‘Healthy obesity’ – not so healthy for the heart
News Analysis | Some people with obesity are free of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, which is often found to accompany this condition. It is...
You don’t need anxiolytics when you can eat dark chocolate!
News Desk| According to recent research findings, there might be health benefits to eating certain types of dark chocolate. Findings from two studies, being presented...
Cheers! Coca-Cola launches first boozy drink in Japan
AFP | Coca-Cola launched its first ever alcoholic drink on Monday in Japan -- a fizzy, lemon-flavoured concoction laced with spirits that seek to capitalise on...
Muslim inmates fed pork during Ramadan: activists
AFP | A federal judge granted a restraining order Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their...
Global warming may have ‘devastating’ effects on rice
AFP | As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions...
Pacific, Indian Ocean and Asia
IKRAM SEHGAL | Pakistan was founded in 1947 at a time when nobody was thinking about globalization even though the just finished WW II suggested...
Engro Foods participates in the Dutch Festivities of Kings Day celebrations
News Analysis | Engro Foods Limited, the 2nd largest dairy company of Pakistan, in a triumphant move, roped in investment from a Dutch Dairy giant called...
Middle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitches
James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s bitter rivalry with Iran has spilled onto Asian soccer pitches with the newly created South West Asian Football Federation (SWAFF)reflecting the...
Punjab Food Authority bans “energy” in energy drinks, while KP bans drink altogether
News Analysis | Punjab Food Authority, the province’s most formidable and evidently indiscriminate food watchdog has ordered beverage companies that manufacture so called “Energy drinks”...
Dairy Tech: Punjab Government launches “Milk Vending Machine”
News Analysis | Pakistan’s first automated dispenser unit is going to launch to the public next month for the provision of pure and cheap milk...
Syrian imbroglio
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | For the last seven years, the people of Syria have been victim of civil war. The Syrian ruling elite seems...
Sindh government ignores sugarcane woes, organizes seminar for farm owners.
News Analysis | A seminar is being organized by the Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, as the seventh installment of the Livestock Dairy...