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The sudden appearance and spread of coronavirus, which is now called COVID-19, reminds us the power of disease. At this age of technologies when reaching planets is possible and cosmos seems to in hand, humanity still cannot control the plague. Plague from time to time emerges and crashes the societies, cultures, and economies, and it is happening right now at the age of information. Big Data and the internet The growth of connectivity and with it the unlimited data of information has helped scientists to trace the spread of disease, giving vulnerable populations vital information about the spread. Facebook has created maps that display population density, demographics, and travel pattern which helped the authorities to send supplies and how to mitigate an outbreak. Similarly, Facebook, Twitter, and Google are working on to stop the spread of misinformation about coronavirus and directing the audience to verified platforms like WHO and CDC. Software houses are also donating ...

Many, if not all developed countries have established technology hubs. Similarly, Israel has a tech start-up scene that is providing a backbone to Israel's economy. In the USA the silicon valley is a tech hub, In China its Shenzhen, and n UK London serves as the tech hub capital for Europe. However, in some countries, the tech hub is not located in one place but spread over the whole nation. Israel tech startup scene Israel tech startup is one of the fast-growing scenes is the country and provided Israel with, what can be called an 'economic miracle'. It is unbelievable how a middle eastern country is one of a high tech hub. According to data.worldbank, in 2015 Israel spend 4.4% of its GDP on R&D. Which is more than any country on OECD, and is continue to be one of the globe's best performer in tech.  According to the World Economic Forum, between 1999 and 2014 more than 10,000 tech companies were found, with 2.6% of annual revenue which exceeds $100 ...

Aurat march is a step to women's empowerment, on women's day the 8th of March, in Karachi, where women will march again for the awareness of their socio-economic problems, reproductive and environmental justice, physical and emotional abuse, and for their rights. Aurat march started in 2018, where women in various cities of Pakistan marched for their rights. In the last two years, it has become a tradition to march to raise awareness of discrimination, sexism, and harassment faced by women in society, especially working women. Political figures are also promoting this trend. As Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari tweeted " I wholeheartedly support #AuratMarch2020 . Voices should be heard, issues should be discussed, and rights should be protected. Any act of suppression will only make our voices louder and stronger. And for anyone who thinks otherwise #ThankyouNext" Quad e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said " “No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cann...

The emergence of E-commerce has paved a pathway for exponential growth in trade, business, and the world economy. Global E-commerce is growing ascendingly for the last two decades and according to oberlo.com, an increase in sales of 13% in 2017 with an estimated sales of $29 trillion. Moreover, the rate of online shoppers grew 12% and reached about $1.2 billion. E-commerce can help developing countries entrepreneurs to overcome usual trade channels and give assess to the global market. Recent studies show that small and medium E-commerce business can be five times more effective in exports than those in the traditional economy. It has been estimated that the export costs that are associated with the geographic location for E-commerce are cut-down to two-third. This implies substantial gain for small and medium E-commerce enterprises, as well as for the female-headed enterprises which are E-commerce based can take their product globally. Scope E-commerce in Pakistan i...

Coronavirus outbreak in china caused nervousness around the globe, it is not only wrecking the lives of people but also economies. China's economic growth in the last month was cut off by 5.6% while 0.1% global rate fell. Recent cases in Iran, Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, and Italy have engendered a new wave of panic in the business world. Italy has shut down schools, universities, museums, and tourism which has slumped its economy. The outbreak touching Europe raises more concern for the global economy. so, the U.S federal reserved is forced down to cut interest rates to greet the economic growth concerns. Precious metal like gold tends to attract buyers for low-interest rate climate. Precious metals like silver, platinum, and copper are also being nurtured by investors. The upswing of gold prices is companied by global investors and speculative financial investors also increased their bets on rising prices of gold significantly.  Individual investors...

Pakistani cinema is obsessed with copying Indian cinema since Indian films do well in Pakistan. Pakistan film industry in the '80s and '90s fashioned its own style, the impact of the Punjabi film industry was dynamic, they were action-orientated like Tamil industry of India - unlike comedies that are more likely to produce by the Punjabi film industry of India. Urdu movies- produced before the turn of the century were the masterpiece. The actors were only reserved for movies, they were the face of films in Pakistan, it was high time for art in Pakistan. Both the drama and film industry of Pakistan went to slump around the turn of the century. However, the drama industry was revived by big hits that surfaced twice or thrice a year. But the film industry was orphaned of capital, art, artists, and interest from people. Recently, the resurrection of the film industry can be seen in this decade. Now the film industry is not idle, every year some movies are being made and r...