Category: World

Lahore (NUT-DESK) The World Health Organization (WHO) have announced it was looking for the greatest scientific minds to advise on investigations into new high-threat pathogens that jump from animals to humans and could spark the next pandemic. Launching a request for applications, it said that its Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens…

Lahore (NUT-DESK) Angelina Jolie strongly condemned the United States for its “betrayal and failure” in Afghanistan as Taliban regained control. Writing for Time, the 46-year-old actress and humanitarian worried for the people of Afghanistan after America “lacked the will” to plan this transition in a managed way. The recipient of numerous accolades said she is…

Lahore (NUT-DESK) American blogger Cynthia Ritchie is feeling better, said doctors, a day after she was admitted to a hospital unconscious. Hospital authorities confirmed the US citizen is still undergoing treatment at the Polyclinic hospital in Islamabad, adding that she is feeling better now. The American vlogger will be discharged from the hospital and sent home…

Lahore (NUT-DESK) Facebook has announced to block the WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban after the radical Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan and sought to use the messaging service to help it govern. “The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our…

(Lahore NUT-DESK) The Roshan Digital Account (RDA) programme has crossed a major milestone and hit the $2 billion mark as overseas Pakistanis continued to pose trust in the central bank’s initiative that was launched in September last year. Economist circles are sharing that overseas Pakistanis invested a record $2 billion in various products offered by…

Lahore (NUt-DESK) Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been released from a South Korean prison and is now on parole. He served 207 days in jail – just over half the sentence he received after being convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January. The case involved the country’s former President Park Guen-hye, who is also in…

Dubai (NUT-DESK) “Pakistan The Hidden Treasure” Expo 2020 Campaign was launched on Pakistan independence day with an impressive performance, as the Pakistan flag unveiling happened on Burj Khalifa. While crowd gathered at the fountain area of Burj Khalifa in the evening to see the Pakistan flag, and after the national anthem, they were surprised to…

Lahore (Nut-Desk) Google has commemorated Pakistan’s Independence Day with a doodle artwork that depicted the medieval Derawar Fort located in Punjab’s Cholistan Desert. The tech giant said, “Seventy-four years ago today, Pakistan achieved independence. Today’s Doodle celebrates Pakistan Independence Day, a public holiday commemorating the day on which the nation became a sovereign republic. “Pakistanis…

Lahore (NUT-Desk) England will tour Pakistan for two-match T20I series ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in October, PCB announced Friday. Both matches will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 13th and 14th October. The Eoin Morgan-led unit will arrive in Islamabad on October 9 and while the…