. Imagine yourself being a zealous Indian citizen, feverishly downloading and using the ‘Indian’ clone of TikTok as the government pushes its ‘made in India’ campaign, and suddenly finding out the app is not made in India after all, but your worst enemy Pakistan.
It seems like the sun will be downing on the Indian app Mitron before it could fully dawn, with its publisher confessing that the app is nothing but a hasty repackage of the Pakistani TikTok clone called ‘TicTic’.
Mitron amassed over 5 million users in just a month. But why would someone use a shabby clone of a perfect original app?
The reason is twofold: first, Mitron carried the ‘Indian-origin’ tag; second, Indian netizens have lately begun to boycott TikTok for some recent controversies bringing down its rating on Google’s Play Store from 4.6 stars to 2.
Sadly for Indians, Mitron turned out to be of Pakistani origin with ShopKiller, Mitron’s publisher, purchasing TicTic’s source code and hast..
PIA Allowed to Run Direct Flights to USA
After receiving a go-ahead from the United States, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has operated a direct flight between Pakistan and the USA. PIA flight PK-8711 departed for New Jersey from Islamabad, carrying 207 passengers.
PIA Spokesperson, Abdullah Hafeez, said in a statement that this was the first time a Pakistani aircraft operated a direct flight to this destination.
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PIA flight PK-8711 carrying more than 200 passengers departed for New Jersey. PIA sought permission to operate direct flights to USA. If permission to operate direct flights is granted on a permanent basis, PIA intends to resume direct flights to America.
Since 9/11, the US had banned all direct flights from various countries including Pakistan due to security reasons.
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Sindh Govt Will Not Allow Any Exams This Year for Students of Class 1 to 12
Sindh government has decided to promote all students from class one to class 12 without taking exams, including those who failed in all subjects. Provincial education minister, Saeed Ghani, stated this in a press conference on Sunday.
He said that the decision was made during the steering committee’s meeting which decided to promote all students, even those who failed in more than 40 percent of subjects by awarding them passing marks.
No special examinations for improvement or failed students (of SSC and HSSC) will be conducted this year, he said, adding that students who want to improve their subjects will be given the opportunity next year.
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