Pakistani Pilot Sisters Create History; Become First Pair To Fly a...
August 31, 2016
Two sisters working as pilots for Pakistani national flag carrier PIA have become the first such pair to fly concurrently the Boeing 777 aircraft, the airlines said today.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman Danyal Gilani said that Maryam Masood and Erum Masood have been flying different planes but finally ended up in the same plane.
Petrol price hiked by Rs 3.38 per litre, diesel by Rs...
August 31, 2016
New Delhi: Petrol price was on Wednesday hiked by a steep Rs3.38 per litre and diesel by Rs2.67 a litre, reversing a two-month declining trend.
Scoot to start Jaipur-Singapore flight with ‘Kamascootra’ plane
August 31, 2016
New Delhi: Singapore’s no-frills airline Scoot will launch flight from Jaipur to the city state with a plane—called ‘Kamascootra’—from 2 October as it expands services from the country.
Dropbox says hacked accounts were not improperly accessed
August 31, 2016
Millions of Dropbox accounts were hacked in 2012, but the confirmation that such an enormous data breach occurred has surfaced only recently. So while the hack is already 4 years old, Dropbox still grabbed the opportunity to address the issue and reassure its users that affected emails were never put at risk.
Pakistan to acquire eight attack submarines from China
August 31, 2016
Pakistan will acquire at least eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines from China by 2028 in a nearly US $5 billion agreement, said to be the biggest arms export deal for the Communist giant.
Cricket: England hit world record one-day total of 444/3 against Pakistan
August 30, 2016
Brief Scorecard: England 444 for 3 (Hales 171, Buttler 90*, Root 85, Morgan 57*) beat Pakistan 275 (Sharjeel 58, Amir 58, Woakes 4-41) by 169 runs
Parrikar hits out at Pak, says ‘small percentage’ holding majority to...
August 30, 2016
Virginia [US]: Launching a veiled attack at Pakistan for the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that a "small percentage" of population is holding the "majority at ransom" in the Valley.
Women, Girls Spend 200 Million Hours Collecting Water: UNICEF
August 30, 2016
United Nations: Women and girls across the world collectively spend about 200 million hours every day collecting water which is a "colossal waste" of their valuable time, the UN children's agency has said of the activity which is a daily routine for millions of girls in India.
When US secretary of state Kerry got ‘stuck’ in Delhi traffic...
August 29, 2016
NEW DELHI – US secretary of state John Kerry arrived in New Delhi on a wet Monday evening and there were reports that his cavalcade got stuck in a traffic jam on a road from the IGI airport to the city.
Please Call Us Bengal And Bangla Now, Says Mamata Banerjee
August 29, 2016
Kolkata: West Bengal will become "Bengal" in English, "Bangla" in Bengali and "Bangal" in Hindi, if the centre accepts the state's proposal. The renaming was endorsed by the assembly today but the opposition Left, Congress and BJP walked out in protest.
