Photo courtesy of Facebook A woman shot a taxi driver online in the US state of Texas. According to foreign media, on June 16, the 48-year-old woman misunderstood that the driver was trying to kidnap her and take her to Mexico. According to reports, the woman got a misunderstanding after seeing the signboards on the…
RIYADH: Online shoppers in Saudi Arabia are increasingly switching from international platforms to local platforms and businesses. According to Urdu News, Saudi Arabia’s retail sector is keeping a close eye on its e-commerce market as 74 percent of online shoppers in the kingdom are expected to shift from global to local platforms. Leading global management…
Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in India to be held on July 4; Photo: File New Delhi: The Modi government, fed up with the worst failure of the G-20 meeting in Occupied Kashmir, found relief in holding the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization online. According to Indian media, Foreign Minister Jaishankar announced that the 22nd…
Photo Express Karachi: Preparations for the introduction of Pakistan’s first air taxi by a private company have entered the final stages. This facility will be introduced in Pakistan by SkyWings Aviation, the booking of which will be online. The head of the company, Imran Aslam, said that the DA 40 Diamond series model aircraft was…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has recorded an increase of more than 32 percent in online business in just a few months. According to Urdu News, the Saudi Ministry of Commerce says that during the first quarter of this year, online business in the kingdom has increased by more than 32 percent on an annual basis. The…
Notwithstanding progress in increasing enrolment rates for primary education, 16.2 per cent of children of primary school age were out of school in least developed countries (LDCs) in 2019 and almost half of children out of school worldwide are in those same countries, with girls, children with disabilities and other children in vulnerable situations disproportionately…
All criminal records will now be available online after the completion of another phase of digitization of the Ministry of Law in Belgium. Earlier this facility of viewing existing physical records was available only to lawyers in certain places. But now the criminal record along with the information of all the criminals can be viewed…
More than 4,300 people participated in the Internet for Trust Conference, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which will launch the guidelines in September. The three-day event marked the latest phase in the global dialogue to develop regulatory solutions for social media to improve the reliability of information and promote human…
I salute Chairman Nadar for supporting Reproductive Health Online Course, Shahzad Roy: Photo: Social Media Karachi: Social activist and singer Shahzad Rai says the Ministry of National Health’s online reproductive health course for pre-marital couples is a good start. Shahzad Rai said in a message on Twitter that 18 thousand 984 children are born in…
In Belarus, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a local communications company launched the #InternetWithoutBullying initiative to raise awareness on safe online behaviours among children and young people and equip them with the right tools to identify, cope with and respond to bullying. UNICEF also provides guidelines for teenagers on how everyone can make the…
