Daniyal Sohail

Russia to Keep Trying to Make Contact With Spektr-R Telescope for 1 Month - Source

Russian experts will continue their attempts to re-establish contact with the Spektr-R orbiting radio telescope for around a month, a source in the rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday

China Opposes Ban on Huawei Devices Introduced by Taiwanese Research Institute - Official

China opposes the decision of a Taiwanese research institute to ban Huawei devices from connecting to its internal network, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council said on Wednesday

Iran Satellite Launches Reveal Efforts to Make Rockets Able to Hit Europe - Pompeo

Sindh University organizes IT project exhibition

The Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT), University of Sindh, Jamshoro Tuesday organized an exhibition of the IT projects of final year students of morning and evening

KP govt to extend early age programming to more schools

The Khyber Pakthunkhwa government has decided to extend early age programming to more government schools to promote science and information technology in the province

Delivery of Upgraded Radar for F/A-18 Classic Hornets to Begin in 2020 - Raytheon

Delivery of modified AESA [active electronically scanned array] radar for the US Marine Corp's F/A 18C/D classic Hornet jet fleet will begin in 2000 and require two years to complete, Raytheon announced in a press release on Tuesday

Facebook to Invest $300Mln in Local News Programs, Content - Company Statement

Facebook will attempt to capitalize on a demand for more local news by investing $300 million over the next three years to help journalists and newsrooms collect information and develop business plans, the social media company announced in a press release on Tuesday

Singapore imposes $740,000 fines over major cyber attack

Singapore's privacy watchdog Tuesday imposed fines of Sg$1 million ($740,000) on a healthcare provider and an IT agency over a cyber-attack that saw health records of about quarter of the population stolen

Zimbabwe telecoms 'jammed' after protests: mobile company source

Zimbabwe's mobile phone networks and internet were partially shut down on Tuesday following protests, with one industry source saying the systems had been jammed and many users complaining of limited access

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) sets-up Cyber Vigilance Division to curb unlawful online content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has established a Cyber Vigilance Division (CVD) to handle complaints against unlawful online content under Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA)

Russian Watchdog Sends 2nd Demand to Google Asking to Start Blocking Illegal Websites

Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications (Roskomnadzor) has demanded Google for the second time to join the system of banned content filtering and pledged to check the search engine's compliance with the national requirements in late February, a spokesman for the watchdog told Sputnik Tuesday

Iran Launches Payam Satellite But Fails to Place Device Into Orbit - Information Minister

Iran has carried out the first of the two planned launches of its satellites aboard domestically made rockets, but the Payam satellite failed to reach the orbit as the launch vehicle did not pick up enough speed in the final stage of the flight, Iranian Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Tuesday

Launch of Manned Dragon-2 Mission to ISS Postponed From June to July - Source

The launch of the manned Dragon-2 mission, the United States' first piloted spaceflight since 2011, was postponed from June to July, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik Tuesday

Russia to Launch New Space Telescope After 2030 Replacing Troubled Spektr-R - Scientist

Russia to Complete Military Satellite Constellation Blagovest in April - Source