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Islamabad: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, addressed the central Martyrs' Day ceremony at the Air Headquarters, emphasizing the significance of Pakistan Air Force's triumph in Marka-e-Haq, Bunyanum-Marsoos as a testamen...
Read More »Jeddah: Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Houthis, which the group describes as an effort to pressure Israel to end its genocidal war on Gaza. However, the Houthis have denied attacking the lines in the past. It blamed failures affecting the SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
According to TRTworld.com, the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable is run by Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate, while the India-Middle East-Western Europe cable is run by another consortium overseen by Alcatel-Lucent. ...
Read More »PM Calls for Ensuring Uninterrupted Supply of Petroleum Products Amid Floods
Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed special vigilance to ensure the transportation of petroleum products without any interruption in view of the flood situation in different parts of the country. He was speaking with Minister for Petr...
Read More »Jacob Bethell’s Breakthrough Century Sparks Ashes Speculation
London: Jacob Bethell, the young and promising cricket talent, has finally achieved a significant milestone in his career by scoring his first professional century. This achievement came during the third one-day international against South Africa, add...
Read More »Interior Minister Takes Notice of Mobile SIMs Data Leakage
Islamabad: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has taken immediate notice of the news regarding the leakage of mobile SIMs data. Following the Interior Minister's directives, the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency has constituted a special investig...
Read More »Jeddah: Microsoft’s Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says. Users of Azure, one of the world’s leading cloud computing platforms, would experience delays due to problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East, the company noted.
According to BBC, Microsoft did not clarify the cause of the damage to the undersea cables, but mentioned that it had managed to reroute traffic through alternative paths. It emphasized that traffic "that does not traverse through the Middle East is n...
Read More »NDMA Warns of Urban Flooding in Sindh, Balochistan & South Punjab
Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a warning of urban flooding in various parts of Sindh, Balochistan, and Southern Punjab, along with the risk of rising water levels in the Kirthar and Sulaiman ranges. Accordin...
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