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 …
CHITRAL: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs8.6 billion for construction of six medium sized hydropower projects in Chitral, having 527 megawatt generation capacity. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) will start work on the sites under the annual development plan 2014-15, according to a document available with Dawn. The power …
KARACHI: A total of 10 ‘high-risk’ districts in Sindh, including Karachi, have been identified vis-à-vis the consistent presence of wild poliovirus, it emerged on Sunday. Most of the districts that have been described as high-risk areas by the provincial health authorities located in the northern Sindh areas. They are Khairpur, …
Zhob—Congo fever claimed another life raising death toll to four persons in a week. Health official said on Sunday. Sultan 25, resident of Zhob city suffering from Congo hemorrhagic fever expired during treatment at a private hospital. The death toll reached to four in a week in Zhob district of …
Summer heatwaves and downpours have become more frequent in the northern hemisphere this century, apparently because extreme weather can get trapped for weeks in the same place in a warming world, a study showed on Monday. Disruptions to the jet stream, which forms huge meandering waves as it blows at …
KARAK: People of Terri union council of Banda Daud Shah on Monday staged a rally against a foreign oil and gas exploration company for releasing toxic effluents into the fields and natural watercourses. The protest was staged outside the company’s central processing facility at Ahmadi Banda, with protesters demanding of …
HYDERABAD: A ‘Coal Research & Resources Centre (CRRC)’ has been established in Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro to strengthen government’s efforts to address issue of present energy crisis. A university announcement said here on Monday that the MUET had taken initiative in line with ICC-2013 (First International …
KARAK: District development advisory committee (DDAC) chairman MPA Gul Sahib Khan Khattak on Thursday announced construction of five small dams in Lakani area of Karak tehsil and said that drinking water problem would be resolved with the construction of these dams. He was addressing a public gathering here at Lakani …
Over the course of six years (2006–2011), equivalent black carbon (eqBC), coarse aerosol mass (PM 1–10), and surface ozone (O 3), observed during the monsoon onset period at the Nepal Climate Observatory–Pyramid WMO/GAW Global Station (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.), were analyzed to investigate events characterized by a significant increase in …
Lahore: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) and CCPIT Sub-Council for Chemical Industry (CCPIT CHEM) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that would pave way for joint research and transfer of technology in the agriculture sector. The LCCI President Engineer Sohail Lashari inked the MoU on behalf …
RAWALPINDI: Environment and health departments on Wednesday found dengue larvae at 10 places, including Nawaz Sharif Park at Shamsabad and Nadir Cinema plaza in Satellite Town. The health department teams visited different areas and found dengue larvae on Murree Road and adjoining areas, as well as at the children’s play …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made impressive progress in reducing absolute poverty and improving shared prosperity, according to World Bank (WB) report. The percentage of the population below the national poverty rate has fallen from 34.7 percent in financial year 2002 to an estimated 13.6 percent in financial year 2011, according to …
National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) is holding 11th Annual Environment Excellence Awards (AEEA 2014) and conference on August 12. This was announced by Chairman NFEH Kaiser Waheed and President Naeem Qureshi in the meeting of NFEH Advisory Committee held at NFEH office, said a statement on Monday. They …
KARACHI: The air of the city is polluted with high levels of lead and cadmium that pose a grave risk to public health, says a recent study that also points out that the average concentration of these trace metals found in residential areas of Karachi is higher than those found …
The objective of the study was to quantify maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries, to identify when deaths occur and to identify relationships between maternal deaths and stillbirths and neonatal deaths. A prospective study of pregnancy outcomes was performed in 106 communities at seven sites in …
ISLAMABAD: Though a large number of trees have been copped off for the construction of the metro bus track in Islamabad, environmentalists stress the need to compensate for the loss to Islamabad’s greenery. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) believes that the loss can be covered by plantation and as many …
Death toll in Tharparkar from drought continued to go up as a total of 59 children had so far been a victim of acute starvation. One more child, a girl Zareena aged one month had ceased to fighting against malnutrition and expired at the Civil Hospital at Mithi. Sources in …
Due to its arid to semi-arid climate, water is the single most constraining factor to Pakistani agriculture. Water resources are heavily appropriated for productive uses, and agriculture is the main user of water resources. Over eighty percent of crop value comes from irrigated agriculture. Demand for water is increasing from …
LARKANA: Over 12,000 acres of forest land in Larkana division could not be retrieved from encroachers despite a strong will and determination expressed by the provincial government and completion of all legal formalities to take on the occupants. The forest department, under immense pressure from the government, identified both the …
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) exhibits high genetic diversity, characterized by regional variations in genotype prevalence. This poses a challenge to the improved development of vaccines and pan-genotypic treatments, which require the consideration of global trends in HCV genotype prevalence. Here we provide the first comprehensive survey of these trends. Original …
