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Scientists discover 30 new insect species that belongs to same genus calls Megaselia
LONDON: Researchers from the National History Museum (NHM) of L.A., who are working for the BioSCAN project, have discovered 30...
Netherlands police seize 105kg of narcotics during search of house in Rotterdam
AMSTERDAM: Police confiscated 105 kilograms of narcotics during a search of a house in Rotterdam. A tersely worded press release...
Norway Govt’s Pension Fund Global invests 32.095 million kroner in Russia
OSLO: The Government’s Pension Fund Global, currently worth over 7.000 billion Norwegian kroner (€796 billion), have invested 32.095 million kroner in...
€12,110b sales in 2013: Valeo to use Safran’s drone tech to build self-driving cars
PARIS: France’s auto parts maker Valeo has decided to take drone technology from the country’s defence and aerospace group, Safran,...
$0.5m smuggling case takes another twist: Ayyan’s father shot, wounded; remand extended till April 11
RAWALPINDI: Cash smuggling scandal-hit supermodel Ayyan Ali’s father has been shot and wounded, when he was coming back after ‘attending’...
Kuwait seeks help of IMF to introduce corporate tax as oil slumps
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has sought help from the International Monetary Fund to introduce corporate taxes in a bid to diversify...
32 teams competing in Call of Duty championships in Los Angeles to earn $1,000,000 prize pool
TOKYO: Call of Duty championships are underway in Los Angeles, players can enjoy their own Double XP Advanced Warfare challenge...
Sri Lankan nabs in India for smuggling gold worth Rs 61.70 lakh
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan national arrested for allegedly smuggling gold into the country at international airport here the other day....
Ruble weakens 1% against dollar to close at 57.88
MOSCOW: Russian ruble fell 1 percent against dollar to close at 57.88 and lost 0.6 percent to trade at 62.70...
Three Lankans arrested in India for human smuggling
COLOMBO: The Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ branch police have arrested three Sri Lankan Tamils for illegally migrating refugees from the special...
Mumbai port handles 1.99mln TEUs volume last year
MUMBAI: APM Terminals Mumbai handled 1.99 million TEUs container volumes in 2014 and became the India’s busiest container terminal. HS...
“God of War 4” PS4 to release soon After Sony’s official statement, “GOW 3” remastered version is coming in July
TOKYO: After Sony's official statement that "GOW 3" remastered version is coming in July. "God of War 4" PS4 release...
Earn HK$3.09 b in 2014: Haier Electronics plans online sales drive to beat slowdown
HONG KONG: Haier Electronics, the world's biggest supplier of washing machines, plans to drive e-commerce sales in the countryside with...
3000 yrs old woolly mammoths frozen specimen found
PARIS: To save the contemporary animals from extinction the DNA of woolly mammoth has been injected into the modern elephants....
Saudi Abdullah port aims to take business away from Dubai’s Jebel Ali
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) aims to take business away from Dubai’s Jebel Ali by offering a...
CNOOC profit jumps 6.6% to $9.68b in 2014
HONG KONG: Chinese state-owned energy giant CNOOC said profit climbed over six percent last year as it started a spate...
Govt guarantees issued for five 230MW wind power projects worth $600m
ISLAMABAD: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has issued government guarantees for construction of five 230MW wind power projects worth...
Sony reduces price of PlayStation TV in UK from £84.99 to £44.99 after launch
LONDON: Sony PlayStation TV has had a massive price cut from £84.99 down to an RRP of just £44.99 within...
People across world turn off lights to celebrate earth hour
PERTH: People across the globe will flick their lights off for the worldwide movement of Earth Hour when clocks hit...
WWF-Pakistan celebrations Earth hour 2015 at Sindh assembly
KARACHI: WWF-Pakistan will celebrate one of its world’s largest symbolic environmental movements, Earth Hour, today (Saturday), with a candles lighting...
