Poster designing competition held
RAWALPINDI: A poster designing competition was held under the auspices of Population Welfare department to celebrate World Population Day...
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ArchiveUnderworld Wide Web: Moscow to launch free WiFi in cemeteries
MOSCOW: Residents in Moscow already enjoy free wireless Internet in cafes and on the metro system but now authorities in the city have also decided to bring WiFi to a more unusual setting — some of its most storied cemeteries...
The free services are set to start working next year for visitors of the Vagankovo, Troyekurovo and Novodevichy cemeteries, where the likes of author Anton Chekov, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and the first... -
ArchiveSpider-man — adventures of the web-slinger
His story has been filmed on countless occasions, while comics and cartoons featuring Spider-Man have fascinated children and grownups alike; but do you know the real Spider-Man? Do you know why he became righteous and champions for justice? Simon Hugo’s Spider-Man – Adventures of the Web-Slinger brings to you the past, present and even the future of our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man...
Know your friendly neighbourhood...
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ArchiveBooming China film industry mines Web for oddball talent
The videos got lots of views so Yi, formerly a civil engineer, graduated to a web-only comedy series about a young loser’s misadventures based on classic Chinese stories...
Now, billionaires and companies in industries from mining to tourism are jumping into the booming and glamorous film business whose pace of growth is stunning even by China’s standards...
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MagazinesREVIEW: Sociological web: The Upstairs Wife by Rafia Zakaria
AS her memoir-cum-history book demonstrates, respected Pakistani columnist Rafia Zakaria possesses a decided gift with words...
Based on the sad story of her aunt, Amina, the book chronicles the manner in which Amina attempts to cope with her husband Sohail’s second marriage -
ArchiveInventor of World Wide Web wins computing’s ‘Nobel Prize’
But they might not be doing any of those things had he not invented the World Wide Web...
“But I think the award is for the Web as a project, and the massive international collaborative spirit of all that have joined me to help...
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ArchiveUS, European police shut down ‘dark web’ markets
WASHINGTON: US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge “dark web” marketplaces that allowed the anonymous online trade of drugs, hacking software and guns...
We will find you, dismantle your organisation and network, and we will prosecute you,” Sessions said in a warning to dark web entrepreneurs...
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ArchiveBangladesh stars’ secret marriage sparks web sensation
DHAKA: One of Bangladesh’s biggest film stars caused an internet sensation on Tuesday when she revealed she had wed her on-screen lover, but kept the marriage secret for nine years to protect his career...
Apu Biswas told a Bangladesh TV station she had a seven-month-old child with Shakib Khan, whom she had married in secret in 2008, and was only going public now because of his neglect -
PakistanOffice of Christian web TV gutted in mysterious fire
KARACHI: The office of a web television channel representing the Christian community was destroyed in a mysterious fire in Karachi, officials said on Wednesday...
O) Sarwar Commando, the blaze erupted in the two-room office of ‘Gawahi’ (web TV) in Akhter Colony area of the city on Monday night...
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ArchiveWeb of deceit
Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco’s latest novel Numero Zero is a mystery novel about media politics, conspiracies, and murder...
When you think of an Umberto Eco, you think of conspiracy theorists engaged in extended conversations with some philosophy and meta-fiction thrown in -
WorldWhat's driving China's latest web boom?
What is "online-to-offline"?Connecting web users to real-world goods and services...
While the term is more common in China, this is effectively what some of the world's most valuable private tech companies do: think Uber with taxis or Airbnb in home rentals...
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BusinessGmail to roll out new security measures for web, mobile users
A post on Google's official blog said that if web or Android cellphone users receive a message that can't be authenticated with either Sender Policy Framework or DKIM, a question mark will be shown in place of the senders profile photo, corporate logo or avatar...
Web users who receive messages with links to dangerous websites known for phishing, malware and unwanted software will be given warnings when they click on the links...
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ArchiveKhattak launches web TV
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak launched the web television of the province here on Tuesday...
The web TV would broadcast programmes on news, current affairs, culture, tourism, entertainment and interviews of public figures...
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ArchiveThe spider’s web: Child trafficking in Karachi
Had their saviours been two hours late, the girls would have been lost in the web of child trafficking...
During the course of investigations for this story as well as conversations with senior police and FIA officials, it emerged that some gangs operating on a local scale are based in four cities: Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Rahim Yar Khan and Quetta...
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WorldIslamic State weaves web of support in Gulf Arab states
KUWAIT: When a Saudi Arabian man flew to Kuwait in the early hours of Friday to carry out the country's worst militant attack, a bomb vest, Kuwaiti-style Arab robes, a place to prepare, and a car and driver to take him to his target were all lined up for him...
The vest had been ferried across from Saudi Arabia a few days before in a complex operation suggesting Islamic State now commands a capable network of militants, propagandists and...
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