ISLAMABAD - In a landmark development for IT sector of the country, Cabinet approved the Digital Pakistan Policy in its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Anusha Rehman, The Minister for IT and Telecom and Secretary (IT) presented the high level contours of the policy to ...

ISLAMABAD - The South Korean tech giant and the world’s largest phone maker Samsung is launching two of its economical handsets Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J4 in Pakistan. The specification and features of both phones have recently been listed on Samsung Pakistan’s website . However, at this point, it ...

JERUSALEM: Israel is the first country to have used the US-made F-35 stealth fighter in combat, the Israeli air force chief said on Tuesday in remarks carried by the military’s official Twitter account. Local media further quoted Major-General Amikam Norkin as saying in a speech to the chiefs ...

KARACHI - Dr. Abdul Hameed of Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), Karachi University has won an excellence award in Japan. The Japan Endocrine Society invited the scientist to deliver a lecture about his research and findings at its 91st annual meeting. The ...

BEIJING - China on Monday announced the successful launch of a lunar communications relay satellite designed to support an unprecedented mission to put a lander and rover on the far side of the moon by late 2018. The launch includes an optical camera developed by Saudi Arabia, as part of an ...

WASHINGTON - The US military is investing roughly $1 billion over the next several years for the development of robots like iron man to be used in an array of roles alongside combat troops, Bloomberg reported . The US military already uses robots in various capacities, such as in scouting and bomb ...

XICHANG: China launched a relay satellite early Monday to set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon, which can not be seen from Earth. The satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), was carried by a Long March-4C ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's first-ever National Center for Cyber Security, established at Air University Islamabad, will be inaugurated today. Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal is likely to inaugurate the center. The center will serve as a leading hub of innovation and scientific research to develop tools ...

MOSCOW - A Sputnik source in the Russian space industry has confirmed that it is considering the option of reviving a program of peaceful launches of Voevoda missiles to deliver cargo into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik has gathered some facts about the characteristics of the carrier rocket ...

NEW DELHI - In an ambitious defence project, the government has started work on incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the operational preparedness of the armed forces in a significant way that would include equipping them with unmanned tanks, vessels, aerial vehicles and robotic ...