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Turkey detains teen ‘for insulting Erdogan on Facebook’Foreign

Turkey detains teen ‘for insulting Erdogan on Facebook’

A Turkish court on Monday remanded in custody a 17-year-old construction worker on charges of “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Facebook, media reports said. It is the latest case in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/29/turkey-detains-teen-for-insulting-erdogan-on-facebook/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 29, 2015
‘Smartphone monitoring can boost behavioural studies’Arts / Entertainment

‘Smartphone monitoring can boost behavioural studies’

Smartphones – which has the potential to emulate randomised trials – can boost research into human behaviour, finds a new study. Fani Tsapeli from the University of Birmingham and her colleague Mirco<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/28/smartphone-monitoring-can-boost-behavioural-studies/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 28, 2015
Activity trackers may overestimate sleep timeArts / Entertainment

Activity trackers may overestimate sleep time

COURTESY IANS Wearable activity trackers that promise to monitor physical activity, sleep and other behaviours may be good at counting steps but bad at measuring sleep, says a new study. “Wearable devices<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/28/activity-trackers-may-overestimate-sleep-time/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 28, 2015
Effective measures underway for ending load shedding: CMLAHORE

Effective measures underway for ending load shedding: CM

Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N government, led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is taking effective measures for ridding the country of load-shedding. He said that under China-Pakistan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/28/effective-measures-underway-for-ending-load-shedding-cm/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 28, 2015
Australia swell lead to 459 in Windies TestSports

Australia swell lead to 459 in Windies Test

Bravo, Debutant Brathwaite hold up Australian victory push, put smile back on Windies facesAustralia amassed a formidable 459-run lead over the West Indies and were heading for a series victory

Dec 28, 2015
Three more children die of Quinsy in Punjab, toll mounts to 37LAHORE

Three more children die of Quinsy in Punjab, toll mounts to 37

Three more children died of deadly Quinsy disease in different cities of Punjab on Sunday after which death toll during the current month has mounted to 37. According to provincial health department,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/27/three-more-children-die-of-quinsy-in-punjab-toll-mounts-to-37/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 27, 2015
3,500 MW wind energy to be added to national grid by 2018Business

3,500 MW wind energy to be added to national grid by 2018

The Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) has embarked upon an ambitious plan to enhance the energy mix up to 20-25 per cent by adding 3000-3500 megawatt wind-based electricity to the national grid<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/27/3500-mw-wind-energy-to-be-added-to-national-grid-by-2018/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 27, 2015