Archives for October 4, 2016
Google expected to unveil new phones at San Francisco event
Alphabet Inc's Google is expected to unveil new smartphones at an event on Tuesday, the company's latest effort to sell consumers on a Google-branded device and to challenge Apple Inc…
Science of ‘exotic’ states of matter lands Nobel physics prize
STOCKHOLM: British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open…
Venus Williams crashes out of China Open
BEIJING: Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams crashed out of the first round of the China Open to Chinese wildcard Peng Shuai on Monday. World number one Angelique Kerber, meanwhile,…
Accounts freeze ruined Indian cricket board reputation: Thakur
MUMBAI: The reputation of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has been ruined by the freezing of its bank accounts, its president Anurag Thakur said on Tuesday, after a Supreme Court-appointed…
Bollywood director won’t cast Mawra Hocane in upcoming film
MUMBAI: Bollywood director Abhishek Jawkar claimed that he had dropped the idea of casting Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane, owing to rising tensions between India and Pakistan. Mawra Hocane made her…
Shawn Mendes ousts Drake for top spot on Billboard album chart
LOS ANGELES: Social media star turned singer Shawn Mendes' sophomore album debuted at the top of the weekly Billboard 200 chart on Monday, ousting Canadian R&B star Drake and holding…
Salman Khan’s dad defends him for supporting Pakistani artists
MUMBAI: Salim Khan, father of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, came to his rescue and defended his son from what he referred to as 'intense and dramatic actors on TV'. Salman…
Facing the music: Indian pilots are hacked to listen Pak patriotic songs
KARACHI: Pilots of Inidan airliners are made to listen Pakistani patriotic songs while landing on the airports near to the Line of Control in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK). According to…
Wikileaks’ Assange signals release of documents before U.S. election
BERLIN: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday the organisation would publish around one million documents related to three governments and the election before the end of the year. Assange…
Civil-military top huddle sets NAP timelines
ISLAMABAD: The top civil and military leadership met today to discuss the implementation on National Action Plan (NAP) and after threadbare discussions certain milestones and timelines were set for different…