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NASA wants your vote about Ceres’ mysterious bright spots
FRANCE: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently in orbit with dwarf planet Ceres where its first phase of its science mission...
Universe may be a hologram after all, scientists
LONDON: A two-dimensional feature of hologram does appear to human eye as three dimensional. Now, the new research suggests that...
Real state investments in Singapore expand 18% to $3.6bn in Q1
SINGAPORE: Real estate investments surged 18 per cent to $3.6 billion in the first quarter of the year from the...
Government Must Avoid Putting Brakes on Growth Apr 28, 2015
DUBLIN: The Government’s commitment to start spending on infrastructure is essential to stop the brakes being placed on the...
India’s Airtel Q4 net profit up 30% as mobile revenue grows
NEW DELHI: Country's largest telecom company Bharti Airtel reported a 30.5% jump in its March quarter's net profit at Rs...
Canada arrests Belgian woman smuggling 2.82kg heroin
OTTAWA: A Belgian woman has been found guilty of trying to smuggle 2.82 kg of heroin into Canada while flying...
Kenya customs to investigate 2 trucks smuggled under mis-invoicing
NAIROBI: Two trucks impounded at Malaba boarder ferrying AP uniforms into the country had underpaid duty through mis-invoicing. Mis-invoicing is...
Deep red iron-rich water oozes out of glacier
PARIS: At Blood Falls, deep red iron-rich water oozes out of a glacier. It’s dramatic and unmissable on its own,...
China Life Insurance profit swells 70% to 12.27bn yaun
BEIJING: China Life Insurance said net profit during the first quarter rose 70 percent to 12.27 billion yuan from a...
Apple revenue in China up 71% to $16.8bn
Apple Inc beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on the back of surging iPhone sales, especially in China, but...
China’s Bank of Beijing profits jump 10% to $819.67m in Q1
BEIJING: Bank of Beijing, a medium-sized bank said its net profits rose 10 percent year on year to 5 billion...
China’s Lenovo targets to sell 120m smartphones, tablets in 2015
SHANGHAI: Lenovo Group Ltd has targeted global sales of 120 million smartphones and tablets this financial year with the help...
BoP earns highest-ever profit of Rs2 billion in Q1
LAHORE: The Bank of Punjab (BoP), during the Board of Directors’ meeting, announced highest-ever quarterly earnings of Rs2 billion before-tax-profits...
China’s RCC signs $5.5b infrastructure construction contracts in Africa
BEIJING: Two big construction orders in Africa totalling nearly $5.5 billion have been signed by China's largest railway constructor, China...
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft use colors to reveled mineral composition of Mercury’s surface
CANADA: Images taken by NASA's Messenger spacecraft and released in the probe's final days use colour to reveal the mineral...
Crude oil slumps 17 cents in Asian trade
LONDON: Crude oil dipped 17 cents in the Asian session on Wednesday to trade at 56.89 and Brent oil mirrored...
Russia tries to contact progress spacecraft on ISS mission again
BRENT: Russia will again try to make contact with an unmanned cargo ship after communications were lost following the spacecraft’s...
PTCL announces 15% cash dividend amounting to Rs1.50 per share
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), in its 20th annual general meeting, has announced final cash dividend of 15% amounting...
Kerala customs seizes 29 tortoises, 65 kg peacock feathers
KOCHI: Kerala customs department at Cochin International Airport seized 29 tortoises and 65 kilograms of peacock feathers from three passengers...
Dubai Customs launches Al-Fanar initiative in Careers UAE 2015
DUBAI: Dubai Customs unveiled launching its newest HR initiative “Al-Fanar”, under the slogan “Dubai Customs’ Excellence – You make it...
