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Rise of tusk smuggling: China bans ivory imports for 1 year
BEIJING: China is banning the import of ivory products for one year amid criticism that its citizens' huge appetite for...
China police nail down woman smuggling ring
SHINGAI: Chinese authorities have busted a smuggling ring that sold young Burmese girls to old single Chinese men for marriage,...
China’s solar manufacturers enhance business overseas
BEIJING: More and more companies have started to capitalize on the growing demand for renewable energy around the world. China...
Wanted: Names for Pluto’s cracks, cliffs &craters
NEW YORK: Now’s your chance to make a bit of history by voting on Pluto. The little dwarf planet at...
Windows phone users now can block calls on Viber
SYDNEY: Viber has over a hundred million active users and over 480 million total users worldwide. The company has been...
Scientists accidentally stumble upon the secret sounds of stars
HONG KONG: If you can remember your primary school’s astronomy classes, the surface of a star is a very volatile...
Private firms get Rs250m, Rs500m projects; CDA refuses to sign 8-year metro bus operational contract
ISLAMABAD: Sans taking the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on board, the Punjab Metro Bus Authority (PMBA) has signed three service...
Nissan gets 10 percent growth, sale 44,000 cars in 2015
DELHI: Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd is a dark horse of the Indian automobile industry. It is second only to...
UK stocks sheds at end, FTSE 100 dips 0.3%
LONDON: A run at fresh record high for U.K.’s blue-chip stocks fell short Tuesday, with utility shares among those finishing...
PTCL Internet-based application extends landline calling to mobile phones
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has introduced mobility for landline customers’ through its Smart Link application. Smart Link uses...
Yarn trade up by 14.42% to $29.581m: Textile exports increase by 0.47% to $9.179 billion in July-Feb
LAHORE: The textile exports have surged by 0.47 per cent to $9.179 billion during the first eight months (July-February) of...
Apple, Samsung comes face to face again for E-commerce
DELHI: An Economic Times report stated that both Apple and Samsung are selling smartphones via the Seattle-based etailer at a...
Rs48.321m, Rs49.27m, Rs14m corruption: NAB decides to file 3 references, start 3 inquiries
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhary, during the executive board meeting, has said that the Bureau is...
Rs160,000 and Rs0.4m compensations for each Op victim: KP NAB nabs FDMA AD, 2 others for Rs60m embezzlement
PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa zone has arrested FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) Assistant Director Irfanullah, United Bank...
Private firms get Rs250m, Rs500m projects; CDA refuses to sign 8-year metro bus operational contract
ISLAMABAD: Sans taking the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on board, the Punjab Metro Bus Authority (PMBA) has signed three service...
Widows’ pension up from 75pc to 100pc, Rs800,000 for daughter’s marriage as families’ package enhanced
ISLAMABAD: The government had enhanced the package for the families of the government employees who die during service, said State...
Rs60m fraud in terror victims’ funds: NAB arrests FDMA official, two bankers
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter has apprehended an official of FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) and two...
67yrs of production: Land Rover collaborates with Sir Paul Smith to create one-off Defender
LONDON: Land Rover has collaborated with British designer Sir Paul Smith to create a bespoke design. Crafted by Land Rover's...
Microsoft’s Windows 10 to provide platform for Internet of Things gadgets
NEW YORK: The software giant, Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system will powering desktop computers and mobile devices, also provide a...
Lenovo YOGA Tablet 2 10″ Windows: specs, design, software and more
BEIJING: Lenovo has introduced the 10″ update with the YOGA Tablet 2 series. Here we take a look at the...
