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Colour perception in humans appears to change over the seasons
WASHINGTON: Colour perception in humans appears to change over the seasons, a new study from the University of York in...
Singer Sri Lanka revenue jumps 28% to Rs.18b in H1
COLOMBO: Singer Sri Lanka recorded Rs. 18 billion in revenue, a 28% surge in the first half of the 2015...
New species of deep-sea anglerfish discovered
HONG KONG: A new species of anglerfish has been discovered living deep beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico....
NASA released dramatic surface of the dwarf planet Ceres
CANADA: NASA released a new video that offers viewers a glimpse of the diverse and dramatic surface of the dwarf...
Second gray wolf possibly spotted in California
CANADA: Wildlife officials in California believe that a grey wolf managed to venture into the state from Oregon making the...
SL tea export revenue falls to 90.7b in H1
COLOMBO: Total revenue from tea exports in the first half of 2015 declined by a substantial 13.3 billion rupees to...
Govt introduces authority to keep check on construction work
LAHORE: With the aim to avoid any untoward incident, the provincial government has decided to introduce a Multipurpose Authority to...
Kuwait’s KAMCO projects net profit of KD 145,000 in H1
KUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company K.S.C. (Public), a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region and...
QInvest revenue surges 40% to $53.7m in H1
DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment group and one of the most prominent Islamic financial institutions, reported $53.7m (QR195.6m) revenue for...
Customs officers arrests Vietnamese American for VAT refund fraud of US$3,000
HANOI: Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat Airport have arrested a Vietnamese-American for value-added tax refund fraud of nearly US$3,000....
Taiwan steel exports fall 20% in H1
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s steel exports for the first half of this year fell by nearly 20 percent as oversupply sent product...
Pak rupee gains value in cash-free market
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Monday gained value against the US dollar in open market. According to local currency market, the...
Indonesia e-commerce climbes as economy dims
JAKARTA: E-commerce players in the country saw their sales and revenues climb in the first six months of this year,...
Govt to decrease wholesale dealers’ income tax ratio by 70%
LAHORE: In a bid to increase tax net and to convince the business community to pay tax, the government is...
Philae Lander and its host comet to skirt past the Sun
PARIS: A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the sun this week, setting...
Mysterious “Lizard Man” reappears in South Carolina
MEXICO: The mysterious "Lizard Man" has reportedly resurfaced at a town in South Carolina after a local resident claimed she...
Rosetta mission celebrates 1st anniversary at comet 67P
FRANCE: The Rosetta mission team is celebrating its first anniversary of the spacecraft's August 6 arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Among...
Traders, govt urged to resolve tax issue to save economy
LAHORE: The representative of local business community has urged the both sides, ie government and traders, to resolve the issue...
NASA released other side animation of moon
CANADA: NASA had released an animation of the other side of the moon as it transits the Earth on Wednesday....
Malaysian police seize 206.2kg of ketum juice
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized 206.2kg of daun ketum juice and leaves with the arrest of a man at a...
