EU to buy extra 100m doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

The European Union Tuesday announced that it will buy an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by US drug maker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, bringing the total to 300 million doses after the first shipment last week. “We decided to take […]

Dense fog continues to engulf parts of Punjab

The Motorway from Lahore to Sialkot has been closed for all kind of traffic on night between Tuesday and Wednesday as ‎dense fog continued to engulf parts of Punjab. ‎ The Motorway police have advised the drivers to switch on fog lights while driving at very slow speed […]

New Zealand beat Pakistan in first Test match

New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the first Test match at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday by 101 runs despite a fightback by Fawad Alam and skipper Mohammad Rizwan, and took 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan defied New Zealand with an […]

Volkswagen unveils R2-D2-like charging robot

Islamabad-Volkswagen has unveiled a prototype of its mobile charging robot that wheels over to electric vehicles and refills them with power. The fully autonomous machine is designed for parking areas, such as underground garages, and is set to be rolled out sometime next year. The robot tows […]

New drug starves cancer cells by attacking power plants

Islamabad-Blocking gene expression in mitochondria in mice stops cancer cells from growing. A newly developed compound starves cancer cells by attacking their “power plants” – the so-called mitochondria. The new compound prevents the genetic information within mitochondria from being read. Researchers from the Max Planck […]

Johnny Depp hopes for a ‘better time ahead’

islamabad-Johnny Depp has said that he hopes for a ‘better time ahead’ as he shared a rare social media message to his fans recently. It comes after the actor’s, 57, lawyers told the Court of Appeal he ‘did not receive a fair trial,’ and say the […]

Afridi wants to set-up a cricket academy in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, : Former Pakistani Skipper Shahid Afridi wants to set up a cricket academy in Kashmir as to bring the Kashmiri children to the game of cricket. Addressing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between Kashmir Premier League (KPL) and Shahid Afridi Foundation here […]