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53m SIMs of 38m users verified: Govt’s SIM verification campaign in full swing
ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s effort to scrutinise 103 million SIMs through biometric system will be continuing till Feb 26 as...
Early peanut exposure can reduce likelihood of allergy
MEXICO: A study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested that if infants are exposed to...
Malaysia Customs seizes 1.4kg illicit syabu, nabs Chinese woman
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia Customs nabbed a Chinese national who trying to smuggle 1.4kg of syabu with a street value of...
Singapore Customs seizes 2 hedgehogs, one leopard gecko; nabbed Malaysian smuggler
SINGAPORE: Two four-toed hedgehogs and a leopard gecko were uncovered from a man's belongings during a routine check at the...
Recently-discovered crater in Siberia’s Yamal peninsula surrounded by 20 mini-craters
HONG KONG: Four latest formed craters have been discovered in northern Russia. People fear that global warming is causing gas...
Daebo International Shipping Co files in court receivership: S Korea
SEOUL: South Korea's Daebo International Shipping Co Ltd has filed a court receivership, a form of corporate bankruptcy mainly due...
Twitter’s “While You Were Away” features finally available for Android users
LONDON: Twitter’s “While You Were Away” feature is finally available for Android users soon one month after launching on iOS....
Pebble new smart watch named Time to support Android, iOS, has better battery life
LONDON: Pebble introduces a new smart watch named Time. The new watch is company's first device with a colour screen....
SA Customs seizes illicit cigarettes worth R9 million
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa Customs seized contraband cigarettes, with an estimated street value of nearly R9m at the Beit Bridge border...
NASA’s Curiosity rover clicks selfie showing vehicle at ‘Mojave’ site on Red Planet
MEXICO: NASA's Curiosity rover has clicked a selfie showing the vehicle at the “Mojave” site on the Red Planet where...
South Africa Customs seizes illicit cocaine, meth, heroin worth R14.8m
CAPE TOWN: Drugs with an estimated street value of over R14.8 million were prevented from entering South Africa after being...
Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future
BRENT: Deception Island, Antarctica Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest,...
Ancient Buddhist statue contains perfectly preserved 1,000-year-old mummified monk
ROME: Scientific tests have revealed that an ancient Buddhist statue contains the perfectly preserved remains of a 1,000-year-old mummified monk,...
Sri Lanka Customs seizes two containers of illicit scrap copper worth Rs 22.5m
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs has seized two containers of scrap copper that was on the way to be smuggled to...
KSE witnesses volatility as 100 Index reverses early losses, gains 14.94 points to reach 33910.40
- Reversing the early trading loss of 9.32 points or 0.03 percent, the KSE-100 Index gained 14.94 points or 0.04...
Taiwanese banks’ Chinese operations see profit hike 88% to NT$5.2 billion in 2014
TAIPEI: Taiwanese banks saw net profits from their Chinese operations climb 88 percent last year to NT$5.2 billion (US$164 million)...
Gerbils are real plague-bringers, study suggests
PARIS: For hundreds of years, the arrival of the bubonic plague in Europe in the mid-14th century has been blamed...
NASA sets next $1 billion New Frontiers competition for 2016
WASHINGTON: NASA has announced to start its next mission in the New Frontiers line - a cost-capped class of $1...
NASA Europa mission may search signs of alien life on Jupiter’s moon
HARROW: NASA will start a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa in the hope of finding signs of life on the...
Sri Lankan Customs to crack down on vehicle assembly rackets
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs are to crack down on vehicle assembly rackets being carried out by businessmen who operate automobile...
