Archive for the January 2, 2017
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has passed draft of bill to regulate boilers and pressure vessels in the province. After the passage the bill has been sent to Governor for assent. The Act, which may be called
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that seven projects will be completed in the province under China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Talking to newsmen in Nowshera the other day, he said the projects include
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In Occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism martyred over three hundred innocent Kashmiris during the year 2016. According to Kashmir Media Service, 39 of those martyred were killed in custody.
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Brushstrokes in paintings could help early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study published on Thursday of works by famous sufferers such as Salvador Dali and Willem De Kooning. The analysis was carried out
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A common weight loss surgery is associated with long-term gastrointestinal problems and food intolerance, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on 249 extremely obese patients who had what's known as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass,
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Forty years after emerging in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola virus may finally have met its match in a vaccine which could be "up to 100 percent effective", according to
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Web-based therapy for insomnia is an effective option that could reach "previously unimaginable numbers of people," researchers suggest. Although cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment for adults with chronic insomnia, there
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The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte has been forced to impose severe water restrictions on tens of thousands of people due to the late arrival of seasonal rains. Around a third of the 200,000 residents
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From blows to the head on the sports field, to car crashes and playground falls, concussion is a common brain injury notoriously difficult to diagnose - until now, researchers said on Thursday. A US-based team
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The cholera outbreak that hit Haiti after Hurricane Matthew slammed the island has been contained but persists due to lack of funding, according to the United Nations. An epidemic of the waterborne disease - which
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