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Yu Yureka smartphone sports 5.5-inch 720p HD display, comes with 4G LTE Cat4 modem
NEW DELHI: Yu Yureka smartphone fresh sale will start today on Amazon India. There are as many as 25,000 units...
Life began on earth may be older than we thought: Study
MEXICO: The Earth was a hostile environment marked by unpredictable climate and oxygen-deprived air over 3 billion years ago. Researchers...
Google to introduce internet Project Loon to offer affordable internet across globe via high-altitude balloons
NEW DELHI: Google is in talks with the Indian government to introduce its Project Loon, an internet project that uses...
‘Russia to re-consider wheat export ban after February’
MOSCOW: Russian Minister of Agriculture, Nikolai Fyodorov, said that Russian agriculture ministry may review its wheat export tax once it...
85 years after discovery, New Horizons gets first look of Pluto’s smaller moons
PARIS: Exactly 85 years ago, on the 18th of February in 1930, a young researcher named Clyde Tombaugh was working...
NZ Parliament passes legislation to increase tiny tax at pumps
WELLINGTON: Parliament has passed legislation to create a new levy to cover the cost of the stockpiled oil New Zealand...
Indian importers ask govt to exempt natural gas from customs duty
NEW DELHI: Importers of India has asked federal government to exempt natural gas from customs duty. “The new government has...
Malaysia to establish special unit to eradicate drugs smuggling
SIBU: Malaysian police have been instructed to put up a recommendation for the establishment of a special border security unit...
Dollar falls slightly to mid-118 yen zone in early Tokyo deals
TOKYO: The U.S. dollar fell slightly to the mid-118 yen zone Thursday morning in Tokyo, with its topside capped by...
NZ dollar records high against Australian dollar
NEW YORK: The New Zealand dollar rose, touching a fresh record against the Aussie dollar, after minutes of the Federal...
US dollar dips against yen, euro
LONDON: The dollar fell against the yen and euro on Thursday, paring gains after minutes of January's Federal Reserve policy...
Qatargas to supply 3mt of LPG annually Pakistan whose power generation by gas 4.1bcf/day
CAIRO - Industry sources in Doha said that Qatargas, a Gulf energy company, is in the final stages of negotiations...
Beginning: KSE snaps profit taking impact as 100 index gains 8.36 points to 33727.22
KARACHI: The benchmark KSE-100 Index improved slightly in trading on Thursday and reached 33727.22 with a positive change of 8.36...
NZ Livestock Improvement Corp sets target of $1b revenue by 2025
WELLINGTON: Livestock Improvement Corp have set a "roadmap" to sound out its farmer-shareholders about the possibility of raising capital to...
SA Customs seizes illicit 329 diamonds, 800kg dagga at Free State border
CAPE TOWN: South Africa Customs seized diamonds and drugs at South Africa's Free State border with Lesotho over the past...
Qatargas may supply 3mt of LPG annually for 15 years to Pakistan whose power generation by gas 4.1bcf/day
CAIRO - Industry sources in Doha said that Qatargas, a Gulf energy company, is in the final stages of negotiations...
Financial Monitoring Unit acts on 34 suspicious financial transactions
ISLAMABAD: The Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) has disseminated 34 suspicious financial reports during a check on suspicious transactions. Moreover, FMU...
Rapid clearance of consignments resulted in record increase in exports from Sialkot
SIALKOT: The smooth provision of the advanced export-related facilities and rapid clearance of the export consignments resulted into the record...
More than 80pc soap factories evade tax
FAISALABAD: More than 80% of soap production units are involved in tax theft. The firms did not obtained Sales Tax...
Customs Court orders physical remand of protocol officer of Punjab governor
LAHORE: A Special Court of Customs, Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has ordered a two-day physical remand of Rana Akhtar, who was...
