Global chip shortage spreads to toasters and washing machines
25 Apr, 2021 01:21 AM
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LG said the chip shortage had not yet disrupted its production but admitted it was a risk. Photo / 123RF
LG said the chip shortage had not yet disrupted its production but admitted it was a risk. Photo / 123RF
Financial Times
By: Song Jung-a and Eleanor Olcott
The deepening global chip crunch is spreading to makers of smartphones, televisions and home appliances, according to suppliers in Asia, as companies boost stockpiles of in-demand semiconductors. Chip supplies have tightened due to booming demand for electronics during the Covid-19 pandemic and outages at large production facilities.
Pakistan
Sat, Apr 24, 2021
National Counter Terrorism Authority said Saturday more than 19,000 social media had been taken down for inciting hate and spreading terrorism in the country.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter had taken down the 19,727 accounts involved in spreading hate and terrorism, the counter-terrorism agency said.
9,633 pages were spreading religious hatred, while 10,094 social media accounts were promoting terrorism and were blocked on the request of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, NACTA said.
NACTA said five websites, spreading terrorism-related material, were also blocked, adding a total of 24,038 social media-related complaints were filed in 2020.
The development comes after services of social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Telegram were blocked for four hours in Pakistan on April 16.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Why India is shattering global infection records
22 Apr, 2021 07:52 AM
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Health workers carry a body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation, in New Delhi, India. Photo / AP
Health workers carry a body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation, in New Delhi, India. Photo / AP
AP
The world s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly healthcare crisis.
While India is massive it s the world s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people its size also presents extraordinary challenges to fighting Covid-19.
Some 2.7 million vaccine doses are given daily, but that s still less than 10 per cent of its people who ve gotten their first shot. Overall, India has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second-highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths.