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Indonesia’s Asian Agri plans to develop 20 biogas power plants by 2020
JAKARTA: Palm oil heavyweight PT Asian Agri plans to develop 20 biogas-fired power plants (PLTB) within the next five years...
Taiwan’s Powerchip inks agreement with Hefei Construction to China chipmaker to make driver Ics
TAIPEI: Powerchip Technology Corp said it has inked an agreement with Hefei Construction Investment and Holding Co Ltd to invest...
25,000 diving tarantulas discover in Northern Territory
SYDNEY: A TINY settlement in the sparsely-populated Northern Territory of Australia has been the subject of scientific attention, after it...
Apple says in iOS 9 advertisers will not be able to view app-download data for ad-targeting purposes
NEW YORK: Apple reveals at its 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference that in iOS 9 advertisers and other companies will no...
World Bank Board approves $50m credit for ECD in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The World Bank Board has approved a US $50 million credit to improve the quality and increase equitable access...
QE market capitalisation jumps by 1.30% to QR642.35bn
DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 235.28 points or 1.98 percent last week when the bourse closed yesterday at 12,133.23 points....
Expats should pay 5% tax on remittances from Kuwait: MP
KUWAIT CITY: Expats should pay 5 percent tax on remittances from Kuwait, a pro-government MP has proposed. Kamel Al Awadhi...
Previous moving glacier helps scientists to explain what happen during Glacial Earthquake’
FRANCE: Returning to their labs, the researchers simulated the glacier scene in a cylindrical tank that mimicked the fjords that...
Malaysian Customs collects RM22.5b tax revenue
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) had collected RM22.5 billion in tax revenue for the period from January...
Bangladesh’s Forex reserves hit $25b, set new record
DHAKA: Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves crossed $25 billion yesterday, setting a new record. The reserve of $25.02 billion is enough...
Oppo introduces budget smartphone Joy 3 on its website
NEW DELHI: Oppo has introduced a budget smartphone Joy 3 on its website. This 3G smartphone featuring Oppo’s proprietary Color...
Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected liquid cocaine worth $3.4m
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs seized about 3 kilograms of suspected liquid cocaine worth about $3.4 million at Hong Kong...
Researchers use tiny robots as a gauss gun to inject medicine directly at afflicted tissue
NEW YORK: A research team from the University of Houston and Boston Children's Hospital debuted a novel new approach to...
UK researchers develop new technique to produce “electronic skin” that use in robots
LONDON: Researchers have developed a new technique to produce high-quality , low-cost graphene that could pave the way for the...
200 million yrs old dinsour discovered hidden among fossils in South Africa
PRETORIA: A 200 million year-old dinosaur has been discovered hidden among fossils in a South African university storeroom. The remains...
Facebook new feature to make it easier to find and share links in posts on iOS
NEW YORK: Facebook has introduced a new feature which will make it easier to find and share links in posts...
Sony announces its flagship Xperia Z3+ with 5.2-inch full HD display
NEW DELHI: Today Sony announced its flagship Xperia Z3+. This phone will replace the incumbent Z3 as the flagship phone...
New Zealand’s goods exports fall by 4.7% to $3.03b in May
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's goods trade surplus in May fell slightly as dairy exports to China dropped, the government's statistics agency...
UAE gold prices down 0.2 % from last week
DUBAI: Gold slid to a one-week low on Wednesday, down for a fourth consecutive session as the dollar strengthened and...
New Volvo S60 T6 to compete against BMW 3 Series 328i, Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class
NEW DELHI: Volvo will launch the petrol version of the S60 T6 on July 3, 2015. The diesel variants of...
