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Asian countries collectively top US R&D spend
Ten Asian countries, including some developing countries in South-East Asia, have, as a bloc, caught up with the global leader in research and development (R&D) investment, the United States, according to a US report published this week (17 January). The total science spend of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and
Azam Swati resigns from JUI-F, Senate
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Azam Swati has resigned from the Senate and his party position, Express News reported on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference outside the Parliament, Swati said that it was a waste of time to sit in a parliament which could not save Pakistan’s democracy or provide employment to the poor people. He said it is time that all parliamentarians resigned and returned back to the nation. “We should learn a lesson from the Kuwaiti parliament. Their whole parliament resigns when a finger is pointed at any one of them,” he said adding that the government has brought the country to shame and destroyed all cultural, social and economical institutions of the country. He added that the government’s tenure of 3.5 years in power has proved to be a burden for the masses. Swati added that the only institution that is helping the country is the Supreme Court. “All the corruption cases of Hajj, rental power plants, and railways are being heard in the Supreme Court.” Swati’s tenure in the Senate was due to end on March 12. He was also the former minister for science and technology. The party has asked Swati to report to JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman regarding his resignation as it is against the policy of the party. Sources say that Swati’s brother MNA Laiq Mohammad Khan will also resign from his position and both are expected to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) next week during PTI chief Imran Khan’s visit to Hazara. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had earlier ordered Swati’s sacking, who was the wealthiest member of the JUI-F. Swati was embroiled in a public war of words with disgraced former religious affairs minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi. Kazmi had quit after allegations of corruption in Hajj arrangements .
China develops technology for drip irrigation
BEIJING: New filtering technology has allowed water from the sandy Yellow River to bring life to west China’s arid farms, paving the way for the system’s use to become widespread. The Gansu Provincial Bureau of Science and Technology said in Lanzhou on Thursday that the technology developed by Ruisheng-Yamit High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited has tackled