- Eighty Pakistani IT, tech firms are taking part in GITEX in Dubai, considered one of the biggest tech exhibitions worldwide
- Pakistani exhibitors praise encouraging response received at GITEX 2024, stress importance of global networking in IT sector
- Marriage apps describe themselves as ‘halal,’ offering options to blur profile pictures for privacy
- Some users say people lie about their details on apps while using fake names and photos themselves
- Muhammad Aurangzeb resolves to continue “broad-based reforms” in energy, taxation and other sectors
- Donald Blome reaffirms Washington’s commitment to promote “high-quality” US investment for Pakistan’s growth
- The awards will recognize individuals and academic or cultural institutions that have contributed to cultural collaborations between Saudi Arabia and China
- Main categories are: Research and Studies in Cultural Fields; Artistic and Creative Works; Translation Between Arabic and Chinese; and Cultural Personality of the Year
- “This was an Israeli operation. There (were) no US forces directly involved,” said a Pentagon spokesperson
- Data showed that China had a significant overcapacity relative to projected demand for electric vehicles, batteries or semiconductors
- He said China had long used the same tactics for two decades to gain dominance in steel and solar and medical devices
- Djokovic was unable to match Sinner’s energy and precision in the opening set.
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- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan this week marked first by top Indian diplomat in nearly 10 years
- Indian journalists say longstanding issues between both nations hinder any major breakthrough in strained ties
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Al-Manashbi is a traditional falcon hunting technique used in the Arabian Peninsula. The method involves an iron wire net set up in the shade of large trees. After a falcon eats its prey, it seeks shade, where it then falls into the trap. Before falconry evolved into a sport, inhabitants of the Arabian desert were known to have trapped falcons since ancient times for use in hunting other animals for food.
What is Tawaasuly?
Tawaasuly is an app that translates Arabic speech and text into Arabic sign language using 3D animation and converts sign language gestures back into spoken or written Arabic. Tawaasuly founder Reem Turky said the app facilitates communication, engages the Arabic deaf community in society and enables users to live independently from their families and translators.
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