Newswire Islamabad: The Embassy of Japan, in line with the PM Imran Khan’s initiative, ’Clean-Green Pakistan’, donated 20 Jasmine trees to Japanese Park in Islamabad. Matsuda Kuninori, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, along with the State Minister for Climate Change, Zartaj Gul planted Jasmine trees at the Park during a tree plantation ceremony. Naveed Tareen […]
Read MoreIslamabad: There are a lot of rich people among the ruling party, a detailed report on the financial assets of National Assembly members, including Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released the report. According to the details, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s assets stand at Rs 80.6 […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that the peace agreement between the US and the Taliban does not mean handover of Afghanistan to the Taliban.Speaking at webinar on “NATO and Afghanistan Peace Process” organized by the Conservative Friends of Afghanistan, he said: “We don’t think that the Taliban […]
Read MoreMajid Abbasi Rawalpindi: As a custodian of the oldest civilization and hallmark of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan, the traditional folk music of Pothohar region is vital for promoting soft image of the country through the message of love and peace in the medium of universal language. Over the years, the arts, crafts and […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Rehman Malik has said that the young people were the future of the country. A delegation of the Student Youth Council called on Senator A. Rehman Malik Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior at Parliament House, Islamabad. The delegation of Youth Council included students from various […]
Read MoreA new study by Monash University has found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia. The study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, and led by Dr Melinda Jackson from the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, found that severe OSA is linked to an increase […]
Read MoreMore than half of young adults at risk for alcohol-related harm report symptoms of insomnia. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the first-line treatments for insomnia, but it’s never been tested on young adults who are actively drinking.Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine conducted a pilot study to evaluate CBT’s effect […]
Read MoreA clinical trial at the University of Arizona Health Sciences designed to study the safety and effectiveness of a personalized cancer vaccine in combination with the immunotherapy drug Pembrolizumab will expand its cohort after promising preliminary data was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer. Julie E. Bauman, MD, […]
Read MorePurav Joshi New York: Everybody knows about the American tennis sensation Serena Williams, but not many know about her business off the court. Apart from being the former World No. 1 tennis player, the 39 years old American is a genius investor. With her diversified portfolio of businesses, she has gained the reputation of being […]
Read MoreLahore: Pakistan has named Babar Azam as their new Test captain, putting him in charge of teams across all formats.Babar’s tenure as Pakistan’s captain in the longest format will start against New Zealand in December.World No. 5 Babar Azam has been appointed Pakistan’s Test captain, confirmed PCB on Tuesday, adding that Azhar Ali has stepped […]
Read MoreLahore: Alia Zafar has been named as one of the independent directors on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), becoming the first female to have been appointed to the post in the cricket-crazy South Asian nation.Zafar, a human resources executive, was included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Javed Kurieshi, economist Asim […]
Read MoreBeijing: China’s manned space program has entered the mission preparation stage with the selection of a new group of 18 reserve astronauts. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the reserve astronauts, including one female, have been selected recently from 2,500 candidates. Among them are seven spacecraft pilots, seven space flight engineers and four […]
Read MoreIslamabad: An expedition to probe the deep recesses of a cave that may contain fossilized specimens of early humans is currently underway in South Africa. An international team of paleoanthropologists is exploring the Rising Star Cave at a site in South Africa dubbed the Cradle of Humankind, which is located roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars. Orbiting a mere 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the surface of Mars, Phobos is closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system. Mars’ gravity is […]
Read MoreBeijing: China’s new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe, or Striver, set a national diving record of 10,909 meters last week in the Challenger Deep, a 11,000-meter chasm located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, according to China Central Television. The submersible first broke the 10,000-meter milestone by descending to 10,058 […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Shanghai: Pakistani enterprises of diverse industries are exhibiting at the ongoing 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Among all the exhibits, a small anti-counterfeiting mark unfolds how close the Pak-Sino economic ties are. In Pakistan, tobacco use contributes to a significant number of early deaths, high healthcare costs and lost productivity. […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pak-China Conference held here lauded China’s poverty alleviation strategy as a model for Pakistan.Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) and Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Lahore University for Medical Sciences (LUMS) co-hosted a virtual conference on “Poverty Alleviation, Covid-19, and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)” as part of PCI’s ‘Friends of Silk Road’ Initiative. The conference […]
Read MoreRome: Animals are once again the winners as the Palatine Hill closes to visitors. Wild animals and birds have welcomed the closure of Parco Colosseo, the archaeological park comprising the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Domus Aurea. With Italy’s museums and cultural sites closed due to the latest covid-19 restrictions, the Parco Colosseo animals […]
Read MoreHada Messia and Lianne Kolirin Rome: If music be the food of love, play on – especially when coronavirus restrictions leave you with little other option.Prevented from visiting his sick wife in hospital, 81-year-old Stefano Bozzini decided to take to the street outside to serenade her on his accordion. The touching moment was captured on […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that Italy and Pakistan aim to alleviate poverty.Speaking at a function here, Ambassador Ferrarese said Italy and Pakistan continue to share and update their common vision on poverty reduction and climate change.“The goal is prosperity and social change. The two friendly countries are cooperating and […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Shanghai: President Xi Jinping attended a grand gathering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the development and opening-up of Shanghai’s Pudong last day. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the event. Efforts should […]
Read MoreNewswire Gilgit: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his party will soon form the federal government. Speaking at a recent election rally in Gilgit, he said in the past the political party in the federal government formed government in Gilgit Baltistan but “now the PPP will form the government […]
Read MoreJackie Dunham Toronto: Days after the US election was called, President Donald Trump still refuses to concede to his Democratic rival Joe Biden as he holds out hope the election results might still go his way.And while Biden and his team are preparing for their move to the White House, Trump is still in power […]
Read MoreIslamabad: In its effort to fight and respond to Covid-19 and increase domestic testing capacity for Covid-19 diagnosis, Future Trust in partnership with technology from Opencell UK has launched Future Labs.Future Labs has launched a highly advanced robotic mobile Covid-19 laboratory. Built in the United Kingdom by Opencell UK, the laboratory is a Biosafety Level […]
Read MoreNewswire Washington: America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, turning at a time of national crisis to a man whose character was forged by aching personal tragedy and who is pledging to restore calm and truth after Donald Trump’s exhausting and manic single term. In a victory speech Saturday night in his […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: New Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong is already a celebrity in the country just hours after presenting credentials to President Arif Alvi. As the envoy met President Alvi last week, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan announced the Ambassador had taken to Twitter to remain in contact with the Pakistanis on the […]
Read MoreNewswire Astore: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has promised equal rights for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Speaking at a public meeting in Astore last week, the PPP leader said that Gilgit-Baltistan would also be given the right to rule and the right to property, and the right to employment. Criticizing the present […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Water has not flowed across Antarctica’s Friis Hills for 14 million years, researchers reported at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Denver. The Friis Hills rise 2,000 feet (600 meters) above Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, one of the “Dry Valleys” west of McMurdo Sound. Fossils show tundra mosses and a lake once covered […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found the hottest and most massive double star with components so close that they touch each other.The two stars in the extreme system VFTS 352 could be heading for a dramatic end, during which the two stars either coalesce to create a single […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Griffith University academics are challenging the foundations of quantum science with a radical new theory based on the existence of, and interactions between, parallel universes. In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, Professor Howard Wiseman and Dr Michael Hall from Griffith’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics, and Dr Dirk-Andre Deckert from the […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that the Italian businessmen were interested in investing in Pakistan. The envoy said Italy had always followed with keen interest the Pakistani market and in the past decades had gradually increased its’ positioning, becoming one of the top ten global trading partners of Pakistan and […]
Read MoreMartin Bennett Rome: Like every year since 1925-26 they’re back. Four million by one count. Stormi di storni. Flocks of starlings. And with navigation skills to make Christopher Columbus seem amateur, “storm” is just what they do, above Euro Palasport, along Lungotevere, above Stazione Tiburtina and Piazzale della Radio to name four of their favourite […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide grant assistance of 471 million Japanese Yen to UN-Habitat for the project of “The Improvement of Disaster Resilient Schools Infrastructure” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, aiming to provide a safe and stable educational environment to the students as well as the teachers. Notes to this effect […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Japan has announced the recipients of the 2020 Autumn Imperial Decorations, which includes Zafar Mahmood of Pakistan in recognition of his significant contribution towards further promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding between Japan and Pakistan. Zafar Mahmood, Former President of MEXT Alumni Association of Pakistan, visiting Professor at the Department of Japanese […]
Read MoreIslamabad: We may wish some memories could last a lifetime, but many physical and emotional factors can negatively impact our ability to retain information throughout life. A new study published in the journal Psychological Science found that people who feel enthusiastic and cheerful – what psychologists call “positive affect” – are less likely to experience […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: New DNA findings support evidence that a group of extinct, ancient relatives of modern humans continuously occupied a karst cave in Gansu province tens of thousands of years ago, a finding that could have an important effect on the story of early human development. The new DNA evidence came from layers […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Chengdu: World Panda Youth Reporters Camp was held in Chengdu. 20 outstanding youth from 6 countries, including 2 Pakistani youth, Zaid Ahmed and Aftab Ali took part in this event.They got opportunities to visit and interview Chengdu around 6 themes such as urban greening, urban industries, history, technology, sport, and entertainment. After this […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: More than 1.57 million Chinese applicants are qualified to take the 2021 civil servant examination, said the State Administration of Civil Service.According to the administration, China plans to recruit 25,700 civil servants to work for 79 central government agencies and 23 institutions directly under them in 2021. Applicants will need to […]
Read MoreTahir Pervez Gondal Rawalpindi: Pakistan being the melting pot of various civilizations has different shades and colors taken from the rich cultural heritage of Gandhara, Indus, Mehrgarh, Arabs, Afghans, Mongols, Moguls, Persians, Turks and British spanning over thousands of years. The climatic conditions and different geographical regions from sea coast to deserts, plains to snow […]
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