Hong Kong shares finished sharply lower

Hong Kong, March 8 (AFP/APP): Hong Kong stocks closed with more steep losses Tuesday as the Ukraine war sends crude prices surging and ramps up fears about the impact on the global economy. The Hang Seng Index sank 1.39 percent, or 291.76 points, to 20,765.87. […]

Siblings on skis: Bond is golden for Paralympic brothers

Yanqing, China, March 8 (AFP/APP): When nearly blind teenager Neil Simpson hurtles 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour down the ski slopes at the Winter Paralympics he knows he is in safe hands — his older brother Andrew is navigating. It’s the younger Simpson’s first […]

Spices’ exports increase 22.94% to $64.900m in 7 months

ISLAMABAD, Mar 8 (APP): The exports of spices from the country witnessed an increase of 22.94 percent during the first seven months of financial year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period of last year. Pakistan exported spices worth US $64.900 million during July-January (2021-22) […]

STEM Teachers invited to participate in workshop on Climate Change

  ISLAMABAD, Mar 8 (APP):Sukkur IBA University in collaboration with ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) and Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO (PNCU) would organize five-day training workshop on Climate Change Education through Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) from March 28- April 1.   The training has […]

India logs 3,993 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 42,971,308

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Xinhua/APP): India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,971,308 on Tuesday, as 3,993 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 108 deaths from the pandemic since Monday morning took the […]