LONDON: British Airways has announced a new codeshare agreement with Scottish airline Loganair. The new agreement, which comes into effect on 1 September when Loganair begins operating as an independent airline, will enable customers from the Highlands and Islands to book directly onto services on British Airways’ global network at London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and City Airports, serving more than 200 …

SANTA CLARA: Intel hosted the NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) Wrap-Up Event at its Santa Clara campus, concluding an eight-week summer program. Intel is a key partner in FDL and provided support to ongoing research that is exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve a range of challenges within the fields of space weather, space resources and planetary defense. Through its work …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates will be operating extra flights to Jeddah to help facilitate travel for thousands of pilgrims this year heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj.  Emirates will be operating 45 additional flights to Jeddah and 12 additional flights to Medina from 17 August until 11 September to help serve the 2 million …

LAHORE:  METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan opened its door for customers to its second FRESHLY Store located at Bahria Town Lahore after the success of the first store in Allama Iqbal Town Lahore few months earlier. The store is part of a series to introduce the new retail based concept that METRO Cash & Carry has brought forward to facilitate its …

News Desk KARACHI: 70th Anniversary of Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated at Ramada Hotels Karachi on 14 August 2017 with great enthusiasm. A three-day Jashn-e-Azadi food festival held at dinner to mark the Independence Day. The Pakistani food stalls were artistically adorned with traditional Pakistani handicrafts which provided added attraction to the visitors. Speaking on the occasion, Regional General Manager Faisal Khan said that Pakistani …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest carrier, have entered into a codeshare partnership widening their respective networks across Europe and the Middle East. Specifically, travellers can now codeshare on flights from Bahrain, via Athens, to and from the European cities of Brussels and Rome while travellers from Geneva, Milan and …

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics announced today the release of a new update for its 2017 Smart TV platform to support Shazam, one of the world’s most popular music apps. Shazam provides users with a customizable service and is available on Smart Hub of 2017 Samsung Smart TVs. “We are thrilled to provide our Smart TV users with the ultimate music service …

MUMBAI: Etihad Airways and Lakmé Fashion Week announced a collaboration with one of the most lauded and inspiring international contemporary designers, Paris-based Manish Arora, who returns to the prestigious Mumbai fashion event after more than five years. The celebrated Indian couturier marks the 10th anniversary of his colourful Paris collection by presenting ‘CosmicLove’ at the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter Festive …

ISLAMABAD: People were seen holding their breath as Peak Freans Sooper attempted to break the World Record for the ‘Largest Cookie Mosaic’ on 14th August, 2017. Peek Freans Sooper, the Nation’s favorite cookie, launched the patriotic campaign titled Sooper Hai Pakistan across the nation. As part of the campaign, they attempted to make the world’s largest flag made out of …

By our correspondent KARACHI: The book launch of ‘In Conversation with Legends – History in Session’ coincided with Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day and was held at Alliance Francaise de Karachi recently. The book is based on Urdu Interviews conducted by Pakistani journalist – Mr. Khurram Sohail and has been edited / translated by Miss Afrah Jamal, freelance columnist. It celebrates …