Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan has sought permission from Iron Brother China to reopen the Khunjerab Pass to facilitate bilateral trade and people’s exchanges. In a letter sent to the Embassy of PRC in Pakistan Saturday, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the border point was closed on December 1, 2019 as per schedule. However, […]
Read MoreA new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with three times as many neurons, compared with chimpanzee and gorilla brains. The study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, identified a key molecular switch that can make ape brain organoids […]
Read MoreNagraj Gollapudi Despite recent and vocal opposition to the concept, the ICC’s Cricket Committee has recommended that the “umpire’s call” element of the DRS should stay. The recommendation will be tabled at the governing body’s chief executive committee meeting, scheduled for a virtual meet in the coming week. ESPNcricinfo understands that at its last meeting, […]
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 MoreThough our galaxy is an immense city of at least 200 billion stars, the details of how they formed remain largely cloaked in mystery.Scientists know that stars form from the collapse of huge hydrogen clouds that are squeezed under gravity to the point where nuclear fusion ignites. But only about 30 percent of the cloud’s […]
Read MoreA radio telescope located in outback Western Australia has observed a cosmic phenomenon with a striking resemblance to a jellyfish.Published in The Astrophysical Journal, an Australian-Italian team used the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope to observe a cluster of galaxies known as Abell 2877. Lead author and PhD candidate Torrance Hodgson, from the Curtin University […]
Read MoreIslamabad: On the auspicious occasion of Pakistan Day, H.E. Mr. MATSUDA Kuninori, the Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, has extended his warm congratulations and good wishes to the people and the Government of Pakistan, saying the meritorious sacrifices rendered by the resilient people of Pakistan over the decades towards achieving the goal of a peaceful […]
Read MoreUsing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of astronomers has directly measured winds in Jupiter’s middle atmosphere for the first time. By analysing the aftermath of a comet collision from the 1990s, the researchers have revealed incredibly powerful winds, with speeds of up […]
Read MoreNazia Parveen The royal family are considering appointing a diversity tsar under new plans to modernise the monarchy.The move comes after Buckingham Palace conducted a review of policies, procedures and programmes currently in place and found that not enough progress had been made, with an acknowledgement that “more needs to be done”.It comes after the […]
Read MoreThe Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has launched the global search for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organization through the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and beyond.According to a press release issued by CGF Media and Communications Manager Tom Degun the CGF is the global governing body responsible for the Commonwealth Games, the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Sazgar Engineering Works Limited (SEWL) is set to introduce a new Chinese SUV brand to Pakistan named HAVAL.SEWL is already in partnership with the Chinese company BAIC. SEWL will now partner with the Great Wall Motors (GWM) of China, which owns an SUV brand called HAVAL, said a news release. HAVAL […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The 7th Japan-Pakistan High-Level Economic Policy Dialogue was held virtually on March 19, 2021. Mr. SUZUKI Hiroshi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Noor Ahmed, Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan represented respective sides. The Ambassadors of two countries and officials from related Ministries and agencies also attended […]
Read MoreSam Goodwin Serena Williams has become the latest high-profile player to withdraw from the Miami Open, joining Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The 23-time grand slam champion announced her withdrawal on Sunday in another blow to the prestigious Masters 1000 event which begins on Tuesday.Williams, who has won the Miami Open a record […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik felicitated the nation on Pakistan Day falling on 23rd March and urged to follow Quaid e Azam golden principles of ‘unity, faith and discipline’. He said that this day reminds us of our great founding leaders and elders who rendered numerous sacrifices to give us an […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Nawab of Junagadh Muhammad Jahangir Khanji and Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali (Dewan of Junagadh) met Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week. The Italian Ambassador was briefed about the accession of Junagadh State to Pakistan and the Indian occupation later on in 1947. The legal aspects of the issue were also discussed […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques We learnt two things from the China-US high-level dialogue held in Alaska last week. The first was from the session at the beginning when the media were present. This would normally be conducted in a polite and somewhat anodyne fashion dressed up in diplomatic nicety. It could not have been more different. Secretary […]
Read MoreHu Xijin I was very moved when I listened to a lecture on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 100 years of the CPC have been a century when Chinese people took their destiny back into their own hands. They have fought off external bullying, eradicated poverty, and gained self-esteem. In […]
Read MoreAlexis Konstantopoulos March 25, 2021, marks the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek struggle for independence after roughly four centuries of Ottoman occupation. For Greeks, in Greece and throughout the world, it is a day to celebrate our national identity, millennial culture, arts and traditions, and values and beliefs. It is a day of […]
Read MoreShen Minghui China has become the first country to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. With Thailand, too, ratifying the trade deal and the 13 other RCEP member states stressing they will ratify it before the end of this year to ensure it goes into effect on […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo met Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) this week to discuss the peace process.. They called for peaceful settlement & an end to violence, said an official statement.Abdullah Abdullah, hoped a “tangible progress” towards settlement at the Istanbul meeting scheduled […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million disbursement for the country under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), bringing the total budget support under the arrangement to about US$2 billion. “The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the second through fifth reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari this week urged Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif to return to the country for join struggle against the federal government.He said that be it long march or no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must return to […]
Read MoreYang Sheng, Chen Qingqing and Wang Cong Beijing: As the world turns its eyes to a critical high-level meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, the US picked up a signature Trump era strategy of wielding the stick ahead of talks by issuing on Wednesday sanctions against two dozen Chinese mainland and Hong Kong officials, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said it was time for Pakistan to get stronghold of national security by expanding its domain inclusive of climate change, economic stability and food security, besides focusing on military strength.Addressing at the launch of first annual Islamabad Security Dialogue themed ‘Together for Ideas’, the Prime Minister stressed the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Beijing: President Xi Jinping this week stressed efforts to promote the regulated, healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy and incorporate the peaking of carbon emissions and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of building an ecological civilization.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Gilgit: The Gilgit-Baltistan assembly has unanimously passed a resolution calling to reopen the Pakistan-China border from April 1.The resolution called upon Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to open the border from April 1 and facilitate business community and people across the border, said an official […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday tested positive for Covid-19 two days after he received his first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of National Health Services clarified that the premier was not “fully vaccinated” when he contracted the virus.“He only got the first dose merely two days ago which is […]
Read MoreAn international team of researchers led by King’s College London and Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam have identified 50 new genes for eye colour in the largest genetic study of its kind to date. The study, published today in Science Advances, involved the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people across Europe and Asia.These findings will […]
Read MoreA study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, tested how aphantasic people reacted to reading distressing scenarios, like being chased by a shark, falling off a cliff, or being in a plane that’s about to crash.The researchers were able to physically measure each participant’s fear response by monitoring changing skin conductivity levels — […]
Read MoreStudies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruits and 3 are vegetables, is likely the optimal amount for a longer life, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.Diets rich in fruits and vegetables […]
Read MoreAstronomers have long been looking into the vast universe in hopes of discovering alien civilisations. But for a planet to have life, liquid water must be present. The chances of that finding scenario have seemed impossible to calculate because it has been the assumption that planets like Earth get their water by chance if a […]
Read MoreVolcanic rock samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of the Moon’s iron core, as well as the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean — the sea of molten rock thought to have […]
Read MoreWith the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a “radio-loud” quasar — a bright object with powerful jets emitting at radio wavelengths — that is so far away its light […]
Read MoreSenator Rehman Malik These were testing time for all of us who were in exile when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto introduced me to the then-Senator Joe Biden, who later emerged as vice president of the USA. Benazir Bhutto was struggling for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan besides fighting fake cases initiated in Pakistan against […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Government and the people of Japan commemorated the 10th anniversary of the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that struck the north-eastern coast of the country on March 11, 2011, causing colossal loss of human lives and property while rendering thousands of people homeless. While paying tributes to the victims of the […]
Read MoreRachel C Boyle London: Since Meghan and Harry’s interview, questions have been raised about the royal family. More specifically, is the family racist? Many viewers were shocked when the Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey that their mixed-race child’s skin tone had been discussed by a family member, and that “concerns” were expressed by them.On […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Chief of Defence Staff United Kingdom Army General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi this week.According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate, “matters of mutual interests including Afghan peace process, security and defence cooperation […]
Read MoreCricket South Africa have announced their men’s and women’s national contracts for the 2021-22 season.The women’s contracts have increased from 14 to 15 players, with Lara Goodall becoming the 15th player to be awarded a national contract after consistent performances in the last couple of seasons. While the men’s list continues to consist of 16 […]
Read MoreChris Williams Floyd Mayweather Jr says his reasons for fighting Youtube celebrity Logan Paul over a professional boxer is simple. Mayweather can make $100 million fighting a YouTuber over just $35 million against a regular boxer if he were to come back and face one of the top guys. There’s more green stuff for the […]
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