ISLAMABAD: After the plains of Punjab and Sindh, the spell of thick fog also shrouded the scenic federal capital’s suburbs. The temperature reportedly declined due to heavy winter rains and snowfall in its adjoining hill station of Murree. Although it was a rare phenomenon a decade ago, recent rapid construction and vehicular and industrial emissions … Read more
LAHORE: The smog and biting cold have alarmingly increased the rate of weather-related diseases, especially among the elderly and children. Bacterial and viral infections are on the rise in the plains including Lahore due to the accumulation of hazardous pollutants and dust particles in the atmosphere. Medical experts have advised precautionary measures especially for those … Read more
PARIS – Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth’s surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said. Even if injecting billions of sulphur particles into the middle atmosphere, the most hotly debated plan for so-called solar radiation modification … Read more
WASHINGTON: A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth after a busy six months on the International Space Station landed Monday off the coast of Florida, a NASA live broadcast showed. Slowed by the Earth’s atmosphere, as well as four huge parachutes, the Dragon capsule was able to withstand the dizzying descent thanks to … Read more
Images from Mars reveal how water helped shape the Red Planet’s landscape billions of years ago, and provide clues that will guide the search for evidence of ancient life, a study said Thursday. In February, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, where scientists suspected a long-gone river once fed a lake, depositing sediment in a fan-shaped delta … Read more
Rain winds and thunderstorm is expected in Balochistan, lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) during the next twelve hours. However, dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country. According to Met Office, another westerly wave is likely to enter in Pakistan on Friday that will be intensified on Sunday. Under the influence of this westerly wave, rains … Read more
Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has assured to extend full cooperation to provincial government for the relief and rehabilitation of those recently affected by rains and snowfall in Balochistan. According to the details, Talking to the media persons in Quetta on Wednesday, she said timely rescue efforts of National Disaster … Read more
