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New drug starves cancer cells by attacking power plants

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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’

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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

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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 […]

Govt set to merge PLTL, PLL into sole autonomous company

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Islamabad-The government is all set to merge Pakistan LNG Terminals Limited (PLTL) and Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) into a single autonomous company on January 1, 2021, it is learnt reliably here. It has been planned that instead of two companies doing the same job separately, should be […]

Gold prices increase Rs100/tola

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ISLAMABAD – The price of 24 karat gold on Monday witnessed an increase of Rs100 and was traded at Rs113,450 against its sale at Rs113,350  the previous day. Likewise, the price of ten-gram gold also increased by Rs85 and was sold at Rs97,265 compared to […]

Over 2.3m olive plants to be cultivated during current drive

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ISLAMABAD-To promote olive farming on large scale for reducing the reliance on imported edible oil as well as to encourage high-value agriculture, about 2.3 million olive plants to be cultivated during the current season. These plants to be cultivated under current autumn olive cultivation drive across the potential […]

Lahore Green lift 1st FBR Cricket Cup

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LAHORE-FBR Lahore Green defeated RTO Faisalabad by three wickets to lift the 1st FBR Cricket Cup. In the final played at Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad, RTO Faisalabad, batting first, were all out for 129 in 26.5 overs. Hamid Akram (53) and Mudassar Ali (19) batted well. For FBR […]

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