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Relay cropping: Breakthrough to improve soil, air and water quality
By Technology Times at April 3, 2013 | 4:32 pm | 0 Comment
By Mohsin Tanveer, Dr. Ehsan Ullah, Dr. Shakil Ahmad Anjum UNDER THE circumference of global warming and climate change, emanations of various gases seem to have played most destructive role in changing climate. In agriculture, so-called chemical fertilizers or synthetic hormones are considered most effective candidates for instant availability of nutrients. However, more...
Multiple impacts of mobile phone in remote areas
By Technology Times at April 3, 2013 | 4:26 pm | 0 Comment
IT’S AN undeniable fact that mobile phones are considered to be one of the top known and famous inventions of the 21st century and it has surely made the human life easier and comfortable. With the passage of time, this phenomena is becoming the essential part of our life. The advent of new technologies i.e. 3G and 4G has marked a huge impact on almost all segment more...
Evo Nitro – a hi tech wi-fi internet
By Technology Times at March 25, 2013 | 5:33 pm | 0 Comment
By Zaira Muzaffar KEEP HI-TEC Wi-Fi Internet technology Evo Nitro with you all the time, and get connected to your love ones. Connect your cell phone through movable Wi-Fi Evo Nitro Cloud device, enjoy FaceBook, Skype, Video Conferencing, Viber, check your emails, blogs and browse all the way long while moving outside your door step to other cities. It keeps you more...
State of floral biodiversity conservation in Gilgit-Baltistan
By Technology Times at March 25, 2013 | 5:24 pm | 0 Comment
By Ishtiaq Hussain and Faizan Wazir IN THE Holy Quran, Allah says: ‘And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance’ (Holy Qur’an15:19). Climatic changes are vertically influenced due to high mountain ranges. It has posed serious threats to biodiversity in more...
Enabling education through technology
By Technology Times at March 25, 2013 | 4:42 pm | 0 Comment
NELSON MANDELA famously said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nowhere is this truer than in Pakistan. We are currently witnessing a social paradigm shift in Pakistan; one that has come about due to the increased knowledge brought by the communications and media revolution. This monumental rise in social awareness has been more...
Our fisheries and 300,000 lives
By Technology Times at March 25, 2013 | 4:30 pm | 0 Comment
By Najma Sadeque WHEN FISHERFOLK heard that private developers had announced an island landgrab, they couldn’t understand why it was happening again, that too under a government they voted for. In 2006, former PM Shaukat Aziz had tried to unilaterally bulldoze through a decree for the benefit of Emaar, a Gulf firm, in which he had a vested interest. But massive more...
Viral phone game helps illiterate Pakistanis find job listings
By Technology Times at March 25, 2013 | 2:31 pm | 0 Comment
THERE ARE more than 800 million low-literate people in the world, and they have a difficulty using text-based commands or automated voice services. The global spread of mobile phones has brought new opportunities to many poor people around the world, but estimated 800 million have trouble with text entry or automated voice systems because they are illiterate or more...
Current scenario of weed management in Pakistan
By Technology Times at March 22, 2013 | 6:24 pm | 0 Comment
Farmers had been busy in controlling weeds by different local approaches. It would be a faint dream to expect high crop yield potential without taking weed management in account. Crops can never achieve the potential claimed by the breeders because of environmental hazards and management constraints and I reckon the weeds as number one threat in this regard. Under such more...
An advanced mindset towards workplace safety
By Technology Times at March 22, 2013 | 6:21 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_26134" align="alignright" width="102"] Fahad Ullah[/caption] WORK PLACE safety is defined as, the preventative measures taken by the organization to reduce the health hazards present in a working environment, essentially to ensure the well being of the workers and working area. Organizations develop safety, health & environment policies more...
Genetically intoxicated in agriculture
By Technology Times at March 22, 2013 | 6:17 pm | 0 Comment
PAKISTAN FIRST started its biogenetics institute at Faisalabad in 1983 as National Institute of Biogenetic Engineering (NIBGE). I was there in the Planning Commission and I was told that to be in the forefront of the food security aspect this was what was required. I tried to look at the past record there was none. If they have done wonders since then one is not in the more...
Innovative farming practices: Why and How?
By Technology Times at March 22, 2013 | 6:07 pm | 0 Comment
PRESENTLY GLOBALIZATION, over exploitation of resources, variation in climate and tremendously rising population are putting a great challenge for agriculturist to meet food demand. Food security is principle responsibility of an agriculturist. Green house gases, anthropogenic activities, global warming is decreasing production potential of a specific area by changing its more...
Cashing in on gas turbines
By Technology Times at March 22, 2013 | 5:30 pm | 0 Comment
WHY ENERGY plays an important role in the economy of any country. Why we are looking for gas as an energy source to our country. The oil and gas industry commonly use gas turbines to drive pumps and compressors, process industries use them to drive compressors and other large mechanical equipment, and many industrial and institutional facilities use turbines to generate more...
OGRA, SNGPL, SSGCL …… and Dr Asim Hussain
By Technology Times at March 13, 2013 | 7:34 pm | 0 Comment
<am21692@gmail.com> ‘Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.’ DR ASIM Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Petroleum & Natural Resources, a visionary with a profound sense of service has set new standards to eliminate the whole gas sector. He has more...
Precision Agriculture: Innovative management practices
By Technology Times at March 13, 2013 | 7:32 pm | 0 Comment
<emranazeem1826@gmail.com> THE PRECISION Agriculture (PA) or site specific farming is basically a low-input, high-efficiency, sustainable agriculture system that mainly benefits from the emergence and convergence of several technologies, involving the use of GPS and remote sensing for data collection, GIS for data processing and analysis and variable rate more...
Innovation: Future for mobile comm in Pakistan
By Technology Times at March 13, 2013 | 7:29 pm | 0 Comment
By Sadaf Zarrar PAKISTAN’S CELLULAR industry has seen quite a few ups and downs in the previous year, especially with the government imposing restrictions on services in the name of national security. However, the future for telecommunication in Pakistan looks exciting with increased market saturation, continuous innovation and transformation in technology being the more...
From Pakistan to Texas, doctoral student wants to master the flower
By Technology Times at March 13, 2013 | 7:28 pm | 0 Comment
By Kathleen Phillips COLLEGE STATION – Fragrance. That and the potential to boost his country’s economy are what brought a student halfway around the world to learn about horticulture at Texas A&M University. Roses, it turns out, are as popular in Pakistan as in the US, albeit for slightly different reasons. And those reasons are what has Pakistani Gulzar more...
Environmental disaster in the making or can Hemp be the solution?
By Technology Times at March 13, 2013 | 7:26 pm | 0 Comment
By Helga Ahmad OVER THESE past many years, international reports have warned Pakistan over the looming water crisis the country will face, if essential steps to prevent it, are not undertaken. Periodically the printed and electronic media too reminds us, besides emphasizing the impact it will have on our the food chain. As yet, however, ignored continues to be more...
Workshop report on clinical research
By Technology Times at March 7, 2013 | 4:47 pm | 0 Comment
By Team AEIRC A PRE-CONFERENCE workshop on basic tools for clinical research was held on February 1, 2013. The event was facilitated by arranged by Khurrum Zaki, CEO Dimension Research while supported by Dr Rabika Liaqaut Ali Khoja (Medical Manager Dimension Research) and Miss Faryal. The workshop discussed scope of research and development in upcoming era. Moreover more...
Beware of electricity hazards
By Technology Times at March 6, 2013 | 11:50 pm | 0 Comment
ELECTRICITY HAS been one of the greatest benefits to the mankind, it has contributed to all major developments that we enjoy today. At the same time electricity can also be one of the most dangerous risk to our health and safety. Yes as we all know electricity can kill...!! Hundreds of people die each year in Pakistan due to electrocution related accidents, the situation more...
Essential oils, a gateway for sustainable agriculture
By Technology Times at March 6, 2013 | 11:42 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_25772" align="alignright" width="150"] Shehnaz Zakia[/caption] PLANTS ARE the foundation of all life on Earth as they provide food and medicine to increasing population of the world. Essential oils are another value added product of the plants which serve as natural, chemical-free alternatives to Allopathic medicines, harmful cosmetic and toxic more...
TCPP – the only ray of hope in energy crisis
By Technology Times at March 6, 2013 | 11:38 pm | 0 Comment
FOR EVERY country, its natural resources are considered as its asset as they play backbone role in establishing & maintaining its economy. Pakistan is listed among those countries, which are highly rich in natural resources. In world almost every country’s economy depends upon its production of energy i.e. electricity, fuel and gas per year. Fortunately, in Pakistan more...
Medical morals grounded? Foresight perspectives
By Technology Times at March 6, 2013 | 11:34 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_25763" align="alignright" width="150"] Badar Minhas[/caption] EVER SINCE the mankind has been descended on earth, the profession of medical related activities is valued more than any other profession may it be agriculture, engineer, technician, driver, bureaucrat etc. We are seeing doctors going on strike for more wages, we have seen doctors more...
Future of agriculture lies in vertical farms
By Technology Times at March 6, 2013 | 11:28 pm | 0 Comment
WORLD’S POPULATION is on rise, on October 31, 2011 just before midnight, “Danica May Camacho”, a girl born in Philippine capital Manila, is chosen by UN to symbolically mark global population milestone of seven billionth. According to United States Census Bureau, human population reached to one billion in 1804, seven billion in 2011 and will be nine billion in 2046. more...
Intel Accelerates Mobile Computing Push
By Technology Times at March 3, 2013 | 1:30 am | 0 Comment
PAKISTAN, Islamabad, February 26, 2013 – Intel Corporation today announced a range of new products, ecosystem and enabling efforts that will further accelerate the company’s presence in mobile and help usher in a range of new devices and richer experiences with Intel Inside®. The announcements include a new dual-core Atom™ SoC ("Clover Trail+") platform for more...
Intel intelligent systems transform everyday experiences
By Technology Times at March 2, 2013 | 12:39 am | 0 Comment
Today, connected devices often lack security and manageability features needed to protect and manage the network of devices that connect to each other and the cloud. Intel predicts that by 2015, more than 15 billion devices will be connected to the Internet, making more than a trillion connections. And one third of these connected devices will be intelligent more...
