Tag: Human
‘Genetic accident’ led to origin of human intelligence
Scientists have discovered the origin of intelligence after identifying a ‘genetic accident’ 500 million years ago when the genes that enabled humans to think...
Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied
Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation. The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) will study...
HRCP condemns sectarian slaughter
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday condemned the killing of 25 civilians in sectarian violence and called for serious efforts to...
US House approves Russia trade bill with human rights slap
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Friday to "name and shame" Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to...
Human intelligence declining?
Is the human species doomed to intellectual decline? Will our intelligence ebb away in centuries to come leaving our descendants incapable of using the...
Human rights protection is part of Pakistan’s genesis: Masood
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nation Ambassador Masood Khan, while speaking in the third committee of the UN General Assembly, said that promotion...
Bahrain revokes 31 opposition activists’ citizenship
Bahrain’s government has revoked the citizenship of 31 opposition activists for “undermining state security”.
An interior ministry statement published by state media said Article 10...
Country hit by a ‘youth bomb’
“This is just a trailer of the horror that awaits us,” says noted demographer Farid Midhet, referring to Pakistan’s bulging population and the possibly...
South Sudan expels UN human rights official
South Sudan has expelled a UN official who was carrying out a probe on the human rights situation in the fledgling state, accusing her...
North Korea says proud of its human rights record
North Korea’s U.N. delegation declared on Friday that it was proud of Pyongyang’s social system and human rights record and rejected as baseless a...
Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech
An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.
An international team of...
Pakistan supports promotion, application of human rights: Khar
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said Pakistan strongly supported the promotion and application of universally recognised human rights.
In her opening statement at...
Shark brain will unlock effective human shield
Shark brains hold the key to the perfect repellent for the killer great white species. The solution can be as simple as marking patterns...
European Parliament slams Pakistan for ‘grave’ human rights abuse
The European Parliament has slammed Pakistan for its “grave human rights abuses” and raised concern over the “pathetic condition” of the girl child in...
Male beluga whale mimics human speech
It could be the muffled sound of singing in the shower or that sing-songy indecipherable voice from the Muppets’ Swedish Chef. Surprisingly, scientists said...
Pakistanis take records for largest human national flag, mosaic
Pakistani youth on Monday made another world record by making the biggest human national flag with the help of 24,200 students, breaking the earlier...
Human trafficker arrested
Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Cell has arrested a man involved in human trafficking and recovered several passports and other documents from his...
