Tag: Economy

ChatGPT creator says Voice Engine can replicate a person’s voice based on a 15-second audio sample.OpenAI has unveiled a tool for cloning people’s voices but is holding back on its public release due to concerns about possible misuse in a key election year. Voice Engine can replicate a person’s ...

The global Islamic halal economy is set to reach a market value of $7.7 trillion by 2025, more than double the $3.2 trillion it reached in 2015 and significantly higher than the $5.7 trillion it was valued at less than three years ago in 2021, according to industry experts. ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Entrepreneur Jehan Abu Bakar is fuming that she will soon have to pay more in airport fees whenever she flies from her home in Malaysia to other countries in Southeast Asia. Abu Bakar, the founder of the organic soap company LeStarry Natural, said any increases ...

Pakistan has long been in a state of grave economic turmoil. Political instability, corruption, mismanagement, the COVID-19 pandemic, a global energy crisis, and climate change-induced natural disasters have all taken a heavy toll on the economy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's newly-formed government is currently seeking another bailout from the International Monetary ...

The economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka has started to gradually improve following its worst economic crisis two years ago, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.The country's inflation has come down from a peak of 70% in 2022 to 5.9% last month and its economy expanded in the second ...

Islamabad, Pakistan — When Pakistan’s 19-member new cabinet took oath on March 11, one man stood out in the lineup: Muhammad Aurangzeb, a political outsider tasked with the challenge of steering the country out of its economic woes. Aurangzeb, a veteran banker who previously headed one of Pakistan’s largest commercial ...

On March 1, the online edition of The Hindu carried a report by Jagriti Chandra with this headline: “Jamnagar airport gets international status for Anant Ambani’s pre-wedding bash.” The text described how the small airport at Jamnagar, run by the armed forces, had been declared an “international airport” for ...

China retains 5 per cent growth target for 2024 as economy struggles to shake off slowdown – Kashmir Reader Beijing: Grappling with economic slowdown and dwindling business sentiment, China on Tuesday fixed a modest growth target of around five per cent this year with a pledge to create 12 ...

At Lahore’s Ichra Bazaar, a girl wearing a printed dress with Arabic calligraphy was surrounded by a mob that alleged she had committed blasphemy by wearing Quranic verses on her dress. Some shopkeepers and other onlookers defended her saying the word printed was “halwa”. A video doing the rounds ...

Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir —  The blanket of snow covering one of the prominent cricket grounds at the Magam neighborhood of Budgam district on the Indian side of Kashmir has melted. The ground is set to host a monthlong local cricket tournament from March 3. Hundreds of youths from ...