Uber launches Check Your Ride reminder across the region
Uber is rolling out Check Your Ride in-app reminders and push notifications to all riders across the region where it
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Two-degree temperature rise could melt half of glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalaya region
A comprehensive new study of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, known as the world’s “Third Pole” for its vast
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Neuroscientists discover ‘Endorestiforum Nucleus’ in brain
George Paxinos and his colleagues at Neuroscience Research Australia in November 2018, discovered new part Endorestiforum Nucleus in the human
Read moreDevelopment & production of different grapes varieties in tropical region
In less than 50 years, grapes cultivation in tropics has changed from being somewhat of a horticultural curiosity, but it
Read moreTelenor and Foodpanda collaborates to provide discounts in Sindh region
Telenor and Foodpanda, have announced collaboration in three key areas namely marketing, operations, and cash management with an aim to
Read moreNordic Region is rising IT market for Pakistan: Nordic Pakistan IT Summit
PAKISTAN HOSTED its first Nordic IT Summit in Stockholm, organized by Pakistan Sweden Business Council along with Embassy of Pakistan
Read morePakistani students grab another feather in ECO region
Jamshoro November 16, 2017: Pakistani students secured all prizes in each phase of AppIdea2R Contest held among ECO member countries
Read moreDeal inked to boost olive production in Potohar region
During the first annual meeting of the Olive Development Group (ODG), USAID Punjab Enabling Environment Project (PEEP) and Allied Foods
Read moreCOMSTECH spent $ 2.39 million on 259 projects in OIC region to promote S&T
ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH had spent $ 2.39 million on 259 projects to promote science and
technology in OIC countries since 2011.
According to a report of Coordinator General, COMSTECH 2011- 16, $ 1,93,000 granted for
161 COMSTECH/TWAS projects in 16 countries, $ 1,155,004 for 92 COMSTECH-IFS
programs in 24 countries and $ 47,250 were spent on six COMSTECH/WHO-EMRO in four
countries.
The purpose of the collaboration under COMSTECH-IFA was to
USAID trains grape farmers in Potohar region
STAFF REPORT ISB: A training session to impart knowledge about advanced techniques amongst farmers for grape production was organized by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The farmers of Potwar region were familiarized with the new techniques and the ways through which they can connect to processors, merchants and exports to get maximum out of the potential benefit.
Scott Hocklander, Director Economic Growth and Agriculture, USAID said, "The grape farming in
USAID trains grape farmers in Potwar region
STAFF REPORT ISB: A training session to impart knowledge about advanced techniques amongst farmers for grape production was organized by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The farmers of Potwar region were familiarized with the new techniques and the ways through which they can connect to processors, merchants and exports to get maximum out of the potential benefit.
Scott Hocklander, Director Economic Growth and Agriculture, USAID said, " "The grape
PODA initiates water project for Potohar region
STAFF REPORT CHAKWAL: The Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) with the support of KGF Foundation has started a project to provide water supply to the people of only rain-fed Potohar region.
This project is implemented among 300 rural families of village Naramughlan of the district.
Under this project, rain water harvesting is done with the participation of community especially rural women for their drinking, domestic usage, livestock and food production.
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Asian region needs to work more on biodiversity: Report
MONITORING REPORT ISB: The Asina region is falling well short of achieving the various elements of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 on protected areas agreed in 2010 by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, reveals a report.
The Asia Protected Planet report is authored by UNEP’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre in partnership with IUCN and provides an in-depth assessment of the current state of protected areas in 24 Asian countries.
It shows that while there
Bahawalpur region to have veterinary university
STAFF REPORT LHR: Bahawalpur region would have a new university named "Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences" for which the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved the PC-I amounting to Rs 2.395 billion.
"The Punjab government has already allocated 1,000 acers of land in Bahawalpur for this new university and it is being established with the collaboration of two Turkish universities, Selcuk University’ and Ankara University’,"