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Pakistan has achieved nearly all of its objectives in the recent military operation against Afghanistan, according to Rana Sanaullah, special assistant to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Thursday. Islamabad launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq last week in response to attacks by the Afghan Taliban forces on more than 50 locations along the over 2,600-kilometer border between…

Lab-grown diamonds feel like a modern miracle! Stones that look just like the real thing, but without the astronomical price tag. And the story behind them is surprisingly long. Humans have been fascinated with replicating diamonds for centuries, ever since Antoine Lavoisier identified them as pure carbon in the 18th century. From early experiments in…

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reiterated that it’s in a comfortable position with regards to energy supply, amid the Middle East tensions.Country’s energy situation is being reviewed twice a day and remains in a comfortable position on energy security despite the escalating tensions in West Asia, government sources, cited by ANI, said.Officials maintained that there…

Fragments of Iranian weapons, shattered in flight or rendered useless by electronic disruption, have been falling from the skies across the Middle East. Behind many of these failures is a network of advanced technology developed in the US, including heat-tracking satellites, cyber warfare tools and cutting-edge laser systems designed to neutralise aerial threats.Military observers believe…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly seeking to reopen talks with the US Department of War after negotiations over access to the company’s AI models broke down last week. The development comes days after Amodei criticised OpenAI’s defence deal and called CEO Sam Altman’s messaging “straight up lies” in an internal memo to employees.A report…

A second Iranian warship is heading towards Sri Lanka on Thursday, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean.Sri Lanka’s media minister, Nalinda Jayatissa, told parliament that the vessel was just outside the island nation’s territorial waters but did not provide further details.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has meanwhile met…

Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar tied the knot on Thursday, March 5 with Saaniya Chandhok. One saw several celebs attend this grand wedding and bless the couple. As far as the cricketers are concerned, one saw Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh with their respective wives. Many…

JALANDHAR: Mother of Punjabi social media influencer Nancy Grewal, 45, who was murdered in LaSalle, Ontario, Canada, alleged that three persons could be involved in her murder, and named them. Speaking to the media at her Deol Nagar residence in Jalandhar, her mother, Shinderpal Kaur, said that she regularly received threats and she informed the…

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, right, and US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum after a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela (AP) Venezuela’s state-owned mining company has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to sell up to 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for US markets.The agreement requires state-owned company Minerven to supply between 650 and 1,000…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday soft-launched four digital tools and unveiled the mascots for Census 2027, “Pragati” (female) and “Vikas” (male).The mascots are meant to symbolise the equal participation of women and men in India’s journey toward becoming a developed nation by 2047.Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing…