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Over the past 12 months, the Jaffar Express has become a repeated target for insurgent groups (AI image) Pakistan Railways has halted all operations of the Jaffar Express between Quetta and Peshawar for four days beginning Sunday, citing “serious security concerns” in Balochistan, news agency PTI reported.The temporary suspension — enforced from 9 to 12…
AUCKLAND: The fourth round of the India-New Zealand FTA talks was focused on goods market access, services, economic and technical cooperation, and investment opportunities, and both countries have vowed to wrap up a deal soon.“We look forward to working towards the early conclusion of a balanced, comprehensive and mutually beneficial agreement, in line with the…
File photo (Picture credit: ANI) India’s services sector saw its slowest pace of growth in five months during October, as competitive market pressures and heavy rainfall in some regions weighed on business activity.According to the monthly HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index, compiled by S&P Global, the seasonally adjusted reading fell to 58.9 in…
Paytm brand owner One 97 Communications reported its second consecutive quarterly profit, posting a Rs 211 crore profit after tax (PAT) in the September 2025 quarter, alongside a 24% year-on-year revenue rise to Rs 2,061 crore, PTI reported.The company said growth was led by its payments and financial services businesses, reflecting continued improvement in operating…
Two people were arrested on Saturday after multiple passengers were stabbed on a train in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, prompting a large emergency response and suspension of rail services in the area, police said.British Transport Police confirmed on X that officers were “currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have…
Microsoft Azure services restored. (AP Photo) Microsoft has confirmed that it has fully restored its Azure cloud services after the widespread outage that struck for hours before the company’s scheduled Q3 earnings announcement. The disruption affected critical platforms including Microsoft 365, Outlook, Xbox Live, and Copilot, leaving millions of users across industries temporarily disconnected. As…
On October 29, a major Microsoft outage affected global users of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Xbox services, causing massive disruptions for businesses, gamers, and online platforms across continents. Let’s take a look at what went wrong…What really happenedOn October 29, 2025, millions of people around the world, found themselves unable to access critical Microsoft services…
Google-parent Alphabet has reported its first-ever $100 billion quarterly revenue. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the third-quarter results with a congratulatory message to employees, and shared several key performance metrics across the company’s core businesses and emerging AI ventures. Pichai emphasised that AI is fundamentally reshaping how users interact with Google’s services, driving higher usage and…
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the backbone of much of the internet, has experienced its second major outage this month. Similar to the AWS outage on October 20, this one too appears to be widespread. Reports suggest disruptions across websites, apps, and cloud-based platforms. As reported by DownDetector, the incident started Wednesday (October 29) and it…
For long, India’s services sector has been seen as the engine of economic growth. Now, it is facing a reality check. While it contributes over half of the national output, it employs less than a third of the workforce, exposing a structural imbalance in India’s development story.According to a new report by NITI Aayog, titled…
