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Cargills PLC revenue rises by 9% to Rs.17.2b in 1Q
COLOMBO: Diversified retailer, Cargills (Ceylon) PLC group posted a net profit of Rs.403 million for the quarter ended June 30,...
UAE to raise domestic price for gasoline, cut diesel
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates has become the first Gulf state to take a major step towards taming the gas-guzzling habits...
Colorful maps of dwarf planet Ceres,releases
EUROPE : NASA has released a set of colourful maps of dwarf planet Ceres created using photographs taken by its...
Japan claims to fired most powerful laser ever create
TOKYO: Researchers in Osaka were able to produce a 2-petawatt laser beam using a device known as the Laser for...
UAE FM meets Portugal deputy premier to develop trade ties
DUBAI: Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, stressed that the UAE and Portugal have distinguished historic bonds based...
SPIL revenue expects to drop $590.05m
TAIPEI: Siliconware Precision Industrial Co (SPIL), the world’s No. 2 chip packager, yesterday said net profit for last quarter was...
NASA launches new tool to explore ISS
MEXICO: NASA’s launched a new tool that lets you explore the International Space Station (ISS) in immense detail. The 360...
China builds world’s largest telescope
BEIJING: Supercomputer Skyeye-1, capable of a quadrillion computing operations per second, will support space exploration by the world's largest radio...
Pluto’s new image reveal flows of nitrogen ice fill up craters
LONDON: New photos of Pluto released by NASA reveal flows of nitrogen ice filling up craters, an atmosphere that could...
Accord will be first Honda model with both Android Auto and CarPlay
TOKYO: Honda introduced last week a refreshed version of the Honda Accord. Coming to market in August, the 2016 Accord...
Greece’s Tsipras takes on powerful shipping sector
ATHENS: A new wave of austerity is threatening to swamp every corner of Greece economic life, including the country’s powerful...
Dinosaurs like T rex had serrated teeth
FRANCE: If you want to know the secret behind the success of Tyrannosaurus rex and its meat-eating dinosaur cousins, look...
560,000-year-old adult tooth finds by French student
CANADA: A French student has found an adult tooth dating back about 560,000 years in southwest France, in what researchers...
South Korea LG Electronics reports 45% fall in 2Q earnings
SEOUL: LG Electronics said Wednesday its second quarter earnings sank 45 percent over a year earlier as losses widened in...
Tesla Model 3 to hit market in March 2016
SYDNEY: The Tesla Model 3 set to compete with the likes of the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class will...
Indian oil imports from Saudi Arabia drop 8% in fiscal year 2014-15
NEW DELHI: India has cut crude oil imports from its top supplier Saudi Arabia by over 8 per cent in...
Catastrophic rise in sea levels of six meters may be inevitable
LONDON: Even if humanity were to stop throwing carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere today, a catastrophic rise in...
US software giant Microsoft introduces Windows 10
NEW YORK: US software giant Microsoft has started the roll-out of Windows 10, the first to work across all Windows-powered...
Turkey seeks to expand energy, transport, trade with Iran
TEHRAN: Turkmen Foreign Affairs Minister Rashid Meredov says his country seeks to expand and enhance energy and transport ties with...
Malaysia’s Fajarbaru Builder plans to build projects worth RM728m
PETALING JAYA: Small-cap contractor Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd has property projects with a gross development value (GDV) of RM728mil in...
