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• Call to raise taxes on tobacco
• Seven fall prey to Karachi violence
• 47% Pakistanis think companies employing young people perform better than those employing people of different ages,Poll
• K-Electric should recover money from people involved in power theft
• US Navy reveals acoustic pings did not come from MH 370”s black boxes
• Voting Ends in Egypt Presidential Election
• Libyan Renegade General Strikes Eastern Militants
• Iranian Provincial Official Denies Summoning Facebook CEO
• Egyptian Activists Seek to Re-define National Politics
• US Tells Americans to Leave Libya Immediately
• `Virtual human` reveals stiff arteries could be behind high blood pressure
• Older people can enhance quality of life with just 20 mins walk every day
• Earliest false tooth remains dating back to 3rd century BC discovered in Western Europe
• Two aircraft engine concepts to reduce fuel consumption by 15 pc
• NASA launches CHESS to study birthplace of stars
• Skin grafts from genetically modified pigs may help treat seriously burned patients
• Sunsets on Saturn’s moon Titan help understand hazy atmosphere of exoplanets
• Spur-of-the-moment thoughts perceived to reveal meaningful self-insight
• Food additive culprit behind obesity and fatty liver disease
• Martian volcano may have once harboured habitable environment

Call to raise taxes on tobacco Posted: 29 May 2014 04:01 AM PDT KARACHI : On World No Tobacco Day to be observed on 31 May, WHO calls on countries to raise taxes on tobacco to encourage users to stop and prevent other people from becoming addicted to tobacco. Based on 2012 data, WHO estimates that by increasing tobacco taxes by 50%, all countries would reduce the number […]

Seven fall prey to Karachi violence Posted: 29 May 2014 04:00 AM PDT KARACHI : Seven people, including a policeman, were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of violence in the city on Thursday. A police constable, Muhammed Pervaiz Abbasi, 55, son of Riaz Abbasi, was shot dead by unidentified persons near Pakistan Masjid in Ramswami, Ranchorr Line, in jurisdiction of Eidgah police station. The body […]

47% Pakistanis think companies employing young people perform better than those employing people of different ages,Poll Posted: 29 May 2014 03:59 AM PDT Islamabad : According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 47% Pakistanis think companies employing young people perform better than those employing people of different ages; 46% disagree. A nationally representative sample of adult men and women, from across the four provinces was asked, Please tell me how strongly you agree […]

K-Electric should recover money from people involved in power theft Posted: 29 May 2014 03:59 AM PDT KARACHI : Muttahida Qaumi Movements Rabita Committeehas expressed concern over K-Electric outrageous overbilling to consumers. We must take preventive measures to stop power theft. K-Electric should recover money from people who are involved in power theft in accordance with NEPRA Rules.However, we have been receiving complaints constantly that K-Electric is overbilling to cover its losses […]

US Navy reveals acoustic pings did not come from MH 370”s black boxes Posted: 29 May 2014 03:55 AM PDT Washington : A US Navy official has reportedly revealed that the four acoustic pings centered at the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 for the past seven weeks are no longer believed to have come from the plane”s black boxes. The report was revealed on Wednesday as searchers completed the first phase of their […]

Voting Ends in Egypt Presidential Election Posted: 28 May 2014 02:29 PM PDT Egyptians voted for a third and final day in a presidential election expected to bring former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to power. Election officials said just 35 percent of the 54 million eligible voters cast ballots in the first two days of polls, a significant drop from 52 percent who participated during the 2012 election […]

Libyan Renegade General Strikes Eastern Militants Posted: 28 May 2014 02:27 PM PDT Security officials say Libyan war planes have bombed militia bases in the eastern city of Benghazi as part of a campaign by a rogue former general to root out insurgents in the area. Forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar launched two airstrikes Wednesday on the February 17 Martyrs Brigade compound west of the city. […]

Iranian Provincial Official Denies Summoning Facebook CEO Posted: 28 May 2014 02:24 PM PDT DUBAI — The attorney general of the Iranian province of Fars on Wednesday denied a report that a local court had summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over privacy violations, despite complaints having been filed by some individuals. Iranian state news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday that a conservative court had opened a case against instant […]

Egyptian Activists Seek to Re-define National Politics Posted: 28 May 2014 02:24 PM PDT CAIRO — As Egyptian military supporters celebrate their triumph over the Muslim Brotherhood, youth activists say their own support base has dwindled, and opposing the government is increasingly dangerous. But they say going forward, they hope to re-define Egyptian politics, as neither for, nor against Islamism, but for or against democracy. For many Egyptian voters, […]

US Tells Americans to Leave Libya Immediately Posted: 28 May 2014 02:23 PM PDT The State Department is telling all U.S. citizens in Libya to leave immediately because of what it calls an “unpredictable and unstable” security situation. A travel warning issued late Tuesday says the Libyan government has not adequately built a military and police force, and that many military-grade weapons are in the hands of civilians. It […]

`Virtual human` reveals stiff arteries could be behind high blood pressure Posted: 28 May 2014 02:16 PM PDT Washington : A new study conducted by using computer model of a "virtual human" revealed that stiff arteries could be the reason behind high blood pressure. High blood pressure makes individuals more prone to heart failure, stroke and kidney disease, as it is a major source of morbidity and mortality, because it makes individuals more […]

Older people can enhance quality of life with just 20 mins walk every day Posted: 28 May 2014 02:11 PM PDT Washington : A new study has revealed that older people can increase their quality of life with just little mobility, that could include 20 minutes walk per day. The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study found that capability to walk without help is a key to functioning independently, as reduced mobility is a […]

Earliest false tooth remains dating back to 3rd century BC discovered in Western Europe Posted: 28 May 2014 02:10 PM PDT London :  Archaeologists have discovered what could be remains of the earliest false tooth found in Western Europe. The dental implant comes from the richly-furnished timber burial chamber of an Iron Age woman that was excavated in Le Chene, northern France, the BBC reported. The woman, who was between 20 and 30 years old when she […]

Two aircraft engine concepts to reduce fuel consumption by 15 pc Posted: 28 May 2014 02:10 PM PDT Washington : Two aircraft engine concepts, geared turbofan and open rotor, can enable a significant reduction to aircraft fuel consumption. With open rotor, the potential reduction is 15 percent. These are the findings of Linda Larsson, who has analysed and evaluated the two concepts. The average annual increase in passenger kilometres travelled by air has […]

NASA launches CHESS to study birthplace of stars Posted: 28 May 2014 02:10 PM PDT   Washington : NASA has successfully launched the Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph, or CHESS, payload aboard a Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket to peer at a place where new stars are born. "These atoms are the raw materials, the very building blocks for the next generation of stars and planets," Kevin France at […]

Skin grafts from genetically modified pigs may help treat seriously burned patients Posted: 28 May 2014 02:08 PM PDT Washington : A specially-bred strain of miniature swine lacking the molecule responsible for the rapid rejection of pig-to-primate organ transplants may provide a new source of skin grafts to treat seriously burned patients. A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) report that skin grafts from pigs lacking the Gal sugar molecule were as effective […]

Sunsets on Saturn’s moon Titan help understand hazy atmosphere of exoplanets Posted: 28 May 2014 02:07 PM PDT Washington : Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have used Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in to develop a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets. The new technique shows the dramatic influence that hazy skies could have on our ability to learn about these alien worlds orbiting distant stars. The […]

Spur-of-the-moment thoughts perceived to reveal meaningful self-insight Posted: 28 May 2014 02:07 PM PDT Washington :  Researchers have said that spontaneous thoughts are perceived to provide potent self-insight and can influence judgment and decisions more than similar, more deliberate kinds of thinking. Carey K. Morewedge, lead author and associate professor of marketing in the Tepper School of Business with an additional appointment in the Dietrich College's Department of Social and […]

Food additive culprit behind obesity and fatty liver disease Posted: 28 May 2014 02:06 PM PDT Washington :  Researchers have linked food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) to obesity and disorders associated with the metabolic syndrome including progressive liver disease. A new study that identifies MSG as a critical factor in the initiation of obesity and shows that a restrictive diet cannot counteract this effect but can slow the progression of related […]

Martian volcano may have once harboured habitable environment Posted: 28 May 2014 02:06 PM PDT Washington :  Researchers have said that the slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in glacial ice, may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet Nearly twice as tall as Mount Everest, Arsia Mons is the third tallest volcano on Mars and one of […]

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