PARC recommends potato, banana varieties for commercial cultivation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), approved six new varieties of potato and two new varieties of banana for commercial cultivation.
In this connection a...
KP first province to reduce burden of schoolbags through legislation
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday approved KP School Bags (Limitation Weight) Act to regulate the weight of schoolbags.
Taking to Twitter, the Provincial...
14 million tonnes of micro-plastics on sea floor: study
SYDNEY: The world’s sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tonnes of micro-plastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the...
PU awards PhD degree to Asif Nadeem
LAHORE: Punjab University awarded PhD degree to its scholar Rana Asif Nadeem, after approval of his thesis on 'Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Anticancer...
Coronavirus claims six more lives in Pakistan, 467 new cases reported in 24 hrs
ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic has claimed six more lives besides 467 more people were tested positive across the country during last 24 hours.
With the 467 new coronavirus...
Another doctor tests positive for coronavirus in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A doctor deputed at the Polyclinic Islamabad has been confirmed with coronavirus, hospital sources said.
The doctor, whose identity has been kept secret, was...
China, Pakistan to boost health corridor, sharing technology
BEIJING: China and Pakistan have agreed to step up the latest eye’s technology in Pakistan and make efforts to boost the health corridor.
According to...
Iqra University awards diploma to first batch of “Teaching in Higher Education”.
KARACHI: The graduation ceremony of the first cohort of twenty-four full-time faculty members was held at Iqra University, main campus.
These faculty members completed Diploma in...
PARC to produce virus free potato tubers locally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council has signed an agreement with a private firm to produce virus free potato tubers using tissue culture technology.
“Tissue culture...
‘Indus Highway upgradation to open new venues of development’
SHIKARPUR: Governor Sindh Imran Ismail has said that upgradation and rehabilitation of Indus Highway will gear up pace of socio-economic development of the country,...
