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Ahmad Mehdi
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China sending women to the moon

China sending women to the moon China will launch its Shenzhou-9 manned mission, carrying the first Chinese woman into space, on Saturday evening in a major step towards the country’s plan to build its own space station by 2020. Officials on Friday ended weeks of anticipation by confirming the timing of the launch and the […]

World’s largest telescope

World’s largest telescope The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Council gave green signal to the giant project of building world’s largest optical telescope on Monday. The meeting was held at the ESO headquarter in Garchin, Germany, where 10 countries gave nod and supported the project, ESO announced in a statement. "This is an excellent outcome and […]

Eye warning for sky gazers

Eye warning for sky gazers Sky gazers hoping to witness next week’s transit of Venus are being warned not to look directly at the sun with the naked eye. The rare event will be visible in New Zealand from 10.15am to 4.43pm on Wednesday, but the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind is urging […]

Rare planetary event expected

Rare planetary event expected On Tuesday 5 June the planet Venus will transit across the face of the Sun in the late afternoon, an event that happens only once in a lifetime. The third planet from the Sun and Earth’s neighbour won’t make this journey for another 105 years, presenting a unique opportunity to observe […]

South Africa to host world’s largest astronomy project

South Africa to host world’s largest astronomy project SOUTH AFRICA has won the right to host the vast majority of the world’s biggest astronomy project, a development local scientists hope will put Africa on the map in terms of scientific research and development. The nations belonging to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organisation announced that […]

Good hygiene can help prevent dengue

Good hygiene can help prevent dengue Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Professor Dr Tariq Salahuddin has said that only hygienic lifestyle can help us get rid of dengue so government, media, NGOs and representatives of civil society must come up to sensitise public against dengue to eradicate this menace the earliest. He said this while […]

Samsung Galaxy S III breaks preorder records

Samsung Galaxy S III breaks preorder records Samsung Galaxy S III hasn’t even launched yet and it’s already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung smartphone emerged last week, and now U.K. carrier Vodafone has confirmed that it has received a record number of end-user preorders for the Galaxy S […]

Fossil auctioned in New York after dispute

Fossil auctioned in New York after dispute A fossil of a fearsome T Rex relative has been auctioned in New York despite the Mongolian government’s objections and a judge’s order blocking the sale, MSN News reports. Heritage Auctions said the 24ft-long tarbosaurus skeleton sold for US$1,052,500 (£666,000), but the sale is contingent on the outcome […]

Solar eclipse thrills spectators

Solar eclipse thrills spectators Millions of sky-gazers got the spectacle  of a lifetime as a "ring of fire" solar eclipse crossed the Pacific from Asia  to the United States, where it triggered whoops at festive viewing parties. The annular eclipse was visible in western US from California to Texas late on Sunday and in parts […]

Dolly Bindra believes Veena Malik is a stain on women

Dolly Bindra believes Veena Malik is a stain on women Dolly Bindra of Big Boss fame has dubbed Pakistani actress Veena Malik as a stigma for not only Pakistan and India but also on womanhood Bindra who is visiting Pakistan, while addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday, insisted that the […]

Doctors to go on a token strike

Doctors to go on a token strike  Doctors have announced to start a token strike of two hours from May 21 in each and every hospital of Hyderabad City, Jamshoro, Karachi, Larkana, Sukkar, Sanghar, Tando Mohammed Kkan, Thatta, Badin and Khairpur.  This decision of PMA Sindh members, including doctors from Civil Hospitals functional in different cities of the province, […]

Exercise lowers blood pressure risk

Exercise lowers blood pressure risk Just in time for World Hypertension Day comes this piece of good news: We might have more control over our blood pressure than previously thought. We’re often taught that genetic susceptibility is rote. There’s no way around it: if one of your parents has a condition, there is a specific […]

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