The National Disaster Management Authority’s spokesman informed on Friday that 61 districts across the country are under attack from locusts, which have been damaging food crops. Providing a breakdown of the districts, the NDMA spokesman said that the most attacks were reported in Balochistan, where 31 districts witnessed crop damage from locusts. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11 districts faced locust attacks…
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KARACHI: Coal mines and power plants will be no savior for the people of Thar as the neglected region of Sindh embraces for further blights as emissions from a massive cluster of coal mines and power plants would expose local population to serious health risks eventually killing 29000 people, reveals a study launched on Friday. These emissions could cause 40,000…
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No planes in the sky, empty hotels and deserted attractions: with the world at a standstill, tourism has been one of the industries worst-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. International arrivals this year could be down by 80% compared with 2019, according to the World Tourism Organization, and more than 100 million jobs are under threat. But as destinations slowly start…
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PIA’s Airbus A320, registration number AP-BLD, crashed in a residential area in Karachi, killing 97 passengers on board. Two passengers survived the crash. The accident happened just seven days after the government permitted PIA to operate limited domestic flights from six airports. PIA’s fleet currently consists of 11 Airbus A320-200, three ATR 42-500, four ATR72-500, six Boeing 777-200ER, two Boeing…
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Recently, there had been news that JW had set up their plant in the country and were looking to establish the biggest private venture of electric car manufacturing in Pakistan. The company JW Auto Park had also inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Morris Garages for their electric cars. Originally, MG had started life as a British company but…
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The rise of renewables and declining coal electricity generation resulted in energy consumption from renewables in the United States surpassing in 2019 coal consumption for the first time since 1885, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday. Last year, total U.S. renewable energy consumption increased by 1 percent compared to 2018, while coal consumption slumped by almost 15…
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Siemens Gamesa has unveiled its new 14MW SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine, the largest capacity wind turbine in the world. The turbine, which beats out competitor GE Renewable Energy’s 12MW Haliade X turbine, features 108-metre-long blades, on a 222-meter diameter rotor, and capacity can be boosted to 15MW using proprietary technology. One turbine produces enough electricity to power approximately 18,000…
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Reports that Russia plans to start easing oil production cuts after the end of June arrested the oil price rally, keeping WTI below $35 a barrel. WTI slid 0.3 percent following the news, after gaining more than 3 percent yesterday. This added to worry about U.S.-Chinese relations after the U.S. threatened to impose sanctions on China for its policy towards…
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Local and renewable energy resources accounted for 90% of Turkey’s electricity generation on May 24, a new all-time daily high, the country’s energy and natural resources minister said Tuesday. Sunday marked the beginning of the three-day Ramadan Bayram holiday, better known as Eid al-Fitr. Turkey had imposed a four-day curfew over the holiday from May 23 to 26 to curb…
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Laboratory testing for Covid-19 serology trials has been prepared according to a notification issued by the National Institute for Health. Anti-body testing would be done for community screening and research purposes. Tests can also be conducted to see the evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in individual cases whereas tests may be used for seroepidemiological or seroprevalence studies to inform public…
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