Search results

India may join a WTO pact on govt purchases 12 Jan 2010, 2040 hrs IST, NEW DELHI: India could soon join as an 'observer' of a WTO agreement that subjects government procurement to multilateral rules, with a Cabinet committee discussing the issue threadbare on Tuesday. India is...

Area under wheat crop dips by 1.48 pc so far in Rabi season 10 Jan 2010, 1533 hrs NEW DELHI: Wheat acreage has dropped by 1.48 per cent to 268.54 lakh hectares so far this season from 272.54 lakh hectares (LH) in the year-ago period, as per government data. As sowing of wheat, a...

Industrial output at 2-year high 13 Jan 2010, 0014 hrs IST, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: Industrial production grew at a two-year high 11.7% in November 2009, putting India on track to achieve 8% economic growth in the current financial year and strengthening calls for a hike in interest...

But I am just expecting ... one 32" inches Sony (bravia) LCD tv ...:D

Do you mean American involment or isrealis?

Oh mean! The perfect answer from chinese to USA ... truely chinese they're very expert in high level diplomacy ... I am speechless ...We should learn from chinese they talk little and do more job .... I really appreciate ...

With Defense Test, China Shows Displeasure of U.S. BEIJING — China said it had successfully tested the nation’s first land-based missile defense system, announcing the news late Monday in a brief dispatch by Xinhua, the official news agency. “The test is defensive in nature...

China tests new technology to shoot down missiles in mid-air China has successfully tested a new technology designed to shoot down incoming missiles in mid-air, in a move that Chinese military experts claimed was a "breakthrough" for the country's rapidly modernising armed forces. By...

Islam4UK, the Islamist group which provoked outrage with its plan to march through Wootton Bassett will be banned under counter-terrorism laws, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has announced. Published: 8:24AM GMT 12 Jan 2010 The groups leader Shajjadar Choudhury (2nd from left) arriving at...

Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, a leading Iranian nuclear scientist, has been killed in a bomb blast in Tehran. By Richard Spencer in Dubai Published: 9:13AM GMT 12 Jan 2010 He was killed as he left for work when a booby-trapped motorbike exploded in the street outside his home in Qeytariyeh...

North Korea has called for peace talks with the US and said it wants an end to punitive UN economic sanctions before it will re-enter international talks over relinquishing its illegal arsenal of nuclear weapons. By Peter Foster in Beijing Published: 12:59PM GMT 11 Jan 2010 A foreign...

Pakistan suffered its worst year of terrorist violence last year, with more than 3,000 people reported to have been killed as an al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency targeted civilians and destabilised the country. By Saeed Shah in Islamabad Published: 6:10PM GMT 11 Jan 2010 The toll from the...

The ethnic group at the heart of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan may descended from their Jewish enemy, according to researchers in India. By Dean Nelson in New Delhi Published: 6:29PM GMT 11 Jan 2010 Experts at Mumbai's National Institute of Immunohaematology believe Pashtuns...

Posted in wrong section

Groundwater recharge techniques to be employed in Balochistan ISLAMABAD (January 09 2010): A project is being implemented to enhance the reserves of groundwater through artificial groundwater recharge techniques in Balochistan. Under the project, costing Rs 38.68 million project, groundwater...

Thar coal power project: TCEB announces 20.5 percent IRR for investors KARACHI (January 10 2010): The Thar Coal and Energy Board (TCEB) in its 7th meeting at Sindh Chief Minister House on Saturday decided to give 20.5 and 20 percent Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to those companies investing...

Construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam to start this year: Wapda chief KARACHI (January 10 2010): The Thar Coal and Energy Board (TCEB) in its 7th meeting at Sindh Chief Minister House on Saturday decided to give 20.5 and 20 percent Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to those companies investing in...

Rabi season: SBP launches Rs 7.5 billion agriculture finance plan for Faisalabad FAISALABAD (January 09 2010): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched a pilot project, Phase-II, from current Rabi season 2009-10 in Jhang and Toba Tek Singh for enhancing outreach of agricultural...

KARACHI (January 10 2010): A simple but impressive ceremony was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) on Friday to mark the start of construction work of two pusher tugs and one dredge tender being built for Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Vice Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao (Retd), Managing...

Government may allow rice export to any country MUSHTAQ GHUMMAN ISLAMABAD (January 10 2010): The government is likely to allow export of rice to any country on government to government basis as Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation (Passco) is shouldering Rs 11.5 million...