Administrator reviews cleanliness drive

SUKKUR, Jan 13 (APP):Administrator Sukkur, Ali Raza Ansari here on Thursday directed the Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC) to expedite ongoing cleanliness drive in the district and submit proposals to make it more sustainable. Presiding over a meeting to review the drive’s progress, the administrator stressed […]

French bakers fume at cut-price supermarket baguettes

Paris, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):French bakers have taken aim at a major supermarket chain that is offering inflation-busting low prices for baguettes, saying the move would undermine competition in one of the country’s prized industries. The Leclerc group said in newspaper ads on Tuesday that “because […]

58 Corona patients under treatment in City hospitals

PESHAWAR, Jan 13 (APP):Atleast 58 Corona patients were under treatment in all three major hospitals of the provincial metropolis with the highest 33 were admitted to Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), said data shared by the management of hospitals here on Thursday. According to the data, […]

France’s new-generation nuclear plant delayed again

Paris, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):French electricity firm EDF announced new delays and cost overruns for its troubled new-generation nuclear plant in northern France on Wednesday as the Covid pandemic made the work more difficult. The heavily indebted group said that the plant at Flamanville on the […]

Air Chief calls on PM

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Wednesday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan. During the meeting, professional matters pertaining to air defence of the country were discussed, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release. […]

Should parents limit screen time for young children?

Islamabad, JAN 12 (Online): Screens are everywhere in our daily lives. As adults, we are constantly switching between working on a computer, checking our phones, watching TV in the evening sometimes even playing on a tablet at the same time. Children are picking up on […]

Air pollution may affect the lethality of COVID-19

Islamabad, JAN 12 (Online): New research suggests that air pollution may have an effect on the number of people who die from COVID-19. The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has meant that there has been little time for scientists to determine what affects its […]

Cold, dry weather expected in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (Online): Cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very cold in hilly areas during the next twelve hours. Dense fog is likely to prevail in upper Sindh, plain areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Frost is […]