Iqrar ul Hassan detention reports emerged on Monday, October 12, 2026, after family members said the Pakistani television personality and Pakistan Awam Raj Tehreek leader had been taken from his residence in Lahore during the early hours of the morning. Multiple local news outlets carried the family’s account, while official details about the reported action…
Starlink India pricing is back in focus after Elon Musk promised to make SpaceX’s satellite internet service affordable for Indian consumers, increasing attention on the market ahead of Reliance Jio’s planned public listing. Reuters reported the pledge on October 11, 2026, as competition over satellite broadband and pending government approvals intensified. Musk has not provided…
Amazon Decart acquisition talks could lead to a deal worth approximately $7 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on October 11, 2026. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the discussions, said the technology giant is considering buying the artificial intelligence startup behind video-generation and simulation technology. Reuters carried the report but said…
Hasan Mahmud Test hat-trick has rewritten Bangladesh’s cricket record books after the fast bowler dismissed three Afghanistan batters in consecutive deliveries during the one-off Test in Abu Dhabi. The 26-year-old became the first Bangladesh pace bowler to achieve a Test hat-trick and only the third player from his country to do so, according to the…
The Tencent bond sale 2026 is a proposed new debt offering that could raise financing in both US dollars and offshore Chinese yuan. On October 12, the Chinese technology company announced plans to issue senior unsecured notes under its global medium-term note programme. The company has not yet announced a final amount, coupon or pricing….
Pakistan privatisation 2026 plans could generate more than $1 billion in proceeds as the government seeks buyers or private-sector participation in five to six state-owned entities. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb outlined the goal during an interview with Reuters on October 12, while saying the country’s economy could grow by more than 4% in the current…
China car sales 2026 continued to weaken in September even as Chinese automakers shipped sharply more vehicles overseas. Domestic passenger car sales fell 28.1% from a year earlier to about 1.63 million vehicles, while exports rose 73.2% to approximately 923,000, according to industry figures cited by Reuters on October 12. The contrasting trends reveal a…
The nuclear clock breakthrough 2026 has moved a decades-old physics idea into working laboratory prototypes. Independent research teams in Vienna, Austria, and Beijing, China, demonstrated clocks that use an energy transition inside thorium-229 atomic nuclei rather than the electronic transitions used by conventional atomic clocks. Their peer-reviewed studies appeared in Nature on October 7, 2026….
TSMC record profit 2026 expectations are rising after the Taiwanese chipmaker reported a surge in third-quarter revenue, reinforcing the scale of global demand for artificial intelligence hardware. Analysts expect Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to report a net profit of about NT$746.3 billion ($23.4 billion) for July through September, up approximately 65% from a year earlier,…
The Starlink Mobile spectrum deal announced by SpaceX on October 8, 2026, has unsettled telecommunications investors across the United States and Europe. SpaceX agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band wireless frequencies from Grain Management, a move intended to strengthen its satellite-to-mobile network strategy. The proposed transaction still requires regulatory approval and does not…
