New eye exam may be able to predict a heart attack

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 24 (ONLINE): Soon, retinal scans may be able to predict heart attacks. New research has found that decreased complexity in the blood vessels at the back of the retina in the human eye is an early biomarker for myocardial infarction. “For decades, I’ve […]

Mainly hot, dry weather likely to prevail in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (Online): Mainly hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad and Muzaffarabad twenty degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-seven, Karachi thirty, Peshawar twenty-two, Quetta […]

Sri Lanka parliament shuts early after petrol runs out

Colombo, June 23 (AFP/APP):Sri Lanka’s parliament has cancelled its remaining sittings for the week to save fuel, officials said Thursday, with a disastrous economic crisis rapidly depleting the island nation’s already scarce petrol supplies. A foreign currency shortage has prevented the import of food, oil […]

UK hit by second rail strike in week of industrial action

London, June 23 (AFP/APP): Travel on Britain’s railway system ground to a near halt again on Thursday, amid the second of three days of widespread strike action this week billed as the biggest in decades. Tens of thousands of rail workers staged the latest day-long […]

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