Afghanistan’s CEO terms anti-narcotics efforts top priority
KABUL: Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah, criticized top authorities for turning their back on counter-narcotics efforts in past years. ...
Year: 2015
SpaceX launches cargo capsule, fails to nail rocket landing
LONDON: The third attempt to launch and then retrieve a booster rocket intact has failed. But the primary aim of ...
Potential signs of ‘interacting’ dark matter suggest it is not completely dark after all
NEW YORK: Dark matter may be having an even bigger impact on the Universe than previously thought, after scientists found ...
UK stocks jump at end of trade, FTSE 100 advances 0.2pc
NEW YORK: U.K. stocks rose as commodity shares rebounded from their worst drop in two weeks. The FTSE 100 Index ...
Rs132b can be saved annually: Govt urged to create consensus for construction of 3600MW Kalabagh Dam
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to create consensus for construction of Kalabagh ...
KSE recoups overnight losses as 100-index gains 315pts to 32425pts
KARACHI: Breaking the bearish spell, the Karachi Stock Exchange Wednesday opened with positive note, recouping the previous losses. The benchmark ...
Saturn much further away than moon or even Mars
CANADA: The Saturn moon Titan has long been recognized as a possible stellar object similar to Earth because it has ...
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Smartphone BOM of $284.85 as Apple iPhone 6 Plus 64GB BOM of $236.04
LONDON: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is the most expensive Galaxy S line Smartphone yet built, but has a lower retail ...
Zombie worm ‘destroyed fossils’ help scientists to learn about past
WASHINGTON: A species of bone-eating worm that was believed to have evolved in conjunction with whales has been dated back ...
US stocks end higher, Dow Jones gains 59.66pts
LONDON: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher buoyed by a rebound in oil prices and a handful of positive first-quarter earnings ...
Dark matter more active than we thought
HONG KONG: The first signs of dark matter interacting with a force other than gravity may have been found. Until ...
Apple’s iOS 8.3 update ruins freedom of controlling data in our installed Apps, Games, iFunBox
LONDON: Apple’s recently released iOS 8.3 update prevents desktop file explorers like iFunBox, iExplorer, iTools, and others from accessing the ...
Exports down 5.95% to $17.94b, imports up 3.08% to $34.05b: Trade deficit increases 15.4% to $16.1b
ISLAMABAD: The constant decline in exports and increase in imports have widened Pakistan’s trade deficit by 15.42 per cent $16.11 ...
Zameen appears on Mobilink: now Mobilink users able to browse free Zameen’s website, use apps
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s real estate portal Zameen, has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with Mobilink. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was ...
Russia, Kazakhstan trade rise despite import restrictions
MOSCOW: Russia and Kazakhstan trade raised even as import restrictions between the two post-Soviet neighbors continued to mount. "I think ...
Singtel announces next-generation IP-based Internet Protocol communications app, Wavee
NEW DELHI: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd Singtel has announced Wavee, which it described as a next-generation IP-based Internet Protocol communications app ...
Violation of Section 4 of Competition Act: CCP imposes Rs140m fine on automakers for cartelisation, price fixing
ISLAMABAD: After a thorough inquiry, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed Rs140 million fine on Pakistan Automobile Manufacturers ...
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’ is first title for next-gen hardware in critically acclaimed Black Ops series
LONDON: Activision has released a teaser for Call of Duty Black Ops 3. The main purpose of the move is ...
Comet 67P shows no sign of magnetism
NEW YORK: When the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft went out to land on and study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko it ...
Rs23b investment mobilised: Smeda, Pak-Saudi Chamber join hands for boosting trade between Pak, S Arabia
LAHORE: TSmall and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) and Pak-Saudi Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PSJCCI) have joined hands ...
