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HYDERABAD: Thar and Kohistan, the main arid regions of Sindh, are witnessing devastating impacts of climate change in terms of depleted underground water and shrinking vegetation cover, the main natural resources for the local communities. Reports revealed that a cycle of severe droughts followed by heavy rain floods continued to erode livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of rural people in Thar Desert, comprising Tharparkar and parts of Umerkot districts. These communities depend solely on seasonal rain-fed agriculture and livestock rearing. Farmers in the region remain uncertain about the situation. They…

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KARACHI: The Balochistan Environmental Protection Agency (BEPA) has launched a comprehensive research and probe into the coral bleaching near Churna Island first reported by Geo News back in November 2020. Coral bleaching, which was reported for the first time out of Pakistan last month, threatens marine life and poses a risk of exacerbating the climate emergency. The issue was brought to attention by Khizar Sharif, a scuba diver certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), who alerted activists and authorities in October 2020. Sharif was shocked when he had come…

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Karachi: The Cloud Signing Ceremony of the Sino-Pakistan International Gene & Cell Technology Research & Transformation Center Project was held the other day.The business venture between China and Pakistan by the Biotech & Biomedicine (Shenyang) Group and Dynamic Engineering and Automation (DEA) Group Pakistan for development of Gene & Cell Technology Research& Transformation Center has further added new drive to the collaboration between both countries in health care.During his speech, Commercial councillor of Pakistani Embassy in China Mr. Badar uz Zaman mentioned, Shenyong Biotech is a strong company specializing in…

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PARIS (December 2, 2020) — The Women in LPG Global Network (WINLPG) is an initiative that was launched in 2015 by the World LPG Association (WLPGA). Recognising the need to promote women, and young talent, in the LPG industry the WLPGA created The Women in LPG Global Network (WINLPG) as a platform to meet, connect, exchange and learn. The network has over 2,000 members and has six active national chapters in the USA, Nigeria, South Africa, Myanmar, India and Colombia. In 2018, WINLPG launched the Woman of the Year Award to recognize women who have…

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ISLAMABAD: The country’s top auditor has found that the delay in procurement and signing of a contract for a project under the Dasu Hydropower Project cost the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) US$3 million per day in lost revenue. The delay also cost an economic loss of US$2 million per day due to purchase of more expensive fuel. The Auditor General of Pakistan’s (AGP) report on the Ministry of Water Resources and its entities’ accounts for the financial year 2018-19 has revealed that there was a delay of 600…

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