The poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples from Karachi and Peshawar citing sources. Acrding to sources, the poliovirus was detected in sewage samples of Karachi’s Kemari and Peshawar. Sources, the samples were collected on June 3rd and 4th, and the results show the presence of wild poliovirus type 1, and vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 and 3. So far this …

PARIS: This weekend, a French-Chinese ‘telescope satellite’ is set to blast off, on a mission to hunt down ‘gamma-ray bursts’. These are the most powerful explosions in our universe. The light from these almighty blasts has travelled billions of light years to reach planet Earth. Due to this, scientists believe they may hold answers to mysteries surrounding the universe’s youth. …

ISLAMABAD: The education ministry and Google announced a “strategic collaboration” to improve access to education and support the development of a digital ecosystem for learning, wa ith the agreement also aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children across the country. This was announced by Google for Education and the Ministry of Federal Education on Thursday during an event, according …

BRIDGETOWN: Sury­akumar Yadav smashed a fine half-century before India’s bowlers slammed the brakes on Afghanistan’s flamboyant shot-makers to romp to a 47-run win in the T20 World Cup on Thursday. Suryakumar’s 53 was his 19th fifty in the format and helped India post a challenging 181-8 in their second-round Super Eights opener. Experienced fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah then combined with …

GROS ISLET: Defending champions England brushed aside their struggles in the opening phase of the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket victory over the previously unbeaten West Indies in their Super Eight opener at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in St Lucia on Wednesday. England’s bowlers restricted West Indies to 180-4 on the same pitch where the co-hosts had scored 218 against Afghanistan on …

NEW DELHI: India will kick off their home cricket season against Bangladesh in Sept­e­mber before hosting New Zealand in October and England next year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday. India will welcome Bang­ladesh for a two-match Test series, which will be played in Chennai and Kanpur from September 19-23 and September 27-October 1. …

KARACHI: There was an all-Pakistan squash final in Malaysia over the weekend; two sisters going head-to-head for gold. By the end of it all, Mahnoor Ali overcame the challenge of Sehrish Ali to be crowned the Under-13 champion at the PBA 20th Penang Malaysia Junior Open. It was a thrilling yet bittersweet victory for Mahnoor, who stormed back from losing …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), in collaboration with Huawei, conducted the country’s first trial of Symmetric 50G-PON technology that will help implement next-generation fibre-optic broadband services in Pakistan. Symmetric 50G-PON can provide 50 Gbps connectivity in downstream and upstream transmission simultaneously. It has an edge over the Asymmetric 50 G-PON, which supports 50 Gbps in downstream transmission only. PTCL …

Bulls continued their stampede at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday as shares gained more than 1,200 points to briefly cross the 80,000 level — a day after it closed at a now-broken all-time high. The benchmark KSE-100 index gained 1238.54 points, or 1.57 per cent, to stand at 80,059.87 — a record high — from the previous close of 78,801.53 …