Web archive - August 13, 2021

Technology

Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes

In Decentraland, clothing for avatars – known as "wearables" – can be bought and sold on the blockchain as NFTs

World

Japan issues highest risk alerts in Hiroshima due to torrential rains

Hundreds of thousands asked to evacuate Nagasaki, other parts of Kyushu to avoid floods, landslides

World

UN Security Council discussing condemnation of Taliban

UN 'will not support the establishment of any government in Afghanistan imposed through military force'

Gossip

Jeh or Jehangir: Kareena snubs controversy around her son’s name

Superstar asserts her sons' names shouldn’t be the prime focus in a global pandemic

Film

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s untouchable legacy

Without 25 years of SLB, Bollywood would’ve remained deprived of magic

Pakistan

Voters’ data to be synced with technology to check poll fraud: PM

Premier inaugurates latest system based on Artificial Intelligence to curb issuance of fake identity cards

Pakistan

Umar warns against scapegoating Pakistan for Afghan failure

Another mistake will be made if Pakistan is blamed for 'strategic blunders' in Afghanistan, says Umar

Pakistan

Railways ministry upgrading, outsourcing trains, Senate body told

Operation of some trains would remain within govt’s domain.

Fashion

From sari to pantsuit: 3 ways to style chunky belts

Belts have come a long way since their purely functional purpose of being used on pants

Pakistan

Mills conditionally allowed to sell sugar at Rs97

SC refers matter back to LHC with a direction to decide it within 15 days