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The Great Sahara; humans causing climate change since 6,000 BC

It may be a difficult thing to image for some, however the region of Sahara which is presently governed by a barren landscape of sand dunes was just a few thousand years ago a lush green grassland swarming with lakes.

Published 16 Mar, 2017 09:17am

Technology

Child born in Multan with heart on the outside

An infant with the most bizarre of anomalies was born with his heart outside his chest in Multan. %D%A%D%A

Published 15 Mar, 2017 10:24am

Technology

Bearing kids may help you live longer

Whilst many young adults feel as if bearing kids would make their life more weary and maybe even wean years off their life, however a new study says otherwise; states having children may actually increase your life span.%D%A%D%A

Published 15 Mar, 2017 08:14am

Technology

Science suggests muslim prayer over yoga practice

A recent new study suggests that movement and motions involved in daily muslim prayers may offer relief from lower back pain quite akin to physical therapy and yoga. The research also proposed that regularly practicing the respective motions could immense

Published 13 Mar, 2017 09:46am

Technology

Patient's brain keeps functioning post-death

The human brain, the intricate organ that it is, to this day keeps on baffling the scientific community across the world. Whilst learning of its many mysteries, scientists have just discovered that the human brain keeps on functioning for as long as 10 mi

Published 13 Mar, 2017 08:31am

Technology

Chinese scientists create artificial yeast

Chinese scientists have collected four synthetic yeast chromosomes, making China the second country capable of designing and building eukaryotic genomes.%D%A%D%A

Published 11 Mar, 2017 09:53am

Technology

Research finds yogurt to be the ultimate depression killer

A recent new study advises that consuming yogurt may help ease the symptoms of depression. According to researchers, depression is one of the leading causes of mental disarray affecting millions of people across different age groups.%D%A%D%A

Published 11 Mar, 2017 09:43am

Technology

Radio bursts from space, fuel for alien civilizations?

The origin of fast radio bursts (FBRs) have baffled the worlds scientific community for decades now, being one of the obscure and explosive signals ever detected in space last for mere milliseconds and generate energy as that of 500 million Suns.%D%A%D%A

Published 10 Mar, 2017 10:38am

Life & Style

An exhibition of splendor by Babar Moghal

Omen, a solo exhibition by Babar Moghal, opened on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Full Circle Gallery ; a hub of cultural and artistic expression and engagement. Full circle proudly presents works produced by masters, as well as emerging artists.%D%A%D%A

Published 10 Mar, 2017 08:30am

Technology

Aboriginal Australians, the oldest natives of the land

DNA extractions of hair samples collected from Aboriginal diaspora across Australia during the early to mid 1900s has just unveiled that population present in the region of Australia has had the same lineage descendancy for the last 50,000 years. %D%A%D%A

Published 09 Mar, 2017 10:36am

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Cave discovered to be Knights Templar Church

A seemingly ordinary rabbit hole that turned to be the entrance to the caves of the infamous Knights Templar order has just been discovered under the house of a local English farmer.%D%A

Published 09 Mar, 2017 09:27am

Technology

Study finds no 'real' human pheromones

If not all, most animal species are known to emit chemical signals to lure in sexual partners, however, scientists are now debating whether pheromones put in aphrodisiac perfumes offer any help in human mating.%D%A%D%A

Published 08 Mar, 2017 09:53am

Technology

Europe launches satellite to observe modern society

A European satellite with improved color gradation and capturing capabilities has just been launched into space deemed as one of the worlds most ambitious and innovative Earth observation program.%D%A%D%A

Published 08 Mar, 2017 08:47am

Technology

Scientists to create artificial magnetosphere for Mars

The red planet owes its barren nature mostly to the loss of its magnetic field some 4.2 billion years ago, without that protection solar winds gradually took away what remained of its atmosphere. However, it is not too late according to some scientists.%D

Published 06 Mar, 2017 11:31am

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University in Lahore gets equipment for treatment of animals

Prof. Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, Vice Chancellor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Science (UVAS) just installed an ECG electro cardiogram facility presented by the Department of Physiology at Pet Center of city campus Lahore.%D%A%D%A

Published 06 Mar, 2017 08:59am

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Gmail increases file attachment size in mails

Tech giant, Google in an announcement told that they have increased the size of attachments on Gmail with the maximum size raised from 25mb to 50mb.%D%A%D%A

Published 04 Mar, 2017 11:19am

Technology

China launches spy satellite

On Friday, China just launched an experimental reconnaissance satellite called TK-1 and got it successfully into orbit.%D%A%D%A

Published 04 Mar, 2017 10:36am

Technology

City noise could be the leading cause of hearing loss

According to a ranking of 50 large cities released on Friday, Urban noise pollution is closely linked if not directly causative of hearing loss. %D%A%D%A

Published 03 Mar, 2017 10:57am

Technology

Robotic services available in Multani pizzeria

A pizzeria in Multan has become the talk of town as it has begun providing robotic waiter service to its customers. The icing on the cake however is the fact that the robot and all its tech is all made in Pakistan.%D%A%D%A

Published 03 Mar, 2017 09:01am

Technology

Fasting discovered to 'potentially' cure diabetes

Researchers just found a way to reverse diabetes and restore pancreatic functions in lab mice by putting them on a certain fasting diet.%D%A%D%A

Published 02 Mar, 2017 09:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.30 ▲ 3.30 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Paramount Mod / Jan 22 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	8.70 ▲ 0.70 (8.75%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.60 ▲ 7.60 (7.38%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ -0.39 (-11.02%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	840.50 ▼ -86.41 (-9.32%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)
Sitara Chemical / Jan 22 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	307.01 ▼ -22.99 (-6.97%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.06
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.71
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.05
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.40
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.09

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