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World’s largest airplane makes history by completing its first flight

For the first time ever, world’s largest airplane made history as it took to the skies and completed its first succ

Published 15 Apr, 2019 06:20am

Editorials

Despite criticism, scientist to pursue experimenting with putting human gene in monkey

A team of Chinese scientists recently inserted human brain gene into monkeys that made them smarter and more human-

Updated 16 Apr, 2019 11:55am

Technology

NASA asks SpaceX to help it save Earth from ultimate asteroid collision

It is already theorized that sooner or later, Earth will be hit by a massive asteroid that will wipeout humanity fo

Published 13 Apr, 2019 08:30am

Editorials

Cows get 5G-connected before humans

Although humans don’t have complete access to 5G till yet, cows do now. In a first, scientists have 5G-connected co

Updated 15 Apr, 2019 11:28am

Technology

LinkedIn introduces Facebook-like reactions feature

The career-focused social networking site LinkedIn is taking an approach similar to that found on Facebook by addin

Published 13 Apr, 2019 06:17am

Technology

Newly discovered oil-eating bacteria can help clean man-made oil spills

Deep down in the ocean, researchers have discovered new oil-eating bacteria that can eventually help clean up human

Published 12 Apr, 2019 10:07am

Technology

LG patents futuristic foldable phone with transparent display

Foldable phones are already the hottest trend in smartphone industry these days, but LG is taking foldable phones t

Published 12 Apr, 2019 08:37am

Technology

Israel fails to make history as spacecraft crashes into moon right before touchdown

Just as Israel was about to make history by landing the first ever privately-owned lander on the moon, it crashed i

Published 12 Apr, 2019 06:19am

Editorials

Scientists put human gene into monkeys to make them smarter, human-like

Making monkeys more smart and human-like, scientists have used gene-editing to insert human brain gene in a monkey.

Updated 10 May, 2019 05:08pm

Technology

Physicists discover new ‘state’ of matter that can be solid and liquid simultaneously

Most of us are familiar with three states of matter - solid, liquid and gas. However, for the first time ever, scie

Published 11 Apr, 2019 08:19am

Editorials

Samsung combines sliding, rotating camera in its new Galaxy phone

In order to make a complete edge-to-edge display without any notches for front camera, Samsung has introduced a new

Updated 12 Apr, 2019 11:20am

Technology

Astronomical breakthrough: People go gaga over first ever real picture of black hole

Years after relying on computer-generated images of black holes, scientists have released the first ever picture of

Published 11 Apr, 2019 05:35am

Technology

Scientists create new device able to ‘generate all possible futures’

Scientists have claimed to do something which only seemed to be sci-fi; creating a computer that generates a superp

Published 10 Apr, 2019 11:17am

Technology

In a first, scientists plan to grow grapes on Mars

There are already many missions planned for our neighboring planet Mars and now scientists are figuring out how to

Published 10 Apr, 2019 10:13am

Technology

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos ‘copycat’ over Amazon’s plans to launch internet satellites

Seems like Amazon’s plans to launch internet satellites in space did not sit well with Elon Musk, who has already l

Published 10 Apr, 2019 08:57am

Technology

Shift from records to digital music proved harmful for environment, study suggests

Though the shift from recording music to streaming music has been more affordable, study suggests that music downlo

Published 10 Apr, 2019 08:24am

Technology

Samsung claims to remain top smartphone manufacturer for the next decade

Despite witnessing a decline in smartphone profits in recent years, Samsung still is positive of the fact that they

Published 10 Apr, 2019 06:01am

Editorials

The Booming Trend of Online Shopping in Pakistan

Gone are the days when one “shopped till they dropped”, thanks to thriving online business one can now get whatever

Updated 11 Apr, 2019 11:20am

Technology

Researchers use new technique to alter facial appearance without surgery

Using electricity and 3D-printing, scientists have figured out a new technique that can alter one’s facial appearan

Published 09 Apr, 2019 09:09am

Technology

Microsoft assures there is no need of ‘safely removing’ USB drives anymore

At one point or other, there has been someone telling us the importance of ‘safely removing’ a flash drive before p

Published 09 Apr, 2019 07:18am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 14	284.77
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 14	284.52
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 14	147.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 14	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 14	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 14	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 11	6,259.75
Nasdaq / Jul 11	20,585.53
Dow Jones / Jul 11	44,371.51
India Sensex / Jul 14	82,243.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 14	39,459.62
Hang Seng / Jul 14	24,260.76
FTSE 100 / Jul 14	8,955.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 14	24,036.07
France CAC40 / Jul 14	7,779.51

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 11	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 11	306,069
Petrol/Litre / Jul 14	266.79
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 14	69.32
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 14	3,371.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 14	272.98
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 14	67.54

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jul 14 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	4.41 ▲ 1 (29.33%)
Cres.Star Ins. / Jul 14 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	4.28 ▲ 0.91 (27%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jul 14 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	7.77 ▲ 1 (14.77%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 14 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	5.62 ▲ 0.71 (14.46%)
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 14 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	8.22 ▲ 1 (13.85%)
Chenab Ltd / Jul 14 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.52 ▲ 0.9 (11.81%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 14 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	9.58 ▲ 1 (11.66%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 14 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	9.01 ▲ 0.93 (11.51%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 14 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	10.30 ▲ 1 (10.75%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jul 14 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	19.53 ▲ 1.78 (10.03%)

Stock	Price
Thatta Cement / Jul 14 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	41.21 ▼ -154.16 (-78.91%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 14 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	6.72 ▼ -1 (-12.95%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 14 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	67.88 ▼ -7.48 (-9.93%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jul 14 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	46.18 ▼ -4.67 (-9.18%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jul 14 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	14.80 ▼ -1.48 (-9.09%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jul 14 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11 ▼ -1 (-8.33%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jul 14 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	76.10 ▼ -6.61 (-7.99%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jul 14 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.05 ▼ -0.35 (-7.95%)
Beco Steel Ltd / Jul 14 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	23.94 ▼ -2.06 (-7.92%)
Sitara Energy / Jul 14 Sitara Energy Limited(SEL)	11.30 ▼ -0.95 (-7.76%)

Stock	Volume
Cres.Star Ins. / Jul 14 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	39,719,808 ▲ 0.91
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	29,773,542 ▲ 0.24
B.O.Punjab / Jul 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	22,550,274 ▼ -0.07
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 14 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	15,046,679 ▲ 0.71
Sui South Gas / Jul 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,645,648 ▲ 0.4
Siddiqsons Tin / Jul 14 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	13,757,533 ▲ 1
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 14 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	11,556,524 ▲ 0.27
Thatta Cement / Jul 14 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	11,226,454 ▼ -154.16
Aisha Steel Mill / Jul 14 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11,033,843 ▲ 0.12
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,751,818 ▲ 0.02

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