Tokyo stocks close marginally lower

Tokyo, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks gave up early gains and closed slightly lower on Monday as traders eyed developments in the crisis surrounding Chinese property giant Evergrande. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged down 0.03 percent, or 8.75 points, to end at 30,240.06, while the […]

Encrypted messaging app Signal hit by outage

San Francisco, Sept 27 (AFP/APP):Encrypted instant messaging app Signal was hit by an outage late Sunday that interrupted services on the platform. “Signal is currently down, due to a hosting outage affecting parts of our service,” the company said on Twitter. “We’re working on bringing […]

China renews blue alert for rainstorms

BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua/APP):China’s National Meteorological Center on Saturday renewed its blue alert for rainstorms in various parts of the country and called for taking precautionary measures. From 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, heavy rain is expected to lash parts of Sichuan, Gansu, […]

DUET to organize seminar on Sept 30

KARACHI, Sep 25 (APP):Department of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) would organize the seminar on September 30 here at main campus of university. According to the detail, topic of the one-day seminar was Aspects of Metallurgy and Martial in […]

Weather to remain hot and dry across country: PMD

ISLAMABAD, Sep 25 (APP):Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Saturday forecast mainly hot and dry weather for most parts of the country during the next 24 hours. According to the synoptic situation, weak monsoon currents were still penetrating lower southern parts of the country. The weather will […]