MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that special attention in the country’s new arms programme should be paid to the nuclear triad – land-based, sea-based and aircraft-launched weapons. Putin’s remarks, broadcast on state television, were made at a meeting of senior officials devoted to the country’s arms industry. “Undoubtedly, special attention should be […]
KARACHI: The Safe City cameras in Karachi initiated their first operation, leading to the arrest of a driver with a vehicle bearing a fake number, ARY News reported. The operation was conducted from a footage obtained within the limits of Arambagh police station. According to details, the Safe City camera system issued an alert for […]
Hyderabad: In an awful incident of cyber fraud, a retired scientist from Hyderabad became a victim of a fake court scam, compromising 13.4 million to cyber criminals. The cyber criminals pretended as Supreme Court authorities, including a fake judge, and pressured the retired scientist into transferring the amount under pretenses of legal proceedings. The victim, […]
Lawmakers asked Mark Zuckerberg whether Meta had had any influence on the GENIUS stablecoin bill and its plans to potentially issue its own digital currency. Update (June 11 at 10:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a previous statement from Meta. With the US Senate expected to vote on legislation to regulate payment stablecoins soon, two senators called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions about the company’s potential plans to introduce another stablecoin. In a Wednesday letter to Zuckerberg, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal said it was “more critical than ever that Congress and the public fully understand the extent of Meta’s plans” for stablecoins, given the size of the tech company and the expected vote on the GENIUS Act in the Senate. Read more
LAHORE: On the directives of Chief Minister Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, Pakistan’s first Virtual Blood Bank Centre has been launched, aiming at ensuring instant blood availability in emergencies. One who requires immediate blood may call Emergency Helpline 15 and press button 4 to instantly get connected with the Virtual Blood Bank Centre, where essential details are […]