Oldest lizard embryos discovered in fossil eggs
They found features of a “hitherto unknown lizard”, including a long and slender skull ending in a pointed snout, and a “quadrate” — a jaw articulation bone found in the lizard family...
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ArchiveFossilised lizard a clue to ‘missing link’ for reptile researchers
GAINESVILLE: A fossilised lizard found in Southeast Asia preserved in amber dates back some 99 million years, Florida scientists have determined, making it the oldest specimen of its kind and a “missing link” for reptile researchers...
The lizard is some 75 million years older than the previous record holder, according to researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History, who announced the finding this week...
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WorldHan Solo revs up 'Star Wars' fans in new 'Force Awakens' trailer
"So declares Harrison Ford's Han Solo in a new trailer released on Thursday for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the much anticipated return of one the most celebrated movie franchises of all time...
Ford, who first played Han Solo in the original 1977 movie, was unable to attend after being injured when he crash-landed a small plane on a golf course last month...
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ArchiveA hundred years of Han Suyin
Either way, Han Suyin would have been 100 this year...
Han arrived in Malaysia in 1952, already lauded as the author of A Many-Splendoured Thing, the bestselling autobiographical account of her time in Hong Kong just after WWII...
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ArchiveRoshan Digital Account inflows reach $2bn in 11 months
ISLAMABAD: Foreign exchange inflows from overseas Pakistanis through the expensive Roshan Digital Account (RDA) crossed the $2 billion mark in 11 months on Monday and will now require more than Rs13...
“Roshan Digital Account deposits cross $2billion in just 11 months,” the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said in a tweet...
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PakistanFawad Khan scoops third position in ToI's 50 Most Desirable Men 2014
India clearly can't get enough of our dashing Fawad Khan — the Pakistani export recently nagged third position in the country's prestigious Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Men of 2014...
Also read: Fawad Khan beats Tiger Shroff to win another Best Male Debut awardFawad doesn't only boast good looks but he has out-proven himself as an actor as well when he won the prestigious Filmfare for his Best Debut...
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PakistanMisbah unseats Imran Khan to become country's most-capped captain
Misbah-ul-Haq on Sunday became the country's most-capped captain, breaking the record of former legendary cricketer Imran Khan to lead Pakistan for the 49th time in a Test match...
When Misbah was made captan, Pakistan were ranked number six in Tests...
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ArchiveDG Khan quarantine: ‘Most of 780 suspected patients may test positive for virus’
LAHORE: The number of confirmed patients of coronavirus may increase substantially in Punjab as some 780 suspected patients have been kept in quarantine at a university in Dera Ghazi Khan and most of them show typical symptoms of the disease...
He said these suspected patients (all of them pilgrims returning from Iran), including women, had entered Pakistan from Iran through Taftan border with history of flu, fever and cough...
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PakistanGallup survey finds Imran Khan most popular leader
PTI Chairman Imran Khan is “positively rated” among 61 per cent of Pakistanis, whereas only 36 per cent have a “good opinion” about PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, according to a survey titled Public Pulse Report published by Gallup Pakistan on Monday...
However, people from Punjab rated him more positively as compared to other provinces...
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ArchiveIndia has the most people without clean water, report says
NEW DELHI: India has the world's highest number of people without access to clean water ? imposing a major financial burden for some of the country's poorest people, according to a report released Tuesday...
That accounts for more than a tenth of the 650m people worldwide without clean water access ? more than any single country in Africa or China, where 63m have no access...
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ArchiveMost flooding-hit people moved to safety, claims CM aide
HYDERABAD: Sindh chief minister’s special assistant for relief and rehabilitation Ali Hassan Hingorjo on Friday claimed that 80 per cent people hit or threatened by flooding in the katcha areas of various districts, including Ghotki and Kandhkot- Kashmore, had been shifted to safe places...
Also in view of flood threat amid peak flow in the Indus at Guddu and Sukkur barrages, the displaced people were being provided with relief goods...
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PakistanMalala on Times’ 100 most influential people’s list
NEW YORK: Pakistan’ nobel laureate, education activist, Malala Yousafzai once again made it to the list of the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people...
Also read: Malala Yousafzai — future prime minister of Pakistan?The Time Magazine said the list also includes Hollywood celebrities “some names you’d expect, it also features some that may surprise you: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Bradley Cooper among them”...
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PakistanPeople face most harassment on Facebook, says DRF report
The complaints were made in the form of calls, emails and Facebook messages, most of which referred to harassment on Facebook...
The cyber harassment helpline is the first of its kind in Pakistan providing those facing online harassment “free, safe and confidential” environment to talk and register complaints...
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ArchiveMost oral diseases preventable; need to educate people stressed
He was addressing at the concluding ceremony of the second annual international conference of the Pakistan Association for Dental Research (PADR) here at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Sunday...
Prof Nizamuddin said that most of the oral diseases were preventable, but it was important to educate people regarding oral health...
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BlogsWhy I believe Pakistanis are the most gracious people in the world
I emailed my friends in Pakistan tentatively with my plan...
Everything was new: most of the old houses had been rebuilt and opulent new structures had come up in their place...
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