Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), held a two-day technology event in collaboration with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers bracket (IEEE) Society, titled CodinGuru 5.0. in partnership with S&P Global Pakistan. This competition aimed to improve the tech quotient of the students and encourage ambitious and skilled coders to enhance their abilities. Senior Director Commercial S&P Global, Shafqaat H. Shah, addressed the audience and said, “At S&P Global, we not only deploy cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), virtual reality (VR), data science, and analytics…
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World owes Pakistan $30b a year for polluting
The monsoon season of 2022 brought forth the most devastating floods to Pakistan. Two of the country’s provinces received 8x more rain than their 30-year average, resulting in widespread destruction and loss of life. A study conducted by World Weather Attribution has found that human-caused climate change significantly increased the intensity of the monsoon rainfall that Sindh and Balochistan experienced this year. It found that the rain during the region’s five most extreme days was 75% more intense than it would have been without the 1.2-degree Celsius increase in global…
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As interest in green hydrogen picks up worldwide, energy firms are using a variety of renewable energy projects to power hydrogen production. One major source for this production is wind power, thanks to decades of development of wind farms worldwide. Green hydrogen has been hailed by many as a magical fuel that could eventually provide an alternative to diesel and jet fuel, as well as a movement away from the sole reliance on electric batteries – produced using mined metals and minerals. However, the reason for the sudden interest in…
Read MoreEPQL power generation: PPIB seeks analysis on minimum price of PEL gas
The Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has sought a detailed analysis regarding minimum possible price of Pakistan Exploration Limited (PEL) gas for power generation by Engro Power Gen Qadirpur Ltd (EPQL) as its tariff will not be economical at 70 per cent RLNG, sources close to Managing Director PPIB told Business Recorder. The decision was taken by the PPIB Board in its 137th meeting presided over by Secretary Power Division, Rashid Mahmood Langrial. MD PPIB apprised that EPQL was commissioned in March 2010 to produce electricity using low BTU…
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Gas stoves are a hot topic. A new study linked them to one in eight childhood asthma cases, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said it would look into banning them, and Republicans expressed anger at the mere suggestion. At the same time, federal and state policies are aiming to give gas stoves’ main competition – regular electric stoves and the ballyhooed induction stove – a boost.” What does this all mean for you? We’ll break it down in this explainer. Are gas stoves a source of indoor air pollution?Without…
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