PTA officials said the move was part of ongoing efforts to combat the illegal sale of drugs online. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked four websites involved in the sale of unregistered and banned medicines, officials said on Wednesday. The step was taken following a request from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan […]
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The meeting also decided to establish common windows and introduce a unified single-point monitoring system. ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to install modern machines at airports to improve the screening process and make it easier for passengers to operate through a one-stop shop. The decision was taken on Wednesday at a special meeting chaired by
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Input Output, the private engineering firm that built and continues to develop the Cardano blockchain, is seeking about half of the funding it requested last year from the project’s community treasury. The company on Tuesday submitted nine proposals totaling $46.8 million for 2026, up from $97.5 million in 2025. Several of the proposals focus on
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Cynthia Kaiser, a former deputy in the FBI’s cyber division, is urging the Justice Department to charge hospital ransomware attackers with felony murder in cases of patient deaths. Research from the University of Minnesota linked at least 47 deaths to ransomware between 2016 and 2021; attacks on healthcare nearly doubled from 238 in 2024 to
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a Senate Appropriations, Financial Services, and General Government Subcommittee hearing on President Trump’s FY 2027 budget request for the Department of the Treasury, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, United States, April 22, 2026. WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a number of allies in
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Iranian envoy meets PM as fate of talks hangs in the balance, meeting comes at critical time Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Reza Amiri Moghadam during a meeting in Islamabad. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday stepped up its behind-the-scenes and overt diplomatic efforts to revive the stalled
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Russian State Duma proposes creating a list of approved VPNs The move comes as the Kremlin seeks to “reduce VPN use” MP also suggests targeted ‘smart’ internet slowdowns The Russian government is considering creating a list of approved VPN services, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. On Wednesday, the agency reported on a letter
Bitcoin BTC$77,873.31 fell slightly after briefly approaching the $80,000 mark on Tuesday. At the time of writing, it was trading at $77,794, still up 0.4% over the past 24 hours, after hitting a high of $79,388 before gradually falling during the overnight session. The 24-hour low of $77,464 was set on Thursday morning, meaning the
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Refresh 2026-04-22T20:37:44.605Z Even though that’s it for the live keynotes, we’re still on the ground, jumping between sessions and chatting with Google executives to get all the latest details on this year’s long list of announcements. 2026-04-22T17:39:16.229Z Next, we head to a breakout session to learn what’s new from Gemini, Google DeepMind 2026-04-22T17:34:09.243Z Additionally, Rapid
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Finn Wolfhard under fire again after re-enacting Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s VMAs music video Finn Wolfhard sparked backlash again after his recent controversial clip quoting Kanye West from the 2009 VMAs went viral, which ended up becoming the origin of his drama with Taylor Swift. The 23-year-old Canadian singer and actor took to social
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