Italy wants to develop agro-based industry in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Italian Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has called on Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal and expressed interest...
Russia loses military satellite after launch
FRANCE: A military satellite named Kanopus ST is reported to have been lost in space after it failed to separate...
The race to land a robot on moon is officially set for 2017
MEXICO: The race to put the first private robot lander on the moon is heating up as a second company...
Indonesia to import 1m metric tons Pak rice from 2016
ISLAMABAD: Indonesia will import more than one million metric tons of Pakistani white rice worth $400m from next year to...
Australian stocks shed at open, S&P 200 slumps 1.05pc
SYDNEY: Australian stocks have slipped more than one percent on Thursday, led by heavy losses in Australia's banks weighing on...
Berjaya Food reveneu jumps 79.8% to RM135.42mil
KUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Food Bhd (BFood) reported a 96.21% fall in its net profit for its second quarter ended Oct...
Bangladesh anti-drugs officers seize cocaine worth $6.2m
DHAKA: Bangladesh anti-drugs officers seized US$6.2 million of cocaine at Dhaka airport and arrested a Spanish national on suspicion of...
Hong Kong stocks decline in early trade, Hang Seng retreats 0.16%
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks slipped in the first few minutes of trade Thursday, extending a sell-off to six straight...
China stocks jump at open, Shanghai Composite shoots up 0.6pc
SHANGHAI: China stocks rose on Thursday as investors responded positively to a government announcement that it would shift to a...
Tokyo stocks open skid at open, Nikkei 225 down 1.32pc
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks tumbled Thursday as a strong yen dented exporter shares, and after Wall Street fell on oil prices...
Solar superflare enough to destroy our blue planet
CANADA: On spotting the enormous solar flare on the star, KIC9655129, scientists speculate that our sun could produce a similar...
US stocks dip at close, S&P dives 0.8%
LONDON:U.S. stocks fell for a third day as Apple Inc. paced declines among technology shares, overshadowing a rebound in commodity...
Japan’s Akatsuki orbiter sends back images of Venus
TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, nicknamed Ataksuki (which means "dawn" in Japanese), has sent back images...
UK stocks drop at end of trade, FTSE 100 plunges 0.1%
NEW YORK: The U.K.’s benchmark stock dropped for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, even as mining and oil companies...
Playing 3D video games could help improve memory, study
LONDON: A recent study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience and conducted by researchers associated with the the Center for the...
European stocks fall at end, Stoxx Europe 600 tumbles 0.4%
ROME: European stocks fell for a second straight session Wednesday, as investors searched for direction amid volatility in the...
Scientists discover new species of dinosaur
PERTH: Australian scientists were able to to discover a new species of dinosaur after completing years of fossil analysis. The...
Plenty of room for growth in Pak-US trade relations: Brian Heath
KARACHI: US Consul General in Karachi, Brian Heath has said that although the current trade volume between United States and...
CDA asks to focus on developmental works in markets to facilitate business activities
ISLAMABAD: Lack of basic infrastructure in markets was a major stumbling block in promoting business activities and CDA should focus...
Traders Welfare Association visits ICCI
ISLAMABAD: Lack of basic infrastructure in markets was a major stumbling block in promoting business activities and CDA should focus...
