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PM Nawaz Sharif hands over charges of content management on internet to PTA
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has handed over charges of content management on internet to PTA with the mandate to...
Pew Research’s study reveals 29% people think internet has good influence on morality as opposed to 42%
NEW YORK: Most of the people in the world strongly believe that internet has negative influence on morality. While others...
US customs seizes 42 bales, 2,425 pounds cocaine worth $30.8 million
SAN JUAN: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine Agents intercepted a vessel attempting to smuggle...
PM asks ministries to get ready for March 25 Pak-China meeting on $45.6b CPEC in Beijing
ISLAMABAD –Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif was briefed on various projects mainly pertaining to energy and infrastructure development that...
Banks/DFIs can grant 10-year home loan as SBP amends regulations
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed long-term loans to individuals for solar energy systems required for residential...
Irish private healthcare to record 2-4% increase after goods and services tax
DUBLIN: Private healthcare operating cost will likely increase from two to four per cent after the implementation of the Goods...
15 pounds meth seized at US-Mexico border, children used for smuggling
TEXAS: Federal agents secretly watched a Nissan Altima with Mexican license plates and a family of four inside pulled into...
8 million egg fraud: Cuba charges 16 public sector employees
HAVANA: The Cuban government is going to egg-cruciating lengths to crack down on corruption. A Cuban court has found 18...
AMCHAM Jamaica, T&T turn to SOCA to expand business
KINGSTAN: The American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed to promote trade and investments...
Venezuelan smugglers confront crackdown
CARACAS: The edge of this city near Venezuela's western border, the load of valuable contraband sits in boxes ready to...
US customs seizes two illegal immigrants hidden inside speaker box
TEXAS: US Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector rescued two illegal immigrants from a speaker box located2...
Finnish shipyard ready to build 212 meter LNG power fast fairy
HELSINKI: ABB power and automation technology group said that “the large-scale ferry will be built at Meyer Turku shipyard in...
Scientists uncovered 231m old 9ft-long ‘Carolina Butcher’ croc that walked upright
FRANCE: A newly discovered crocodile ancestor that lived on land and walked on two legs may have been a top...
Why Physical Science Matters a Lot to manufacture Large Hadron Collider in Europe?
NEW YORK: Why should somebody in manufacturing care about what is going on at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe?...
Nasa’s Spacecraft observes mysterious high-altitude dust cloud, aurora which reaches deep into Martian atmosphere
NEW YORK: Nasa's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has noticed mysterious high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches...
MAVEN detects Aurora & Dust Cloud on Mars
FRANCE: In a latest astonishing discovery NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft found out for the first time...
Poland demands EC to reduce tax rates on ebooks
WARSAW: Poland, France, Germany and Italy demanded the European Commission to change tax rules for ebooks. EU judges earlier ruled...
Defence services firm Thales wins deal to secure new $7bn Qatar port
PARIS: Defence services firm Thales has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Qatar to secure its new...
Finland’s Konecranes gets order of 40tonnes capacity cranes for ports
HELSINKI: Finland’s Konecranes Company reported further order from the port of Houston authority for nine of its (RTG) cranes and...
HMRC introduces new strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion
LONDON: HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a new strict liability criminal offence on both offshore tax evaders and those...
