Agri experts for reducing rising use of pesticides
STAFF REPORT IBD: Due to rapid increase in population, the use of pesticides has increased to meet food requirement. However, there is a grave need to minimize the use…
Rising need for seedless grape fruit varieties
CITRUS is the general name for a group of species and hybrids that includes Lemons, Oranges, Mandarins, Grapefruit, Pummelos and many others. Citrus fruits are the most…
Pakistan requires drastic steps to meet rising water scarcity
STAFF REPORT FBD: Water shortage in Pakistan will increase to 31 per cent of people’s requirements by the year 2025 and this underlines the need for some tangible steps, including…
Rising vitality of 3-D
IN PAKISTAN there are many utilities of the VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) in different news channels to create the nearest original environment of any event that occurs at that…
Pakistan needs to tap rising potential in robotics science
Paras AliTHE ROBOTICS field has rich opportunities to get explored in Pakistan and the young talent if refined and put on the right direction with the international cooperation, the country…
Rising cost of climate change
ACCORDING TO an important leaked draft of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humans are responsible for global warming, rising sea levels and extreme weather events and that a…
Environment experts fear mercury pollution rising
STAFF REPORT IBD: Widespread global mercury contamination of seafood and health effects from methyl-mercury in seafood occurring below the level that was considered "safe" just a few years ago, says…
Rising potential of agriculture in Pakistan
Rice production in Pakistan holds an extremely important position in agriculture and the national economy. Pakistan is the world’s fourth largest producer of rice, after China, India and Indonesia. Each…
Dem and rising for making cities climate-resilient for economic boost
STAFF REPORT IBD: There is an increasing demand and stress from the stakeholders to develop viable plans for making towns and cities well-planned so as to make them sustainable engines…
Rising population and education st and ard
PAKISTAN is a country which is counted among the 10 countries having the largest population. However, it is not something to be proud of because as population keeps increasing, so…
Branchless banking rising in Pakistan
STAFF REPORT IBD: The branchless banking network in Pakistan expanded by 16 per cent in the second quarter (October- December 2011) of the last current fiscal year 2011-12 to reach…