Pakistan has the potential to increase its gemstone exports to $32 billion every year, claimed Chairman Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Qurban Ali. He said gemstone exporters must go for innovation and adopt modern technology to improve the value of precious and ...

*Washington DC: *A new review published in Frontiers in Public Health suggests that COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will likely become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only when herd immunity is attained. Until that time, COVID-19 will continue to circulate ...

NEW DELHI: A damning report published on the occasion of World Environment Day today says air pollution kills more than one hundred thousand children every year in India. Carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment, the report found that 86 percent of Indian water bodies are critically ...

*ISLAMABAD - The UAE generates fresh employment opportunities for nearly 200,000 Pakistanis every year, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE Moazzam Ahmad Khan said.* According to Gulf News link, the ambassador said that the UAE hosts more than 1.6 million Pakistanis, who have been remitting close ...

ISLAMABAD - Around 110 women die every day and 40,000 every year due to Breast Cancer in Pakistan which is an alarming and emergency situation and demands us to act quickly and effectively to counter the menace. This was revealed by Pink Ribbon, a no-profit organization working for Breast Cancer ...

President Dr. Arif Alvi has directed the Ministry of Health to evolve a comprehensive policy to observe a "fitness day" every year to create awareness among the people about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Addressing a ceremony in Rawalpindi on Monday, he said our society is facing multiple ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister of State for Communication Murad Saeed Tuesday said that Pakistan loses $10 billion annually to money laundering, while daily corruption in country was over 2 billion as per authentic reports. - Speaking in the National Assembly, he said country’s tax net was ...

*KARACHI: Medication errors including misspelled prescriptions, lookalike medicines and other mistakes committed by the healthcare providers are killing at least a half a million people in Pakistan every year, said experts.* Speaking at a reception hosted in the honour of eminent pharmacist ...

NEW DELHI - According to Times of India, Without going to war, India loses around 1,600 military personnel every year. And the single biggest killers are road accidents and suicide, much more than counter-insurgency operations or firing duels with Pakistan along the line of control in Jammu and ...

New Delhi: Four women were killed and five others injured Monday after being struck by a train while crossing railway tracks in eastern India, police said.The victims were returning from performing religious rituals at a nearby river when they were hit by the train in the Munger district of Bihar ...