ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan, the Digital Development Index (DDI) has entered the digital development category with an average of 0.205 in the Pakistan National Human Development Report (NHDR), which measures the progress of digital development in Pakistan’s provinces and districts. 2023/2024 ‘Digitalisation for Growth: Access, Adopt, Expect, Accelerate’ launched today. The report…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Industries and Production and National Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain has said the government is committed to increase export of livestock from Pakistan since this sector contributes around 62% of the agricultural GDP of the country.Addressing a briefing on livestock sector, Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said livestock sector is very…
ISLAMABAD: The launch of the Students Mentoring Program by Akhuwat Finland during an online meeting marked a significant step towards supporting Pakistani students.Meeting was attended by the leading educationists, technocrats, scientists, policy makers and students. In the start of the meeting, Dr. Zeeshan Asghar, as the President of Akhuwat Finland, provided a comprehensive overview of…
ISLAMABAD: In a major development for Pakistan’s agriculture sector, the Variety Evaluation Committee has recommended 10 new high-yield pulse varieties for cultivation to boost food productivity in the country.The new varieties of pulses recommended by the committee for cultivation in Pakistan are NIFA Mung-24, NIAB-CH26, NIAB-CH30, NIAB-CH32, NIAB-CH69, NIAB-CH73, NARC Lentil 24, NARC Mung 24…
By Wang Zhe, People’s Daily Inside the Liangze Agricultural Cooperative’s greenhouse in Geshang village, Shouguang, east China’s Shandong province, tomatoes in red, orange, yellow, and green are thriving. “This year’s tomatoes are well-shaped and have an exquisite taste,” said farmer Han Yougong. He told People’s Daily that these tomatoes typically sell for over 5 yuan…
By Liu Yiqing, Shen Xiaoxiao, People’s Daily China’s first hydrogen-powered urban train recently completed a test at a speed of 160 km/h in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province. The train, developed by China’s CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., is equipped with a built-in hydrogen power system and an independently developed hydrogen-electric hybrid energy control…
By Peng Fei, People’s Daily In the eyes of many foreign companies, investing in China means investing in the future. A survey conducted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade showed that over 80 percent of surveyed foreign-invested enterprises rated China’s business environment in 2023 as “satisfactory” or above. In the annual…
By He Yin, People’s Daily In recent years, China’s new energy industry has developed rapidly, and international cooperation in this field has accelerated. The international community pays close attention to the development of China’s new energy industry, believing that China has made significant contributions to global green and low-carbon transformation and has become an important…
By Li Zhen, People’s Daily Artificial intelligence (AI) education is gaining momentum in China. China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) recently announced a list of 184 primary and secondary schools selected as AI education bases, with the aim of better promoting the development of AI education. Six schools in Beijing were on the list, including Beijing…
By Li Kaixuan, People’s Daily On a morning in Chongzhou, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province, Wang Lingli opened an app on her phone. Seeing that the temperature was 14°C with no rain expected for the next two hours, she grabbed her drone and headed out the door. As a professional agricultural manager, Wang leads a…
