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NASA seeks ideas for asteroid redirect mission spacecraft
LONDON: NASA is seeking designs for an unmanned spacecraft to help it pull off an ambitious mission to move part...
Abu Dhabi customs seizes 2m narcotics pills
ABU DHABI: In a major drug haul, Abu Dhabi police have seized over two million narcotic pills estimated to be...
Textile companies’ top officials visit US Cotton Belt
LAHORE: To observe cotton production, processing and marketing, the top officials of Pakistani companies have visited the US Cotton Belt....
Scotland police seized cannabis plants worth £70,000
EDINBURG: Two men have been charged after cannabis plants, with a street value of about £70,000, were seized during a...
Singapore Customs seized 3.7 tones illegal ivory worth $6m
SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities seized the biggest illegal shipment of ivory and other exotic animal parts in more than a decade...
SECP issues requirements for CPPI-based mutual funds to protect investors
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to ensure investor protection, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued guidelines for...
Archeaologists discover 500mn yrs old turtle fossil in Australia
SYDNEY: Archaeologists looking for crocodile fossils have instead found what they described as a "massive bed" of turtle fossils dating...
Punjab govt launches training programme for mango growers
MULTAN: The provincial government is launching a programme from June 15 to train farmers at grass-root level in killing fruit...
Euro help boost exports of goods from eurozone to rest of world in March
BRUSSELS: A weaker euro helped boost exports of goods from the eurozone to the rest of the world in March,...
Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%
NEW YORK Researchers have obtained the record-breaking efficiency of 22.1 percent efficiency on nanostructured silicon solar cells. An almost 4...
ADB extends emergency trade finance facility to Nepal
KATHMANDU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded its trade finance programme (TFP) in Nepal by $40 million in order...
Singapore customs seizes biggest illegal shipment of ivory worth $6m
SINGAPORE: Singapore seized the biggest illegal shipment of ivory and other exotic animal parts from Kenya, worth an estimated $6...
Vietnam’s benchmark VN Index rises 1.54%
HANOI: Vietnam’s benchmark VN Index rose 1.54 per cent by the midday break on Wednesday, heading for its second straight...
Vietnam’s domestic coffee prices advanced to highest mark in two weeks
HANOI: Vietnam's domestic coffee prices advanced this week to their highest in almost two weeks, tracking gains in global prices,...
Chinese police confiscate 128kg meth, apprehend chemistry professor
BEIJING: A former chemistry professor has been identified by Chinese police as part of a gang which cooked up synthetic...
Operation “LASERFINDER”: Hong Kong, Malaysia, China seized 370kg drugs in joint investigation
HONG KONG: Authorities in Hong Kong, the mainland and Malaysia conducted a joint investigation code named “LASERFINDER” over April and...
Malaysian police nail down drugs syndicate, nabbed 17 smugglers
KUALA LUMPUR: A drug distribution line from China ended when police nabbed 17 suspects in raids around Klang Valley and...
DC, DP world ink deal to enhance customs cooperation
DUBAI: Dubai Customs and Dubai Customs World (DC World) have inked an agreement of cooperation to boost ties between the...
Omani Products Exhibition showcasing products in Saudi market
MUSCAT: The 4th Omani Products Exhibition (OPEX) was inaugurated by Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry, on...
Spanish companies to seek investment opportunities in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Spain’s ACCIO Barcelona Regional Office in Asia Managing Director Suprio Bose, addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce...
