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Facebook demands US$2bil from founder of Oculus VR for taking confidential information
NEW YORK: Facebook Inc demands US$2bil (RM7.20bil) from the founder of virtual reality glasses maker Oculus VR Inc for taking...
Govt unlikely to meet 5.1% GDP growth target: Dr Ishrat
KARACHI: Renowned economist Dr Ishrat Hussain, while addressing a workshop ‘Budget Discussion Forum’, organised by the Karachi Press Club in...
Naeem Hassan made Addl Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Naeem Hassan, an Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer of BS-18, presently as Deputy Commissioner-IR, Large Taxpayers Unit, Islamabad, has...
Mazhar Iqbal given charge of I&I-IR Addl Director
ISLAMABAD: Mazhar Iqbal, an Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer of BS-18, presently posted as Deputy Director, Intelligence & Investigation (I&I),...
Indonesia authorities confiscated 618 peices of illegal wood
JAKARTA: Authorities have confiscated 618 pieces of processed wood sourced from illegal logging operations in protected forests and backed by...
Assist Collector, Dy Assist Chemical Examiner granted performance allowance
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has granted performance allowance (equivalent to 100% of basic pay) to two Pakistan Customs...
Customs Superintendent to retire on 31st
ISLAMABAD: Jamshaid Iqbal, a BS-16 officer of Customs Department, is going to retire from Government Service with effect from May31,...
French, Italian stock markets edge lower due to losses in US market
PARIS: European stock markets edged lower early on Monday, tracking losses in the US market after US Federal Reserve Chair...
425 million year old parasite found attached to host
WASHINGTON: An international team of researchers have discovered a species of 425 million years old parasite that was still fixed...
NASA discovers new ‘weird’ star in Milky Way, nicknames it Nasty 1
HONG KONG: Sometimes space may seem scary, even violent. This is what has driven scientists to call a new star...
Study revealed a Bronze Age teenager traveled great distances before her death
EALING: A recent isotope analysis of the Bronze Age Egtved Girl, a mummy from 1370 B.C. that was uncovered in...
Researchers identified sudden loss of ice in Southern Antarctic Peninsula due to warm
AFRICA: Researchers have identified a sudden loss of ice in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula due to warm ocean waters. A...
Dead gray whale washes onto Sonoma county beach
BATH: Another dead whale has washed up on a Bay Area beach, the seventh so far this year.The gray whale...
Implantable chip allows paralyzed man to drink beer with robotic arm
LEEDS: A man paralyzed for 13 years can finally have a drink on his own again, thanks to a robotic...
NASA preparing international space station for commercial spacecraft landing
LONDON: NASA preparing ISS for commercial spacecraft landingWashington: NASA engineers are set to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for...
Ayyan Ali’s judicial remand further extended till 28th
RAWALPINDI: A banking court Monday extended the judicial remand of model Ayyan Ali till May 28, according to media reports....
CERN’s LHC sets new energy record
PARIS: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle collider, has set a new energy record ahead of...
Japanese yen flat in Asian trade
TOKYO: The Japanese yen flat in Asia on Monday after trade data showed a mixed picture with exports up solidly,...
NASA astrophysicists discovered most luminous galaxy in the universe
CANADA: NASA astrophysicists have discovered the most luminous galaxy in the universe. Codenamed ‘WISE J224607.57-052635.0,’ the newly discovered galaxy is...
Massive halo appeared around the sun above Mexico City
LONDON: Tens of thousands of people came out from their houses and offices in Mexico City when a massive halo...
