In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
MULTAN: People can slash the risk of all-cause mortality by 40 percent by making fruit and vegetables an essential part of their daily menu in higher quantity, food science and technology experts say. Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables can help people prevent heart disease and stroke, control blood pressure, …
The latest Global Hunger Index report has revealed that the number of hungry people has declined in India with its score improving to 55th position in 2014 due to progress made in addressing underweight in children. Interestingly, India has performed better than its south Asian neighbours Pakistan (57) and Bangladesh …
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif averred on Sunday that there was a vast scope of electricity generation from the solar energy in Punjab and 46 sites have been selected for setting up small solar energy projects to minimise power shortage. He was presiding over a high-level meeting here which …
The Sindh government is starting a project to produce six hundred seventy-two megawatts electricity daily from two thousand tons garbage of Karachi city. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source, feasibility report of the project has been prepared and it will be completed within thirty months. The project is …
Karachi—The district administration of Karachi Central on Thursday launched an extensive month long sanitation campaign to prevent any possible outbreak of diseases and also to ensure provision for a healthy impression of all residential, business and commercial areas in the district. Deputy Commissioner of Karachi Central, Dr. Syed Saif ur …
After vanishing from Delhi, the endangered vultures are facing the threat of extinction in the Indian subcontinent also. The UNEP, in its report released on Wednesday on biodiversity, claimed that a veterinary drug, which had been responsible for deaths of vultures, continue to be available in the market despite a …
Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) on Wednesday said share of women in poverty was rising in Pakistan as compared to men which needed immediate attention of authorities. Many countries have been ignoring poor in their struggle for improved economic growth which has triggered poverty with women affected …
Another seventeen dengue patients have been confirmed in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, increasing the toll of affected patients to 196 in Punjab this year. Health Department has declared Rawalpindi sensitive for dengue virus. Health experts say the illness spreads because of poor hygiene conditions and heavy monsoon rain provides ideal conditions …
After the summer vacations most children in Pakistan have returned to their schools, but the education of thousands of children in the Pakistani province of Punjab has been disrupted by recent floods. The floods this September affected almost 2m people in the country. BBC Urdu's Shumaila Jaffery has visited the …
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to set up a 50-megawatt power plant at Nooriabad which will be the first-ever power project to be executed by a province under public-private partnership, it emerged on Sunday. Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on finance and energy Syed Murad Ali Shah told …
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said a strategy be evolved to launch ‘Saaf Pani Project’ in 18 districts of the province, instead of 12 as per earlier plan. He said this at a meeting held here on Sunday to review the progress on the project, a handout said. …
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—When Salma Iqbal developed a high fever in July, her family didn’t think it was anything to worry about. Within two days, however, the alert, playful 9-month-old’s legs had gone limp. The family rushed her to a clinic in the Bakhshu Pul area, a dusty suburb of Peshawar in …
KARACHI: Dengue viral fever cases are on a sharp rise in Karachi and it is feared a lot more cases would be reported up to the month of December. Dengue is a widespread disease in Karachi. In past the provincial health department used to issue daily reports about the dengue …
Here’s some bad news. The Millenium Development Goal 4 (MDG) for reducing under-five mortality rate is unlikely to be met by most countries in 2015, experts have warned. According to the study published in the Lancet, complications from preterm (premature) births and pneumonia are now the leading causes of death …
LAHORE: There was no difference between environmental pollution and terrorism as pollution also poses a serious threat to the country, Governor Chaudhry Sarwar said while speaking at the 11th Environment Excellence Award ceremony organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) at a local hotel. NFEH President Mohammad …
SHIKARPUR: Sindh has the highest mortality rate among children below five years of age in the country because of increasing malnutrition in rural areas, particularly in Shikarpur, according to a survey report prepared by an NGO. Representatives of NGOs said at a seminar on the state of children and maternal …
Number of dengue patients has been increased to 209 after detection of the virus in three more patients including a woman and girl, said spokesman of Health Department, Dr. Haider here on Monday. He said that all the infected patients are under treatment in Saidu Sharif Hospital adding not a …
KARACHI: The Sindh province has gained another Chinese investment of US$ 130 million for the establishment of 50MW Wind Power Project near Gharo city. This project will be executed by two private companies - Hydro China and Dawood Power (Private) Limited - under joint venture, said a handout issued here …
ISLAMABAD - TCA Raghavan, High Commissioner of India on Monday said that increase bilateral trade between India and Pakistan could help in resolving the political issues and reducing poverty in both countries. "There is a greater realisation in India and Pakistan that increased bilateral trade will act as force multiplier …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources has taken a number of steps for provision of safe drinking water in the country. According to official sources, the Council has established twenty-four Water Quality Testing Laboratories in major cities of the country to facilitate general public and implementing agencies to …
