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Farm experts discourage excessive use of pesticides
By Technology Times at September 18, 2012 | 5:26 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Agricultural experts have stressed the need for making Pesticide Residue Monitoring System operational in the country in order to control the indiscriminate use of pesticides on exportable horticulture as well as other national crops. “The pesticide residue monitoring system has initially been approved by the federal government but no resource more...
Pesticide use proving harmful
By Technology Times at July 30, 2012 | 6:21 pm | 0 Comment
PAKISTAN IS an agricultural country where different crops are cultivated according to the season and the region. Some of the major crops grown here include cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, banana and sunflower. But how do we protect and safeguard them from harmful pests and diseases? Being a plant protectionist, I would suggest that we should apply and use all more...
Environment unfriendly plastic use
By Technology Times at July 17, 2012 | 5:17 am | 0 Comment
MAN-MADE PLASTIC has been a boon in many ways and has countless uses, but it is also an environmental time-bomb waiting to explode. These plastics do not decompose easily and, hence, lead to countless health and environmental hazards when disposed of carelessly. Burning of plastic bags and items leads to the creation of noxious fumes, such as carbon monoxide. The more...
Environment unfriendly plastic use
By Technology Times at July 10, 2012 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
MAN-MADE PLASTIC has been a boon in many ways and has countless uses, but it is also an environmental time-bomb waiting to explode. These plastics do not decompose easily and, hence, lead to countless health and environmental hazards when disposed of carelessly. Burning of plastic bags and items leads to the creation of noxious fumes, such as carbon monoxide. The more...
Use of anti-viral drug (Amantadine) in commercial poultry
By Technology Times at June 23, 2012 | 4:34 pm | 0 Comment
ANTIBIOTICS ARE generally not effective against viruses simply because they do not have their own metabolic mechanism and that viruses are usually intra cellular organism because they have to utilize the machinery of host cell for their proliferation. Very few chemicals are effective against viruses as virucidal. The most important to mention here two more...
SSUET students use bio-fuel to get power
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 5:36 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Students from Sir Syed University for Engineering and Technology have developed an innovative way to produce electricity from bio-fuel. According to details, the group from Electronics Department has invented a cheaper way as compared to other procedures for power generation through bio-bass or Methane Gas. “The prevalent power crisis has more...
PTA’s Effort on Illegal Use of Frequency and Jamming Devices
By Technology Times at March 3, 2012 | 3:33 pm | 1 Comments
Islamabad: Frequency Spectrum is a scarce & highly expensive national resource and under Telecom (Re-Organization) Act 1996, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has to ensure that the rights of the licenses and telecom users are duly protected. Therefore, PTA carries out extensive field surveys to identify illegal/unauthorized users of frequency spectrum and more...
Energy sources: No efficient use as yet
By Technology Times at February 25, 2012 | 2:05 pm | 0 Comment
WE have been in deep energy crisis for quite some time now, and yet there is no wake-up call for efficiency. How is it possible that we are suffering so much and still not ready to look at our problems? Natural gas, being our mainstay, must be used efficiently. However, neither industries nor large building complexes have taken adequate steps to help save gas and thus more...
Conference calls for Pak-India cooperation for just water use
By Technology Times at February 21, 2012 | 1:52 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD :Deliberating on water, energy, adaptation, gender equity and livelihoods, the climate stakeholders have adopted a resolution during the concluding day of ‘Track-II Dialogue on (Climate) Change for Peace’. The dialogue, organized by SDPI and Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS), stressed on both India and Pakistan to work together to address common more...
Global Energy Management Specialist Pledges to Reduce Industrial Energy Use by 25 Per cent
By Technology Times at January 31, 2012 | 4:47 pm | 0 Comment
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced its participation in the White House’s Better Buildings Challenge, pledging a commitment to reduce the energy use of 9 million square feet of its own building space, covering 40 different plants, by 25 percent. A component of the Better Buildings Initiative launched by the White House in more...
