ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that a calendar showing main Islamic dates and months for the next five years based on scientific evidence would be ready and placed before the cabinet by the 15th of Ramazan. The move is stated to be aimed at ending perpetual uncertainty over moon-sighting […]
As South Asia, including Pakistan, faces water shortage amid climate change and unbridled population growth, scientists have warned that at least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this century as temperatures rise, disrupting river flows vital for growing crops from China to India. Vast glaciers make the […]
PARIS: One million animal and plant species face extinction, many within decades, says a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature released Monday, which says humans are rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity and ultimately our survival depends. Changes wrought by decades of pillaging and poisoning forests, oceans, soil and air […]
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