Tag: Plants
CDA to distribute 30,000 saplings of plants among residents
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) have started a drive of distributing different saplings of plants to capital’s inhabitants.
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Senate body requests desalination of plants in Gwadar: report
GWADAR: The chairman of the Senate’s Standing Sub-Committee on Planning and Development, Shahzeb Durrani, on Monday requested for the purification of plants to solve...
Senate body for early installation of LPG air mix plants at...
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Energy Thursday recommended starting work on the installation of LPG air mix plants at Khuzdar and Musakhel districts of...
Gassing plants reignites flora consciousness debate
A new study has revealed that plants respond to anesthetics in a similar fashion to animals and humans.
Anesthetics were first used in the 19th century...
Thousands of German car plants workers to strike over pay, working...
FRANKFURT: Some of the biggest names in Germany's auto industry – BMW, Daimler, Audi and Porsche – were contending with mass strikes on Friday...
Plants in the work place could prevent sick days and reduce...
Filling up the workspace with plants could help combat sick days and reduce stress levels, a new study has discovered, as reported in The...
Anaesthesia can have same effect on plants as it has on...
Anesthetics that have become an integral part of medical systems around the world are currently tested on animals, raising serious ethical questions over the...
Plants lace their nectar with drugs to make bees return
Geraldine Wright at Newcastle University, UK, and colleagues trained bees to associate a scent with a sugary reward. Bees given sugar water laced with...
Capital to have 10 new water filtration plants
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) would install 10 new filtration plants and tube-wells in different sectors of the federal capital to provide safe drinking...
‘Dramatic decline’ warning for plants and animals
More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate...
These 23 words have survived 15k years
Plants and animals aren't the only things that go extinct: Most words are replaced every few thousand years, with a maximum survival of roughly...
Faulty water filtration plants annoy residents
Many water filtration plants in the federal capital are in a poor condition, several having broken down and having leaking taps.
The water filtration plants...
Frost not good for fruit producing plants: experts
Agriculture experts have advised gardeners to properly look after fruit producing plants for proper yield as the plants are affected by a change in...
10 new water filtration plants to be set up
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will install ten additional water filtration plants in different areas to ensure provision of clean drinking water for residents.
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Rental power plants: SC criticises NAB over inaction
During Thursday’s hearing of the rental power projects case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the national exchequer was plundered through corruption in the...
Nine power plants out of production due to fuel shortage
Nine thermal power generation units went out of production due to non-availability of fuel taking out 2071 MW of electricity from the system. According...
Govt to use Thar Coal in all Power Plants
Government of Pakistan (GOP) has decided to convert all the existing and new power plants on the specification of Thar Coal versus earlier plan...