Monday, September 20th, 2021
Honda Targets Annual Sales Of 70,000 Prologue Vehicles
Honda Motor’s US unit said on Monday it is targeting initial annual sales of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when it goes to market in 2024. Honda Motor plans to add additional electric vehicle models as it aims to have sold a total of 500,000 electric vehicles in the United States by 2030, and to achieve 100% zero emission vehicles sales in North America by 2040. It comes as President Joe Biden signed an executive order last month setting a target to make half of allRead More
COMSTECH, SAWiE Join Hands to Combat Climate Change
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 20 (DNA) – COMSTECH has joined hand with SAWiE, to address the climate change crisis affecting livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers in OIC member states. To achieve this milestone, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between COMSTECH and SAWiE was signed online. Addressing to the MoU signing ceremony, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General, COMSTECH, said, it is a matter of urgency to tackle climate change crisis. The entire OIC world including Pakistan are facing the dire water shortage. Pakistan is an agriculture economy with over 40%Read More
Egypt urges Israel to revive peace talks with Palestinians
Egypt has urged Israel to revive peace talks with Palestinians to end their decades-long conflict. Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, emphasized the need for creating a political horizon for resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Egypt has always been supporting the right of Palestinians to establish their own independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the UN-proposed two-state solution.
Punjab Governor directs police to curb crimes against women, children
Lahore : Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has directed police to take strict measures to curb crimes against women and children. He was talking to Inspector General Police Punjab, Rao Sardar Ali, who called on him in Lahore on Monday. The Governor said indiscriminate action should be taken against criminals and no negligence will be tolerated in providing justice to people in police stations. On the occasion, IG Police briefed the Governor regarding overall law and order situation in the province.
Int’l moot on Pakistan-Eurasian Heartland Connectivity from today
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan along with high level experts from academia from across Pakistan will participate DNA ISLAMABAD: Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar in collaboration with University of the Punjab, Lahore, University of Sialkot, Sialkot and Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad is organizing a Two Day International Conference on “Pakistan – Eurasian Heartland Connectivity: Towards Socio-Economic, Academic, and Legal Cooperation”from 21st – 22nd September 2021 at the Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Peshawar. This is first of itsRead More
HEC extends deadline to apply for post-doctoral fellowships (Phase-III)
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 20 (DNA) – The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has extended the last date for candidates to apply for Batch-III of the Post-Doctoral Fellowships Programme (Phase-III) until September 26, 2021. Applicants are required to submit online applications through research.hec.gov.pk The candidates must have a PhD degree from HEC-recognised local or foreign university and his/her maximum age on September 20, 2021 must be 45 years. The applicants must be regular employees of public/private sector HEC-recognised universities/degree awarding institutions or public sector R&D organisations as identified by Pakistan Council of ScienceRead More