Many feared dead and missing as rain cause flooding a nursing home in Japan
Fifteen people are believed dead and nine are missing on Japan's southern island of Kyushu as devastating rains cause flooding...
Environment
Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana
Mystery surrounds the "completely unprecedented" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann...
PM announces establishment of 15 national parks in all federating units
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced the establishment of fifteen national parks in all the federating units as part...
Myanmar jade mine landslide kills 160
At least 162 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say....
Australian envoy shares pics of rainwater tankers at his residence
Islamabad: Just before the start of the Monsoon season, the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Dr Geoffrey Shaw took to...
Micro-sprayers arrive from UK
Islamabad: 20 micro-sprayers from the UK have now arrived in Pakistan and will help immediately to tackle the devastating desert...
Pakistani company signs deal with Chinese wind turbine producer to expand renewable energy
Beijing: A major developer of wind energy in Pakistan, ACT Wind (Pvt) Limited, has signed a contract with Xinjiang Goldwind...
Xi’s Yellow River tour a boost to ecological protection, high-quality development
Beijing: The inspection tour to the Yellow River by President Xi Jinping reflects the great importance he attaches to the...
Japan to provide insecticide to Pakistan to battle locust swarms invasion
Islamabad: Apart from assisting Pakistan in its fight against the COVID-19 contagion, the Government of Japan, in collaboration with a...
Development of agri sector vital for economic prosperity: Qureshi
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday terming development of agriculture sector vital for the country’s economic prosperity said...
Sunniest spring in UK since records began
London: The UK has recorded the sunniest spring since records began in 1929, the Met Office has said. It is...
Imran Khan has left the nation on the mercy of Covid-19 and locust: Nafisa Shah
Islamabad: Information Secretary Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Dr. Nafisa Shah MNA has said that prime minister Imran Khan has left...
Sherry Rehman urges govt to help farmers against locust
Islamabad: “Farmers across Pakistan are suffering the worst plague of locusts in recent history which will cause a loss of...
Inaction against locust attack criminal negligence: Bilawal Bhutto
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Federal government failed to take adequate and required steps...
China to further support private enterprises in environmental industries
Beijing: Chinese authorities released guidelines aimed at supporting private enterprises related to energy saving and environmental protection, as part of...
12th anniversary of Sichuan Earthquake: friendship between Pakistan and China constantly sublimated
Beijing: Yesterday was the 12th anniversary of 2008 China Sichuan Earthquake which had caused a total of 69,227 deaths, 374,643...
Bilawal Bhutto urges federal govt to control locust
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asked the federal government to immediately implement National Action Plan (NAP)...
Alice Wells excited to see Pakistan, Uzbekistan’s snow leopards on tracking cameras
Islamabad:’United States (US) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells Wednesday hailed the...
China on blue alert for rainstorms
Beijing: China's national observatory on Monday issued a blue alert for rainstorms in parts of southern and eastern China. From...
Xi plants trees in Beijing, urging respect for nature
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday joined Beijingers to plant trees and urged efforts to respect and protect nature and promote...
Xi inspects wetland conservation, urban management in Hangzhou
Hangzhou: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected wetland conservation and technology-based urban...
GSP demands Rs 519 million to execute four projects in next PSDP
Islamabad: The Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) has demanded Rs 519.057 million to execute four projects under the Public Sector...
Regional Cooperation to counter Locust threat
Islamabad: A high-level ministerial meeting was organized by the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South West-Asia (SWAC)...
Pakistan gets China aid to fight locust
Karachi: China on Monday sent the first batch of aid fir Pakistan to fight the locust. Recently, the worst locust...
Italy: $4.4m hypercar “most powerful” ever – It’s electric
Rome: It is said to be the “ultimate design expression of the most powerful road-legal Italian car ever made”, and it...
Five years till Pakistan is water scarce: Sherry Rehman
Islamabad: “Pakistan will have absolute water scarcity by 2025, which will hit women and other marginalized groups disproportionately hard. Mainstream...
Wettest February on record in UK
London: The UK has weathered its wettest February on record after three successive storms brought heavy downpours and flooding. A UK...
Chinese team visits Tharparkar to help anti-locust drive
Karachi: A working group of Chinese experts surveyed Tharparkar in order to extend assistance to Pakistan to curb swarms of...
Around 45% UK consumers seek more eco-friendly products
London: Around 45% of UK shoppers are now actively interested in buying products that are better for the environment. According to...
Australia announces new agricultural research projects in Pakistan
Islamabad: Australia has announced new agricultural research projects in Pakistan during a visit by Professor Andrew Campbell, Chief Executive Officer...
