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 …
The Punjab government is utilizing all available resources for improving irrigation sector and has started numerous development projects for the welfare of the farming community and farmers are benefiting from these projects due to which production has increased substantially. This was disclosed by spokesman of Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority …
Vice President Pakistan Central Cotton Committee Dr Khalid Abdullah has urged cotton scientists to develop new varieties in line with the demands of domestic and international markets. He was talking to cotton scientists during his visit to different cotton fields at Central Cotton Research Institute here on Monday. He urged …
LAHORE: The government of Punjab is spending around Rs 4,000 on every child for vaccination against polio, measles and other diseases. Punjab Health Services Director Dr Munir Ahmed said this on Sunday. He said that parents should cooperate with vaccinators who had been serving the people by putting their lives …
An earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted parts of northwest Pakistan on Sunday, local media reported. Local media, quoting officials from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), said that the earthquake was felt in the country 's northwester province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal region bordering Afghanistan …
ISLAMABAD : Dozens of marble and steel factories, set up close to the residential area in sector I-9 have become the major threat to the environment. Air pollution is increasing day by day in twin cities of Islamabadand Rawalpindi as industrial zone was getting close to residential area. The residents …
The World Bank approved on Friday $47.95 million to help the government improve nutritional status of children under two years of age along with pregnant and lactating women in target areas. "Enhanced Nutrition for Mothers and Children" will specifically target women and the relatively high proportion of stunting that occurs …
Water availability has a tremendous impact on water resources development and socioeconomic sustainability, particularly in arid and semiarid areas. A thorough assessment of water availability and demand is essential in preparing any water resources development and management plan. In fact, if water is to be managed in a sustainable way …
Managing water resources is one of the major challenges of our century. Nowhere could this be more so than for the waters emanating from the Hindu Kush Himalayas, which is already characterized by a situation of ‘too much and too little’ water. Floods and droughts are already common, and the …
MUZAFFARABAD: Apart from adverse impact to be caused by India’s Kishanganga dam project on Pakistan’s irrigation system and energy sector schemes, conservationists are worried about its devastating effects on biodiversity and ecosystem in Neelum Valley. “The volume of water in the part of river on the India-held side is 10 …
LAHORE: India has agreed to re-examine Pakistan’s objections over designs of Kishanganga dam and four other hydroelectric power projects on Jhelum and Chenab rivers. During the third and concluding day of talks held here on Tuesday, a 10-member Indian team headed by the Commissioner of Indus Water Commission pledged to …
FAISALABAD: Solar-powered traffic signals have been installed at 17 crossings of the city which will be made operational next week. Chief Traffic Officer Rana Masoom told Dawn on Tuesday the system would help wardens check traffic violations rather than traffic regulation. He said such signals would be increased with the …
BAHAWALPUR: The forest department has finalised a three-phased comprehensive plan worth Rs140 million under the ADP to attract maximum visitors at the neglected but historic national park in Lal Sohanra, about 40km from here on Bahawalpur-Hasilpur road. Dawn learnt the project was mainly related to the development of two existing …
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has witnessed the signing ceremony of financing agreements of $588.4 million and $76.4 million with the World Bank relating to the development of Dasu Hydropower Project and Sindh Agricultural Growth Project here Tuesday evening. The Project Agreements of Dasu Hydropower Project were signed by Chairman, …
Senior officials of the governments of South Asian countries, and regional and international experts working in combating wildlife crime have descended on Kathmandu to formulate an action plan to combat wildlife crimes in South Asia. Over 50 participants from the governments of South Asian countries and other international experts will …
KARACHI: Fishermen residing in the remote coastal villages in the Indus Delta do not know how many wells and fresh water ponds in their villages have turned saline. They cannot say the exact reason, which has put them vulnerable to face hardships. Similarly, the government authorities have failed to conduct …
SAHIWAL: Around 15,000 residents of four villages in the district are facing constant threat of land erosion on eastern side of River Ravi, demanding immediate measures to check the phenomena. Sources told Dawn that the villages -- Moza Dad Baloch, Karam Baloch, Miran Shah and Shahmand Baloch – locate near …
Using both types of polio vaccine could speed up efforts to free the world of the disease, research suggests. The oral vaccine is leading the fight to eradicate polio, but trials in India show an additional injection of inactivated virus boosts immunity. The World Health Organization said the findings, published …
The extreme poverty rate still persists at 21 percent in Pakistan and posing a significant challenge given its large population, revealed the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. The Bank has issued its latest report "Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014, Poverty in Asia" which states that most of …
Tibet is facing a double-whammy of disasters. China's western so-called autonomous region is getting warmer and wetter, just as rampant population growth is creating pollution problems. The combination threatens to destroy fragile ecosystems and disrupt life for billions of people across Asia, according to a new environmental assessment by Chinese …
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to establish a high-level National Food Security Council (NFSC) in order to develop national policy for long term sustainability of agriculture on profitable basis. Prime Minister of Pakistan would be the Chairman of the council and various federal ministers as its members, sources in the …
