The Commission’s proposals would allow people to store up to €3,000 digital euros in secure wallets and use them for both offline and online payments. With more and more people using digital tools for their daily transactions, the European Commission on Wednesday presented a proposal to initiate a digital euro. Digital currencies have been surging […]
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A terrorist commander was among three killed in an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in the general area Inayat Qilla of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the army’s media wing said on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted the IBO on the reported presence of terrorists. It added that an […]
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Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. Video circulating on social media shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car, before a gunshot is heard. The car then crashes to a stop. […]
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WASHINGTON: Over $200 billion from the US government’s COVID-19 relief programs were potentially stolen, a federal watchdog said on Tuesday, adding that the US Small Business Administration (SBA) had weakened its controls in a rush to disburse the funds. At least 17% of all funds related to the government’s coronavirus Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday visited the revered shrine of Hazratbal in Srinagar and called for revival of ‘shrine tourism in Kashmir.” He said that Eid-ul-Adha is a festival of peace and harmony. Reviewing the preparations and facilities at the shrine that houses the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he […]
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More than 6,500 people have been arrested following the 2020 dismantling of EncroChat, an encrypted communications tool used by organised crime, Europol said on Tuesday. Close to 200 of the arrests were “high-value targets”, said the organisation that assists EU members in international investigations, adding that nearly 900 million euros ($983 million) of criminal funds […]
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday called for televised hearings in civil courts of the 102 party supporters who are due to be tried in military courts. Addressing supporters via a streamed address, former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan said some statements and allegations made during the news conference by the military’s media wing, […]
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Andleb-i-Firdous, also known as ‘ZOON’, is a non-profit youth organisation, whose seeds were sown by Seher Mir in October 2021. Seher Mir, an 18-year-old from Pampore in Pulwama, started a campaign creating awareness about two taboo subjects, mental health and menstruation. Her resolve had a domino effect and what started out as the brainchild of […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited Ukrainian forces fighting on the front line that runs through the eastern Donetsk region and the south of the country, decorating troops on a day in which he said his forces had “advanced in all directions”. In an upbeat message to his nation after visiting the front lines, Zelenskyy […]
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday made his fourth contact with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva in six days as the cash-strapped nation scrambles to revive a stalled bailout programme. Rating agencies and economists fear that the $350 billion economy could default on its foreign debt obligations if it fails to secure […]
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