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OpenWav has launched a new app, which positions itself as an artist-centric platform that aims to give musicians greater control over their careers. Rather than relying on traditional streaming services and intermediaries, the app offers a direct-to-fan model where artists can release music, sell merchandise, host pop-ups, organise listening parties, and build communities in one … Read more
GURDASPUR: The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock — the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India’s breadbasket. In Punjab, often dubbed the country’s granary, the damage is unprecedented: floods have swallowed farmlands almost the size of London and … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has called an urgent meeting to swiftly address the challenges being faced by the oil industry, which has halted work on $6 billion worth of refinery upgrade projects. The refineries and oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been facing losses for months due to sales tax exemption. It … Read more
British authorities have ramped up the use of facial recognition, artificial intelligence and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach.
Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old British girl, disappeared in Portugal, the man considered a suspect by Britain and Germany is being released after serving a sentence in a separate case.
[Three times as many people in cities and towns died from severe heat as would have done in a world without human-caused warming, scientists said.
[ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday formally inaugurated Mashreq Digital Retail Bank; a significant step towards transforming Pakistan’s banking landscape into a modern, paperless and digital financial ecosystem. Speaking at the launching ceremony, the prime minister congratulated Mashreq Bank Chairman Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair for bringing the UAE-based digital banking platform to … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Cinema legend Robert Redford, the tousled-haired heartthrob whose career spanned six decades and who left an indelible mark as both actor and director, died early Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. He was 89. Redford passed away in his sleep at his Sundance residence in the Utah mountains, surrounded by family, according … Read more
QUETTA: Two police personnel were martyred and several others injured after terrorists attacked headquarters police station in Shirani district of Balochistan. According to sources, the attack was carried out late Tuesday night, with terrorists using heavy weapons during the assault. Upon receiving information, a large contingent of security forces rushed to the site to take … Read more
[ KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) concluded the initial public offering (IPO) on September 3, attracting 2.2 times more bids than its target of Rs2 billion to meet its operational and working capital requirements. “The IPO was oversubscribed by 2.2 times,” Moonis Alvi, the KE CEO, said. KE Retail Sukuk saw participation from over 600 retail applicants … Read more
