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Scientists unlocked genetic secrets of octopus
BRENT: Scientists have unlocked the genetic secrets of one of Earth's underwater wonders - the octopus - whose eight sucker-studded...
15 Customs officers of BS-18 nominated for 20th MCM Course
ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division of Federal Board of Revenue has nominated 15 Pakistan Customs service officers of BS-18 for 20th...
Italian police seize 49kg of cocaine hidden in squid shipment from Argentina
ROME: Italian police seized 49 kilograms of pure cocaine hidden in a squid (Illex argentinus) shipment from Argentina. The Argentine...
37 Inland Revenue officers of BS-18 nominated for 20th MCM Course
ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division of Federal Board of Revenue has nominated 37 Inland Revenue Service officers of BS-18 for 20th...
Forests are 1st major line of defence against negative impacts of climate change, Mushahidullah
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Wednesday said that forests are a first major line of defence...
New Horizons show remarkable details of dwarf planet Pluto
MEXICO: Following the path taken by the crew of the starship Enterprise in “Star Trek,” mankind is boldly going where...
First use of ISS astronaut pictures for light pollution studies
CANADA: The Cities at Night project organizers began compiling hundreds of thousands of nighttime photos of metropolises taken from the...
Morning tea turn you anaemic, experts claim
KOLKATA: Tea does have various health attributes but it isn't entirely the magic potion it is thought to be. Drinking...
Pak rupee remains firm vs dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani currency Thursday remained steady against the US dollar both in cash-free market and interbank. As per the...
China fixed-asset investment grows 11.2% to $4.5tn in first 7 months
BEIJING: China's fixed-asset investment grew 11.2 percent year on year to 28.85 trillion yuan ($4.5 trillion) in the first 7...
China’s industrial output jumps 6% in July
BEIJING: China's value-added industrial output expanded 6 percent year on year in July, down from 6.8 percent for June, the...
China retail sales grow 10.5% to $383.8b in July
BEIJING: China's retail sales grew 10.5 percent year on year to 2.43 trillion yuan ($383.8 billion) in July, slightly down...
Tasmanian devils to be released back to Mainland Australia
HONG KONG: Is it time for Tasmanian devils to once again roam mainland Australia, after they went extinct there some...
China’s fiscal expenditure rises 24.1% to $201b in July
BEIJING: China's fiscal expenditure rose 24.1 percent year on year to 1.27 trillion yuan ($201 billion) in July, the Ministry...
Lenovo net profit drops 51% in Q1
BEIJING: Personal computer and smartphone maker Lenovo group posted a 51 percent drop in net profit in first financial quarter...
Central nervous system activity filmed for 1st time
FRANCE: This is the crackle of neural activity that allows a fruit-fly (Drosophila melanogaster) larva to crawl backwards: a flash...
Manufacturing sector’s exports decline by 17% in July
LAHORE: The manufacturing sector recorded 17 per cent decline in exports in the first month of newly-started fiscal year 2015-16,...
SMIC net profit surges 35% to $76.7m in 2Q
HONG KONG: Hong Kong-listed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, said here the other day that its second-quarter net profit grew 35...
Deceptive TV campaign: CCP imposes Rs1.25m fine on Reckitt Benckiser
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed a fine of Rs1.25 million on Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan Limited for...
Tencent’s net profit soars 25% to $1.1b in 2Q
BEIJING: Tencent said here the other day that its second-quarter net profit rose 25 percent year on year to 7.31...
