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Scientists discover a new gene to protect plants from common diseases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene to protect plants from common diseases like fungi, bacteria and adverse environmental factors.
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Talks between outlawed TTP, Pakistan end in stalemate
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): The ongoing peace talks between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistan government reached a stalemate as the outlawed group refused to give in its demand for the reversal of the merger of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) wit
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Russia logs over 12,000 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases in Russia increased by 12,248 in the last 24 hours against 11,422 the day before, local media reported citing the federal centre for combatting coronavirus on Saturday.
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Misplaced Priorities?: Pakistan reluctant to reap sugar export benefits, l
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Even if Pakistan has huge surplus sugar stock, yet, the government in a strange move, has retained the ban on sugar exports which has a potential to inject over USD 1 billion into the national exchequer, media reports said.
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Pakistan takes U-turn, resumes imports of luxury items
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): In a reversal of its earlier ban on the import of luxury items, Pakistan's federal cabinet on Saturday approved a decision by an economic committee to unban the imports, media reports said.
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Pak court summons PM Shehbaz Sharif, his son Hamza on Sept 7 in money laun
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz have been summoned by a Lahore-based special court on September 7 in connection with PKR 16 billion money laundering case against them.
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US Fed raises interest rates by 75 basis points, hints another "large" hik
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): In the backdrop of an over four-decade high inflation, the US Federal Open Market Committee has raised its key policy interest rate by 75 basis points to 2.25-2.50 per cent, anticipating that the increase in the interest rates will be "appropriate".
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Chinese netizens sceptical over efficacy of local COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): Chinese netizens questioned why the Chinese federal and state leaders took the domestically produced vaccines too late and raised doubts about the efficacy of the same, media reports said.
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Sensex slumps for second straight day; closes 498 points down
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Indian stock markets' key indices slumped by around one per cent on Tuesday dragged by heavy selling pressure in IT and banking stocks ahead of the first quarter earnings report by several large-cap companies and announcement of the US Federal
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Pakistan: Former federal minister blames establishment for political turmo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Former Pakistan Information Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the country had been suffering from a political crisis because of the "unnecessary adventure of the establishment".
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Chinese-made Huawei devices could disrupt US nuclear communication
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): The FBI has unravelled that equipment built by Chinese company Huawei, installed on cell towers near US military bases, is capable of disrupting US nuclear arsenal communications, a media report said.
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Pakistan potential tax gap stands at PKR 3,000 billion
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue chief Asim Ahmad has said that the potential tax gap stands at PKR 3,000 billion on an annual basis mainly in the shape of tax exemptions for powerful lobbies, massive tax evasion, and the inability of the machinery to
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