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Airlines are now avoiding Belarusian airspace after the country’s president had a military jet intercept a passenger plane in flight to forcibly land it using a fake bomb alert in order to detain a dissident journalist. According to the details, a Ryanair flight to Lithuania was compelled to divert and land in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, due to a fake bomb alert. The police then arrested the grounded journalist, Roman Protasevich, over suspicions of his involvement in “extremism”. The European Union (EU) has decided to impose sanctions on Belarus and ban its airlines from using the airspace and airports of…

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Three airline companies have approached the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for licenses to start flights on domestic routes. This was revealed by the Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Division, Jamil Ahmed Khan during the National Assembly session on Monday. He apprised the parliament during the Question Hour that North Air has been given a license for the promotion of tourism and regional integration (passengers and cargo). ALSO READ Shahid Afridi Leaves Sana Bucha Speechless With Brutal Trolling “Currently, the company is in the process to acquire an air operating certificate (AOC) from the aviation authority,” he said. He said that the Regular…

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Pakistan’s power sector has posted growth of 6.5 percent in power generation for the ten months of the current fiscal year, a report published by brokerage and financial services firm, Arif Habib Limited, stated on Monday. On a month-over-month comparison, power generation went up by 25 percent in April 2021 compared to April 2020. This is due to lower base and higher generation of gas due to suspension of gas to captive power plants. According to the report, major contributors to this increase were Hydel (25 percent), RLNG (25 percent), Coal (23 percent), Gas (12 percent), Nuclear (10 percent), Wind…

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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Najam Sethi, questioned the current PCB salary structure and challenged them to upload the full salary details of its employees on their website. Sethi believes that the salaries during his reign were much lower. ALSO READ Shahid Afridi Leaves Sana Bucha Speechless With Brutal Trolling Sethi raised the question on Twitter, replying to a tweet by Shakil Shaikh, a former member of PCB’s Board of Governors (BoGs). Shaikh’s tweet was aimed at PCB’s decision to hire a new PCB HR Director, Serena Agha. Shaikh asked that why did PCB hire a new HR director…

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In his latest podcast, popular tipster and tech journalist Max Weinbach has revealed some interesting information regarding the upcoming Google Pixel 6 and 5a. According to Weinbach’s sources, the Whitechapel chip that will power the Pixel 6 series will not be as powerful as the Snapdragon 888 or Samsung’s Exynos 2100. Instead, it will fall somewhere between the Snapdragon 865 and 888 in terms of raw performance. For those who don’t know, Whitechapel is a 5nm process-based chip that is in the works for the upcoming generation of Pixel devices. It is internally known internally as GS101. The chipset is…

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At midday on Thursday, 27 May, the sun will pass directly over the holiest place of Islam — the Ka’abah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Ka’abah is the central part of the Grand Mosque and pinpoints the direction in which Muslims around the world face to offer their five daily prayers. Muslims will be able to determine the accurate direction of the Qibla at 02:18 PM (Pakistan Standard Time ) in less than two days, as astronomers have said that the sun will be directly over the Holy Ka’abah at the predetermined moment. ALSO READ Saudi Arabia Offers Free Extension…

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Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has been asked by the Ministry of Energy to cancel provisional licenses of 36 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), Business Recorder reported on Tuesday. The licenses are being cancelled because the OMCs failed to meet the prescribed conditions. At the moment, 66 licensed OMCs are operating in the country, with the top eight companies holding nearly 92 percent of the market share, the news report said. The 36 OMCs in concern reportedly failed to build storages after obtaining licenses, which is a requirement under the agreements. They also only traded in Iranian diesel allegedly and…

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A strange occurrence of coronavirus-related illness has been traced by a team of researchers at the University of Liverpool, UK, after scores of cases of dogs vomiting after being exposed to the virus were reported. Veterinarians across the United Kingdom have reported these occurrences to the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNet), a research entity based at the Merseyside institution. The research has been published in the highly acclaimed Emerging Infectious Diseases journal for reference. ALSO READ Sniffer Dogs Detect Infected Passenger at Peshawar Airport A total of 1,258 case questionnaires and 95 clinical samples from 71 animals were received…

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The first pitching competition of PakImpactInvest was held online on 22nd and 23rd May in which 29 startups from Ignite’s National Incubation Centers, Ignite-funded projects, and AP’s network pitched their business plans to national and international investors from North America, Europe, and Pakistan. 50 individual & institutional investors and 6 top business incubators and accelerators from 14 countries participated in the two-day event. PakImpactInvest is an initiative of Ignite – National Technology Fund and Ministry of IT & Telecom in collaboration with Accelerate Prosperity. It is a national investment platform to connect local startups and national/international investors including commercial and…

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