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The economic crisis in Pakistan is getting worse by the day. The cash-strapped country's currency plummeted to a record low of Rs 255.43 against the dollar on Thursday (January 26) against Rs 230.9 on Wednesday.

Even though people in Afghanistan are facing severe poverty and food crisis, the Taliban, Islamic hardliners who are ruling the country now, have decided to buy Blowfish drones from China.

Company's CEO Jonah Peretti said that AI will play an increasingly large role in the company's operations. Specifically, it plans to use the technology to move beyond curation to help create personality quizzes that ask users questions and generate text write-ups based on their responses.

Social media influencer Urfi Javed, who remains in news most of the times due to her outlandish outfits, has again landed in a problem because of the way she dresses. Urfi is facing trouble in finding a rented accommodation.

After the police investigation, it was found that seven members of a family who were found dead in a river in Pune were murdered. Earlier it was expected that the family, including three children died because of suicide.

Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn might have had their bit of rivalry, but, off late, the two seem to have set aside their differences and have come out to support each other and their movies.

A man brought traffic to a halt in Bengaluru as he rained currency notes from a flyover on Tuesday (January 24). People stopped their vehicles on the flyover and below it to collect the notes.

A passenger on board an IndiGo flight made a bizarre request to open the window so that he could spit out gutkha. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

In another incident of unruly air passenger behaviour, two men onboard a Delhi to Hyderabad SpiceJet flight were deboarded for 'harassing' the cabin crew. Later, one of the flyers was arrested by Delhi Police.

Pakistan is facing one of its worst economic crises ever, but that hasn't stopped the car enthusiasts in the country to import high-end vehicles from around the world. According to a report, Pakistan spent USD 1.2 billion on the import of transportation items, including luxury cars, high-end electric vehicles, and their parts, during the last six months.

The US has finally launched new initiatives to cut delays in visa processing in India. These include scheduling special interviews for first-time applicants and increasing the strength of consular staff in the country.

As fears of recession loom large over the world, in India, the startup winter continues with Swiggy announcing the latest round of layoffs. The delivery app announced that it is firing nearly 3% of its 6,000-strong workforce.

Ronaldo is planning on living in Portugal after his football career is over and he purchased a land in Quinta da Marinha last year. The construction of his retirement home is expected to be finished by June this year.

Bangladeshi author living in exile Taslima Nasreen recently posted a few pictures of herself in a hospital bed. Fans of the author were concerned about her well-being. Now, Nasreen has finally revealed what happened and it doesn't sound great.

The WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused by star India wrestler Vinesh Phogat of sexually exploiting women grapplers for many years, once confessed to murdering a man. The confession came in during an interview with The Lallantop.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal was dragged by a car for 10-15 metres at around 3 am on Thursday, January 19. Maliwal's hand got stuck in the car's window as the driver, Harish Chandra, rolled up the glass while she was reprimanding him for teasing her. The man was asking her to sit in his car.

Amid calls to review its harsh blasphemy laws, Pakistan has gone for the opposite.

If you are Bengali, here's a business pitch for Shark Tank India Season 2: dig into your granddad's trunk and get that monkey cap out. Then call it a Ski Mask Cap. Then add a price tag: Rs 40,000. If not the Sharks, at least Dolce & Gabbana will invest in you.

In the wave of tech layoffs, Microsoft has also joined the club of Meta and Amazon and will fire at least 5% of its workforce starting today according to Sky News and various other media reports. 

A passenger, who had boarded the Vande Bharat Express without a ticket at Rajahmundry station, also known as Rajamahendravaram, to click a few pictures of the new train, could not get down in time as the automatic doors closed, and was forced to travel up to Vijayawada.

A Qantas flight QF144 from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia, issued a mayday alert mid-flight on Wednesday, January 18, afternoon. The flight carrying over 100 passengers managed to land safely at Sydney airport after issuing the mayday call.

An Indigo aircraft, which was scheduled to fly from Chennai to Tiruchirappalli on December 10, 2022, had a mighty scare when a passenger accidentally pulled a lever near the emergency gate, which led to the emergency door being opened. The aircraft carrying 70 passengers was about to fly when the incident happened. Reports say the passenger was BJP MP Tejasvi Surya.

RRR is busy wooing people around the world. The hit-film, which won a Golden Globe award for the Best Original Song, also has a new fan in the form of none other than THE James Cameron.

After China's health authorities reported that almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths happened in just over a month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked the country to share more data.