Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan will allocate special funds in the next national budget to expedite completion of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, a senior aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan said this week.“The budget for the next financial year will provide special incentives for completion of CPEC projects, development of economic zones and introduction of […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Guizhou: “Pakistan is the third largest tea importer in the world. They consume a lot of imported tea every year. As long as the quantity is large, the cost can be lowered. We can make breakthroughs in technology and increase productivity.” said Xu Jiamin, the secretary-general of Guizhou Tea Association in China.In […]
Read MoreLoneliness is a risk factor associated with adolescents being drawn into compulsive internet use. The risk of compulsive use has grown in the coronavirus pandemic: loneliness has become increasingly prevalent among adolescents, who spend longer and longer periods of time online. A study investigating detrimental internet use by adolescents involved a total of 1,750 Finnish […]
Read MoreDespite deaths and hospitalisations linked to many new psychoactive substances (NPS), an international wastewater study led by the University of South Australia shows just how prevalent ‘party pills’ and ‘bath salts’ are in different parts of the world. In a new paper published in Water Research, the world’s most comprehensive wastewater analysis of NPS shows […]
Read MoreA new study out of the University of Chicago Medicine following young adult drinkers for 10 years has found that individuals who reported the highest sensitivity to alcohol’s pleasurable and rewarding effects at the start of the trial were more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder (AUD) over the course of the study. Moreover, […]
Read MoreScientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is hypothesized to have begun as a gaseous world with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. Starting out at several times […]
Read MoreAn atmosphere is what makes life on Earth’s surface possible, regulating our climate and sheltering us from damaging cosmic rays. But although telescopes have counted a growing number of rocky planets, scientists had thought most of their atmospheres long lost. However, a new study by University of Chicago and Stanford University researchers suggests a mechanism […]
Read MoreWe are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies including University of Michigan research finds that may be more true than we previously thought. The first study, led by U-M researcher Jie (Jackie) Li and published in Science Advances, finds that most of the carbon on Earth was likely delivered from […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that leading Italian energy and gas company, Snam S.p.A has shown keen interest to invest in country’s power sector.In an interview, the Ambassador said that the company representatives plan to visit the country in near future and join those Italian companies which already have […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and PPP senior leader Senator A. Rehman Malik has thanked President FATF for his commitment to carry out the evaluation of India’s mechanism to deal with financial crimes this year. He said, “I have been persistently writing to President FATF about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government involvement […]
Read MoreTokyo: Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “sakura” — white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground. The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been revered […]
Read MoreIslamabad: MATSUDA Kuninori, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, extended his best wishes to the people of Pakistan upon the start of the Holy month of Ramadan. Ambassador MATSUDA said, “I would like to express my sincere respects and solidarity with the Pakistani people and Muslims on the occasion of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak. I wish you a blessed […]
Read MoreFormer Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned for eight years after being charged with – and admitting to – five breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code, including accepting a payment in bitcoins from a potential corruptor.Streak, Zimbabwe’s greatest fast bowler, had been under investigation for an extensive list of games through 2017 and 2018, […]
Read MoreArgentinian tennis player Franco Feitt has been handed a lifetime ban from the sport for his involvement in multiple match fixing activities between 2014 and 2018, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said.Feitt, who had a highest ATP singles ranking of 920, admitted to nine breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program rules, including five counts […]
Read MoreNewswire London: Prince Philip has been laid to rest in a funeral ceremony that honoured his lifetime of service to the United Kingdom, the crown and his wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II. The widowed British monarch, setting an example amid the coronavirus pandemic, sat alone at the ceremony on Saturday, dressed in black […]
Read MoreNewswire When Prince Philip died, he still had good posture and was able to walk without a cane. He was remarkably fit and mobile for a man just a few months shy of his 100th birthday.According to Prince Philip’s tailors, the six-foot-tall man’s physique barely changed over the years, and he was still able to […]
Read MoreLiu Yuanling Sino-US relations are at a historic low. Although the Joe Biden administration’s China policy is different from the confrontationist policy of the previous administration, there are no signs of improvement in bilateral ties.Under such circumstances, holding discussions on climate change actions would be a good way to resume Sino-US cooperation. Indeed, Sino-US cooperation […]
Read MoreDu Ying China will prioritize agricultural development and rural areas to modernize agriculture by 2035.However, two major challenges exist. First, the country’s huge population, limited agricultural land and water scarcity make China more suitable for labor and technology-intensive farm produce, instead of land-intensive products. Second, most farmers in China are smallholders. The country’s 220 million […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency is the historic benchmark for judging the first 100 days of any new White House incumbent. While Joe Biden will not surpass the achievements of the legendary proponent of the New Deal, his presidency has seen one of the most productive first three months of the modern era — and […]
Read MoreWang Wen US President Joe Biden has invited 40 heads of state to the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 and 23. This has heated up the global competition over the low-carbon economy. This new competition could even be called “a new global green and low-carbon economy war.” As climate change becomes a more […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that Afghan people will not forgive, nor forget those who stand in the way of peace. “This is a historical opportunity for peace in Afghanistan. Everyone must seize this opportunity. Peace processes are not easy and they require compromise by the warring […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan has introduced a “Pass Track App” application to maintain the data of passengers traveling to Pakistan also to track them in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.As per the decision, it would be mandatory for all passengers to submit their requisite information/data through the said application. Effective from May 1, 2021, this […]
Read MoreIslamabad, Moscow to cooperate in all fields Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia agreed to develop cooperation in economic, energy and defence fields during the visit of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. The two-day (April 6-7) visit to Pakistan was the first by a Russian foreign minister in nearly a decade and was described as the beginning […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that PTI regime has a policy of “Health For the Elite” instead of “Health For All” and accused Imran Khan government for putting at risk the health of Pakistanis through its corruption-laden policies. In his message on World Health Day, the PPP Chairman […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: A century ago, in 1921, the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China was concluded on a red boat on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing city, Zhejiang province.Today, a century later, an opera, The Red Boat, depicting the Party’s founding story with a focus on that first, fateful gathering, was […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt. general Asim Saleem Bajwa (retd) has said that Iron Brother China was providing research and machinery assistance to increase cotton production.Chairman CPEC Authority Asim Saleem Bajwa, Minister for Agriculture Syed Hasnain Jahanian Gardezi and others participated in the meeting of the committee chaired by Governor […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Karachi: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that the Century Steel, a Chinese firm with the investment of US $ 240 million, would set up a steel mill in Rashakai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which would produce about 1.5 million tons of steel.Addressing the reception ceremony of first consignment, […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Karachi, April 3: Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian has said that China wanted to make huge investment in various sectors and in different areas of Pakistan.The senior diplomat visited Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and discussed with FPCCI leadership the matters of mutual interest mainly the status […]
Read MoreA new study has found the first evidence of sophisticated breathing organs in 450-million-year-old sea creatures. Contrary to previous thought, trilobites were leg breathers, with structures resembling gills hanging off their thighs. Trilobites were a group of marine animals with half-moon-like heads that resembled horseshoe crabs, and they were wildly successful in terms of evolution. […]
Read MoreThe humble lab mouse has provided invaluable clues to understanding diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes to COVID-19. But when it comes to psychiatric conditions, the lab mouse has been sidelined, its rodent mind considered too different from that of humans to provide much insight into mental illness. A new study, however, shows there are […]
Read MoreA single “super photon” made up of many thousands of individual light particles: About ten years ago, researchers at the University of Bonn produced such an extreme aggregate state for the first time and presented a completely new light source. The state is called optical Bose-Einstein condensate and has captivated many physicists ever since, because […]
Read MoreIn the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. In a newly published study in the journal Scientific Reports, the UIC researchers analyzed gene expression in fresh brain […]
Read MoreUsing molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that Italy would establish a gemstones training institute in -Baltistan in order to exploit the potential of these areas as well as enhancing mutual cooperation between both the countries.In a meeting with Chairman Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Qurban Ali […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Chairman, Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Japan and looking forward to further expand the friendly ties in different sectors for mutual benefit of the people of both sides.He was talking to Kuninoro Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan in Pakistan who called on him here […]
Read MoreJonathan Spangler In November 1947, a dynastic union was forged between the royal houses of Greece and Great Britain. It would be one of the last of this kind of royal marriages in history – a type of union that had knitted together the continent for 1,000 years. When Philip, prince of Greece and Denmark […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan was among a number of new countries added to the UK’s “red list” of travel ban countries this week.From 0400 (UK time) on Friday, April 9th, only UK and Irish nationals and those with residency rights in the UK will be allowed to travel to the UK from Pakistan. Anyone arriving into […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan, being the fifth most populous nation in the world and with one of the youngest populations, has been the focus for many countries looking to facilitate international students. According to UNESCO’s Global Flow of tertiary level students report, the country has an outbound mobility ratio of 3.1% – which was over 58,000 students […]
Read MoreAlexander Woodman Islamabad: Recently I had an opportunity to have a conversation with former Director-General of the Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan, Senator Rehman Malik whose recently published books are getting international attention.Former President of Pakistan, Mr. Wasim Sajjad, said that as an investigative writer Senator Malik has gone deeply inside the story and brought […]
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